續一切經音義 3.39

English (machine translation) 3.39

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3.39

Precious plumb-line (寶繩: the second character has the fanqie 食蠅 [shi + ying / shéng]. The Shiben says: "Chui created the plumb-line." The Shangshu says: "Following the line to correct errors and rectify their deviant minds." It also says: "When timber follows the plumb-line, it becomes straight." The Shuowen says: "A cord; formed with 糸 [silk] as the radical and the abbreviated form of 蠅 as the phonetic component.")

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