續一切經音義 5.64

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5.64

Registers (記籍) (the first character is ju + li fan [jì]; Shiming says: "To record (記) means to commit to memory (識)." Formed with the yan [speech] signific and ji phonetic. The second character is qin + xi fan [jí]; Qieyun: "Registers and accounts." The preface to Shangshu says: "Documents and tallies were invented to replace government by knotted ropes; from this written registers were born").

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續一切經音義 — Classical Chinese