狄鞮

狄鞮

1. (historical) government official in charge of translating from and into the speech of non-Chinese ethnic groups in China's west (Di)

   • 達其志，通其欲：東方曰寄，南方曰象，西方曰狄鞮，北方曰譯。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     达其志，通其欲：东方曰寄，南方曰象，西方曰狄鞮，北方曰译。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Dá qí zhì, tōng qí yù: dōngfāng yuē jì, nánfāng yuē xiàng, xīfāng yuē dídī, běifāng yuē yì. [Pinyin]

     To make what was in their minds apprehended, and to communicate their likings and desires, (there were officers) - in the east, called transmitters; in the south, representationists; in the west, Di-dis; and in the north, interpreters.

• 寄 (jì)
• 象 (xiàng)
• 譯／译 (yì)