一切經音義 85.87

English (machine translation) 85.87

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85.87

繭栗 (The first character has the fanqie [jian + dian] 堅典. It also refers to the horns of the ox sacrificed to Heaven and Earth, which are like cocoons and chestnuts [small and rounded]. The Shuowen states: "繭 is a silkworm's robe; it takes its components from 糸 [silk] and 虫 [insect], with ‹芇› as its phonetic." 芇 is pronounced like 綿, representing the two antennae of a moth. Alternatively written with 見 as 絸, which is also acceptable. In the treatise it is written with 爾 as 璽, which is incorrect.)

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese