一切經音義 94.89

94.89

玁狁烽爟 ('Xianyun beacon fires': [烽] has the fanqie 覆容 [fù + róng]; character dictionaries take 烽 as the orthodox character. The Shiji says: 'Beacon fires raise the signal smoke.' Guo Pu's commentary to the Fangyan says: '烽燧 means signal fires.' The Shuowen says: 'Beacons are signal fires raised when there is an alert on the border. It is derived from 火 (fire) with 夆 as phonetic.' The second character has the fanqie 官亂 [guān + luàn]. The Shuowen says: '爟 means the raising of fires. It is derived from 火 (fire) with 雚 as phonetic').