Shiming (Explanations of Names)"Explaining the Classics"Sibu congkan 四部叢刊 version p. 107 of 142 quote: "《爾雅》，爾，昵也；昵，近也；雅，義也；義，正也。五方之言不同，皆以近正為主也。" rough translation: "Erya: 爾 ěr, it's 'close'; 'close', it's 'near'. 雅 yǎ, it's 'the mean / meaning'; 'the mean / meaning', it's correctness. Words in five regions are not similar, yet all are priotized to be near correctness."
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Shiming (Explanations of Names)"Explaining the Classics"Sibu congkan 四部叢刊 version p. 107 of 142 quote: "《爾雅》，爾，昵也；昵，近也；雅，義也；義，正也。五方之言不同，皆以近正為主也。" rough translation: "Erya: 爾 ěr, it's 'close'; 'close', it's 'near'. 雅 yǎ, it's 'the mean / meaning'; 'the mean / meaning', it's correctness. Words in five regions are not similar, yet all are priotized to be near correctness."
