續一切經音義 10.5

10.5

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).