一切經音義 95.56

English (machine translation) 95.56

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95.56

Pray and petition (禱: fanqie 刀考 [dǎo]. Zheng Xuan says: "To seek blessings." Bao Xian notes on the Lunyu: "'To pray' is to petition; to petition the ghosts and spirits." The Guangya states: "To thank." The Shuowen jiezi states: "Announcing matters to seek blessings is called dǎo. Composed of 示 ('altar') with 壽 phonetic").

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese