一切經音義 97.71

97.71

Rafters and ridgepoles (榱棟: the first [character is pronounced] suo + zhui fan; the second is dong + nong fan; the Erya says that roof rafters are called cui (榱), and ridgepoles are called fu (桴); Guo's commentary says that cui are the rafters of a building, and fu refers to purlins; the Zhouyi says, 'High ridgepoles and low eaves to protect against wind and rain'; the Shuowen jiezi says that the dong (棟) is the crest of a building; both are composed of 'wood' [木] with cui [衰] and dong [東] phonetic; 桴 is pronounced fu + liu fan; 穩 is pronounced yin + jin fan, meaning purlin; 檁 is pronounced lin + jin fan).