一切經音義 95.104

English (machine translation) 95.104

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95.104

Vast and distant (茫: fanqie 莫傍 [máng]. The Mao Commentary on the Shijing says: "Mángmáng means vast and extensive." Du [Yu]'s commentary on the Zuozhuan says: "A distant appearance." The Gujin zhengzi states: "Composed of 水 ('water') with 芒 phonetic." The lower graph has the fanqie 彌了 [miǎo]. The Shuowen jiezi says: "The eyes being small; composed of 目 ('eye') with 少 ('few'), with 少 also phonetic").

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese