一切經音義 98.45

98.45

Subordinate general (piānbì: the first is fanqie 匹 + 綿 [pǐ + mián]; the second is fanqie 婢 + 彌 [bì + mí]. The Fangyan states: "Piān also means bì." Gu Yewang states: "Like modern deputy generals." The Shuowen jiezi states: "Piān takes the radical 人 with 扁 as phonetic; bì takes the radical 衣 with 卑 as phonetic." 扁 is fanqie 邊 + 殄 [biān + tiǎn]. The collection writes it with the radical 糸 as 編, meaning to weave, which is not this meaning).