一切經音義 86.12

86.12

帝系譜 (The lower [character] is bu + pu [pǔ]. The Records of the Grand Historian says: "Investigating the genealogical charts and registers..." The Shiming says: "譜 means to distribute (bù)." The Gujin zhengzi says: "A genealogical table (pǔ) is to set out in order and display matters; it derives from 言 [speech] with 普 as phonetic, being a mutually defining character (zhuǎnzhù).")