續一切經音義 3.40

3.40

妃嬪（上芳非反韻英云喜偶也郭璞注爾雅云相偶媲媲音疋閉反案毛詩傳云關鴠后妃之德也下符真反爾雅釋親云嬪婦也禮記云生曰父母妻死曰考妣嬪也堯典曰降二女於媯汭嬪于虞孔傳曰使行婦道於虞氏也）。

Imperial consorts and concubines (妃嬪: the first character has the fanqie 芳非 [fang + fei / fēi]. The Yunying says: "A pleasing mate." Guo Pu's commentary on the Erya says: "Mating and pairing; pairing is pronounced with the fanqie 疋閉 [pi + bi / pì]." Note that the Mao commentary on the Shijing says: "'Guanju' describes the virtue of queens and imperial consorts." The second character has the fanqie 符真 [fu + zhen / pín]. The Erya's "Explaining Relatives" section says: "'嬪' means a wife." The Liji says: "In life they are called father, mother, and wife; in death they are called deceased father, deceased mother, and deceased wife." The "Canon of Yao" says: "He sent down his two daughters to the bend of the Gui River, to be married (嬪) into the Yu clan." Kong's commentary says: "Causing them to practice the way of wives in the Yu clan.")