一切經音義 98.46

98.46

Armillary sphere (xuánjī: fanqie 隨 + 緣 [suí + yuán] and 紀 + 宜 [jì + yí]. Kong's commentary on the Book of Documents states: "Xuán is fine jade; the jī and hèng of jade are rotating instruments used to calibrate celestial movements." The Shuowen jiezi states: "Both take the radical 玉, with 睿 and 幾 as their respective phonetic components." 睿 is fanqie 悅 + 歲 [yuè + suì]. The collection writes 挺; the Kaosheng notes it means a chessboard, which is not this meaning).