續一切經音義 5.69

5.69

Chalk line snapping (線絣) (the first character is si + jian fan [xiàn]; Zhouli says: "The thread-maker manages the royal palace's thread-sewing affairs." Qieyun: "Strand of thread." Also written 線, which is the same. The second character is bei + meng fan [bēng]; Qieyun: "Vibrating a cord to make it straight." Popularly written with the hand radical as 拼, meaning to direct. The scripture text writes 拼 with the wood radical, pronounced bing, which is the name of the palm tree [binglü], and not the character for chalk line snapping).