一切經音義 95.43

95.43

Chenwei 讖緯 (The upper character is pronounced fanqie 楚𧮂. The Cangjie pian says: "Chen 讖 refers to texts like the Yellow River Chart and Luoshu Inscription." As noted in the Huainanzi's reference to apocryphal texts (chenshu). Gu Yewang says: "It means divining with subsequent verification." The Shuowen says: "Verification; it has the 'speech' radical and the phonetic component xian 韱." The lower character is pronounced fanqie 韋貴. The Da Dai Liji says: "East-west is the weft (wei 緯)." The Shuowen says: "Cross-weaving silk; it has the 'silk' radical and the phonetic component wei 韋").