一切經音義 93.130

93.130

Halt the imperial cortege (駐蹕: the upper character has the fanqie zhu-lü [zhu]. The Cang Jie pian says: '駐 means to stop; to stay.' The lower character is pronounced bi [bì]. Zheng's commentary to the Zhouli says: 'When the ruler's carriage travels, the roads are cleared; this is what is now called "clearing the way for the imperial cortege" [警蹕].' It is also written with the "run" radical [走] as 䟆, or with the "speech" radical [言] as 𧫤; the meanings and definitions are entirely identical. The Shuowen states that it is derived from "foot" [足]).