續一切經音義 10.5

10.5

誥誓（上古到反誥告也周書云成王將黜殷作大誥孔傳云陳大道以誥天下眾國也下時制反說文云約也周書武王伐殷作泰誓孔傳云大會以誓眾也爾雅云誥誓謹也郭璞注云皆所以約勒謹戒眾也）。

Proclamations and oaths (誥誓: the upper character has the fanqie 古到; 誥 means to announce; the Zhoushu says that when King Cheng was about to depose Yin, he made the Great Proclamation; Kong's commentary says it means setting forth the Great Way to proclaim it to the various states under Heaven; the lower character has the fanqie 時制; the Shuowen jiezi says it means an agreement; in the Zhoushu, when King Wu attacked Yin, he made the Great Oath; Kong's commentary says he held a great assembly to take an oath with the multitude; the Erya says proclamations and oaths mean caution; Guo Pu's commentary says both are means to bind and caution the multitude).