續一切經音義 3.40

3.40

Imperial consorts and concubines (妃嬪: the first character has the fanqie 芳非 [fang + fei / fēi]. The Yunying says: "A pleasing mate." Guo Pu's commentary on the Erya says: "Mating and pairing; pairing is pronounced with the fanqie 疋閉 [pi + bi / pì]." Note that the Mao commentary on the Shijing says: "'Guanju' describes the virtue of queens and imperial consorts." The second character has the fanqie 符真 [fu + zhen / pín]. The Erya's "Explaining Relatives" section says: "'嬪' means a wife." The Liji says: "In life they are called father, mother, and wife; in death they are called deceased father, deceased mother, and deceased wife." The "Canon of Yao" says: "He sent down his two daughters to the bend of the Gui River, to be married (嬪) into the Yu clan." Kong's commentary says: "Causing them to practice the way of wives in the Yu clan.")