左馮翊

Etymology
First created in the Han era, the name was probably coined. According to a commentary to the  by Zhang Yan (, ?) as collected by (581–645) much later, both  and  might be glossed as "to assist" (i.e., to assist the imperial capital).

In addition, the phrase "馮馮翊翊" appeared in the  (《》) as hapax legomenon and was interpreted by as "vast and soaring", likely as ideophone. Together with the, they would form the left and right wings of the imperial district.

The component refers to the geographical position relative to the imperial city of Chang'an: As the Son of Heaven faces the south, the Pingyi lies on the left-hand side.

Proper noun

 * 1)   historical administrative and geographic division in the northeastern vicinity of Chang'an