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[Terence]

Dear PPK

I remember that you have mentioned in one of the topics that you found the Cantonese expression for king1 gai2 (to chat) in an ancient book, probably 尚書。Since I forgot to take down the note and thus now, would like to ask you again for the characters of the expression.

I myself always think that the characters are 铴偈，but not proved by any dictionaries. so it is very mucb appreciated if you can help me out.

Terence

[ppk]

it's zhuangzi. the term is ??, simp chin fonts.

[Terence]

THANKS A LOT

[Calvin Wong]

Hi, Terence.

I heard that the "gai" in king gai is the character that you put down and is connected to Buddhism. So is the character pure Chinese or from Sanskirt?



Calvin

[Terence]

Calvin

One of the meanings of 偈 is about the poems of Buddism, but i am not sure it's from Sanskrit or not. Maybe somebody here can answer you.

[Terence]

Calvin

One of the meanings of 偈 is about the poems of Buddism, but i am not sure it's from Sanskrit or not. Maybe somebody here can answer you.

[ppk]

probably from sunskrit, originally 'gatha' or something, meaning a poem.