一切經音義 91.109

91.109

諳篆隷 [versed in seal and clerical scripts] (The first character is pronounced with the fanqie 暗含 [ān]. The Picang says: '諳 means to recite.' The Erya says: 'To intone.' The second character is pronounced with the fanqie 傳免 [zhuàn]. Shi Zhou composed the great seal script, and Li Si, Chancellor of Qin, composed the small seal script. The Shuowen jiezi says: 'To stretch out characters; it derives from 竹 [bamboo] with 彖 as phonetic.' 彖 is pronounced with the fanqie 脫亂 [tuàn]. The third character is pronounced with the fanqie 黎帝 [lì]. Cheng Miao created clerical script, altering Li Si's small seal script to become clerical. It is also written as 隷. The Shuowen jiezi says: 'It derives from 𰧭 with 隶 as phonetic').