續一切經音義 3.78

English (machine translation) 3.78

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3.78

Opening and expanding (開闢: the first character has the fanqie 苦哀 [ku + ai / kāi]. The Yunji says: "To release; to open wide. The character is formed from 門 [gate] with 幵 as the phonetic component; 幵 is pronounced 牽 [qiān]." The second character has the fanqie 房皃 [fang + mao / pì]. The Qieyun says: "To open." The Song of Shun says: "Open wide (闢) the four gates." Kong's commentary says: "Opening and clearing the gates of the four directions." The Shuowen says: "Formed from 門 [gate] with 辟 as the phonetic component.")

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