續一切經音義 4.119

English (machine translation) 4.119

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4.119

Deft eloquence (bianjie 辯捷: the first character has the fanqie [reading] pi + jian [bian]. The Qieyun says: "To guide; to order." The dictionary says: "Eloquent and wise." The Shuowen [jiezi] says it takes 'speech' [as semantic component] and bian as phonetic; 辡 is pronounced bian. The second character has the fanqie [reading] ji + ye [jie]. The Yunying says: "Swift; surpassing." The Kaosheng says: "Swift." The Erya states: "Succession and rapidity mean quickness (jie)." Guo's commentary says: "捷 means continuous succession." That is the unhindered eloquence of expression mentioned in scriptures).

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