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續一切經音義 10.20

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10.20

Clanging and booming (鏗鍠: the first character is [pronounced with the fanqie] ke + xing; the Liji says: "Zixia said: 'The sound of bells is keng-keng,'" which is this; it also means the sound of striking; the second character has the sound hong; the Mao commentary to the Shijing says: "The bells and drums are booming [鍠鍠]"; the Erya says: "Huanghuang [鍠鍠] denotes music"; the Shuowen says it is the sound of bells and drums, formed from metal [金] with huang as phonetic; the transmitted text has hong [鍧], pronounced with the fanqie hu + hong, meaning the mingled sound of bells and drums).

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