一切經音義 92.130

92.130

Dragon robe and imperial cap (衮冕: the first character is gǔ + běn fanqie [gǔn]. The Rites of Zhou says: "When offering sacrifice to the ancestral kings, one wears the dragon robe and cap (䘱冕)." Zheng Zhong's commentary says: "䘱 is a garment embroidered with dragons." Zheng Xuan's note on the Mao Odes says: "A dark robe painted with dragons." The Shuowen also says: "A dragon robe; the lower skirt is embroidered with a coiled dragon ascending upward; it has the garment radical, with 公 as phonetic." The second character is méi + biàn fanqie [miǎn]. Zheng's commentary on the Rites of Zhou says: "冕 is a head ornament." The Shuowen says: "It has the 曰 radical, with 免 as phonetic." 曰 is pronounced like 肙 [yuān]).