續一切經音義 4.130

4.130

閥閱 (Lineage and merit: the upper character has the fanqie 房越; the lower character has the fanqie 翼雪; the Kaosheng says it means to accommodate and receive; character dictionaries state that it means to review and examine their numbers, and to recount one's meritorious records; the Shiji says: “A person's meritorious deeds have five ranks; clearly demonstrating each rank is called 閥; accumulated 閥 is called 閱”; the Shuowen notes that both characters are formed from 門, with the phonetics 伐 and an abbreviated 悅).