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The character "箓", in its traditional form with the bamboo radical atop the phonetic component "录", originally denoted registers or records inscribed on bamboo slips, with its structure directly reflecting this physical medium of writing. Its meaning extended to encompass official rosters and genealogical records, holding a sense of documented authority. Over time, the term became specialized within a Taoist context, shifting from secular administrative lists to refer specifically to sacred texts, symbolic charts, and talismans believed to convey celestial authority or magical power. This semantic narrowing transformed it from a general word for a record into a technical term for a type of religious document, while its graphical form remained consistent in conveying the idea of inscribed knowledge.
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这是一道古老的符箓。
博物馆里陈列着道教的经箓。
道士正在精心绘制一道符箓。
这些秘箓记载了古代的仪式。
他研究道教箓文已经很多年了。
授予法箓是道教传承的重要仪式。
这部典籍中包含了珍贵的符箓图谱。
这些出土的玉箓为研究当时宗教提供了实物依据。