續一切經音義 4.125

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巡狩 (Imperial tour of inspection: the upper character has the fanqie 祥倫; the Qieyun says it means everywhere, to inspect. The lower character has the fanqie 舒救; the Yunying says that 狩 means hunting; the Shangshu says: “In the second month he went east on an inspection tour, arriving at Mount Dai, where he made a burnt offering”; Kong’s commentary says: “The feudal lords guard the territory for the Son of Heaven, and therefore he tours and inspects it; in accordance with spring, he first toured the east, followed by summer, autumn, and winter according to the same pattern; having toured and inspected the Four Peaks, he then returned to announce it in the Great Ancestral Temple”).