使 · Cai Yong
使 (shǐ, 3rd tone) is the character of being sent. The received Shuowen Jiezi (Xu Xuan’s 大徐本, 人部) reads 使，伶也。从人吏聲, but Duan Yucai corrects it — 大徐令作伶，誤。令者，發號也 — and the 小徐本 already gives 令也, ‘to command.’ Palaeographically 史 / 吏 / 事 / 使 are $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart