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The Shuōwén Seal form of 夷() yí ‘(fierce anc. eastern tribes)’ (彝族) combines 大() dà ‘big man’, and 弓() gōng ‘(archery) bow’. | The Shuōwén Seal form of 夷() yí ‘(fierce anc. eastern tribes)’ (彝族) combines 大() dà ‘big man’, and 弓() gōng ‘(archery) bow’. | ||
Note: 𡰥/夷/侇 yí ‘dispose of (bury) a corpse’; many of the various derived meanings (massacre, raze, bury) seem to reflect the state of anc. international relations (war/conflict with barbarians/foreigners); the shape 弓() in 夷() in old forms is assoc. with 尸() shī ‘corpse’, cf. 尸. | Note: 𡰥/夷/侇 yí ‘dispose of (bury) a corpse’; many of the various derived meanings (massacre, raze, bury) seem to reflect the state of anc. international relations (war/conflict with barbarians/foreigners); the shape 弓() in 夷() in old forms is assoc. with 尸() shī ‘corpse’, cf. 尸. | ||
| + | Compare: 𢓡() yí ‘level/easy (slope/going)’, formerly (and later) wr. 夷. | ||
Compare: ䷣ 明夷 míngyí, in which the sun (☲) is at midnight (or winter solstice), brilliant/dead warrior/opponent, buried under the earth (☷); cf. ䷢ 晉 jìn, the sun at noon (or summer solstice). | Compare: ䷣ 明夷 míngyí, in which the sun (☲) is at midnight (or winter solstice), brilliant/dead warrior/opponent, buried under the earth (☷); cf. ䷢ 晉 jìn, the sun at noon (or summer solstice). | ||
“[夷] Barbarian, foreigner — 大 a man 弓 with a bow” —Karlgren(AD). | “[夷] Barbarian, foreigner — 大 a man 弓 with a bow” —Karlgren(AD). | ||
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