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缘 · Cai Yong (v2)

缘 (yuán, 2nd tone; traditional 緣). The Shuowen is startlingly concrete: 緣,衣純也。从糸彖聲 — ‘the binding hem of a garment’, a silk thread run along an edge. Everything else follows that thread. To run along became a verb: 陶淵明《桃花源記》 緣溪行,忘路之遠近, ‘he $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart