續一切經音義 4.108

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Bili reed-pipe (bili 觱篥: the first character has the fanqie [reading] bei + ji [bi]. The second character has the fanqie [reading] li + zhi [li]. Originally it is the name of a foreign instrument. The Classic of Poetry says: "In the first month the cold winds blow sharply; in the second month the chill intensifies." The commentary says: "The first month is the first month of the Zhou calendar; 觱發 means biting cold wind. The second month is the first month of the Yin calendar; 篥烈 means piercing cold air." The text of the scripture writes 篳篥, and both characters are equivalent. The Shuowen [jiezi] says it takes 'bamboo' [as semantic component] with bi and li as phonetics).