Explaining “裋” in Yuan Arias of Banshediao Shaobian·Shisha ——On Exegetical Method of Confirming by Font and Word Use to Explain Words Without Pronunciation and Meaning
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Abstract
The pronunciation and meaning of "裋" is unknown inGrand Chinese Dictionary. It appeared only once in SanQu of the Yuan Dynasty,and there are three variants. Sui shu sen, Wu geng shun, Wang wen cai, Xu zheng and so on explained this word, the opinions of them are all incredible. Regarding mutual confirmation of font and word use as methodology,and thinking of font, meaning, dialect words, author and so on, we think "裋" is "裋", and "裋" sounds "shù",means rough robe and is Chinese dialect robe in ancient Chu.
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