續一切經音義 10.30

English (machine translation) 10.30

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10.30

Xun and Hua (勛華: the first character is [pronounced with the fanqie] xun + yun; the second character is [pronounced with the fanqie] hua + gua; these are the names of the two emperors Yao and Shun; Yao was called Fangxun; Shun was called Chonghua; the "Book of Yu" says: "Fangxun was reverent and enlightened"; Kong's commentary says: "He emulated [fang] the meritorious transformations of earlier ages and was reverent and enlightened"; the "Canon of Shun" says: "Chonghua conformed to the Emperor"; Kong's commentary says: "Hua denotes civil virtue; it means that his radiant culture matched that of Yao in double measure, both being sagely and enlightened").

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