續一切經音義 8.121

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8.121

Hūnlǐ (wedding rites) (the first character has the fanqie hū + kūn. The Erya says: "The wife's kin are hūn relations; the groom's kin are yīn relations." The Book of Rites says: "Taking a wife; woman is yin, and she enters at dusk (hūn), hence it is called hūn [wedding]." The second character has the fanqie lú + qǐ. The Kaosheng says: "Etiquette." The Shiming says: "Lǐ means bodily structure (tǐ), meaning to understand the general order of things." The Rites of Zhou has the five rites: auspicious, inauspicious, guest, military, and celebratory rites. The Analects says: "If you do not learn the rites, you have nothing to stand upon." In ancient script, it is written as 禮).

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