On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c23.s19.10

v2.c23.s19.10

In the expressions "fine woollen stuffs" and "woollen rugs" in the above passage the word for "woollen" is *tieh* (氎). This is the reading of the A and C texts, but instead of *tieh* the B and D texts have *chan* (氈), which means "felt". The term *pai-tie*, as we have seen, is used as a name for "cotton cloth", but *tieh* is also used in the sense of wool. This is, apparently, the meaning of the word here, but we should perhaps regard *chan* as the correct reading.