一切經音義 85.258

85.258

閥閱 (The first syllable has the fanqie 煩發 [fá]. The Kaosheng says: "閥閱 [fáyuè] manifests meritorious deeds." The Shiji says: "When subjects have merit, the five gradations are clearly marked: [the left gate-pillar recording merit] is called 閥 [fá], and the accumulation of inspected merits [on the right] is called 閱 [yuè]." The Wenzi dian说 says: "閥閱 refers to what is now called distinguished lineage (menfa) of high rank." Both characters take 門 [mén] as semantic, with 伐 [fá] and 兌 [duì] as their respective phonetics.)