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續一切經音義 1.60

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Relieve and pity (賑恤: the upper character has the fanqie 真刃. The Erya says: "Zhèn means to enrich." The lower character has the fanqie 思律. Zheng [Xuan]'s commentary to the Zhouli says: "Relieving and pitying means showing concern for the poor." Gu Yewang says: "Zhèn means to rescue; xù means to pity." The Shuowen says: "Xù is formed with [the semantic element] xīn (心) and [the phonetic element] xuè (血)").

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