一切經音義 84.83

84.83

Praise and censure (褒貶; the first is bo-mao fan; Zheng's commentary on the Liji says: 'Bao means to promote.' The Dianshuo says: 'To praise beauty.' The Shuowen gives it with the 'clothing' radical and phonetic bao, an ancient form of bao. In the treatise it is written with [〦/保] as 褒, which is also commonly accepted. The second is bi-yan fan; the Kaosheng says: 'Bian means to diminish.' The Gongyang Zhuan says: 'To fall.' The Shuowen gives it with the 'cowry' radical and phonetic fa).