一切經音義 95.77

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95.77

Frontlet and bells (錫: fanqie 養將 [yáng]. The Zhouli states: "The forehead plaque of the horse's face, displaying arranged metals, is what is called carven metal adornments." Zheng [Xuan]'s gloss on the Shijing says: "Above the brows is called the frontlet (yáng); arranging metals to ornament it, the metal covers the forehead." The Shuowen jiezi says: "An ornament for a horse's head; composed of 金 ('metal') with 陽 phonetic; correctly written as the character 鐊").

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese