一切經音義 91.35

91.35

郊禋 (The upper character has the sound 交 [jiāo]. The Erya says: "Outside the city is called the suburbs [郊]." Du Yu says: "Fifty li is the near suburb; one hundred li is the far suburb." The lower character has the sound 因 [yīn]. Zheng Xuan's commentary to the Zhouli says: "禋 means smoke; the people of Zhou valued fragrance, using fragrant smoke to make offerings to the High God." The Guoyu says: "Making offerings with pure intent is called 禋." The Kaosheng says: "To sacrifice with purity." The Shuowen says: "Pure sacrifice; it takes 示 as radical and 垔 as phonetic, with the latter pronounced the same as above." 示 is pronounced 祇 [qí].)