一切經音義 97.72

97.72

Lintels and pillars (楣楹: the first [character is pronounced] mei + bei fan; the Erya says that the mei (楣) is called the beam; Guo's commentary says it is the horizontal beam above a door; the second is yi + zheng fan; Du's commentary on the Zuo zhuan says that the ying (楹) is a pillar; the Shuowen jiezi says both are composed of 'wood' [木] with mei [眉] and ying [盈] phonetic).