續一切經音義 5.25
English (machine translation) 5.25
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5.25
Koelreuteria and jujube (欒棘: the first character is pronounced *lu* + *huan* [= *luán*]; the *Liji* states: "On the tombs of the Son of Heaven, pine trees were planted; on those of feudal lords, cypress; on those of grand masters, *luan*; and on those of servicemen, willow"; the *Shuowen jiezi* says the *luan* tree resembles the *lan*, having the tree radical and an abbreviated phonetic *luan* [鸞]; the second character is pronounced *jin* + *li* [= *jí*]; the commentary to the *Mao Shi* says *ji* is the sour jujube; Guo's commentary on the *Erya* says the mountain jujube (*dianji*) has fine leaves and thorns; the *Shuowen jiezi* says it resembles the jujube, grows in clumps, and is composed of two *shu* [束]; the *Guangya* says *ji* means thorns; the Eastern pronunciation is *ci* [thorn]).
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