折疑論 4.29

4.29

甘𪚱飛衛紀昌逢蒙蒲且子。古之善射者。其藝雖神。不能彀無弦之弓（彀古侯切。張弓也。列子。甘𪚱古之善射者。彀弓而獸伏鳥下。弟子飛衛學射甘𪚱而巧過於師。紀昌又學射於飛衛。後進其術。昌欲謀殺飛衛二人交射中路矢逢。相觸而墜於地。衛矢先盡昌有一矢。既發衛以棘刺之端。扞之而無差。其藝雖神。不能張無弦之弓）。

Gan Ying, Fei Wei, Ji Chang, Feng Meng, and Pu Qiezi were the expert archers of antiquity; though their art was marvelous, they could not draw a bow without a string (彀 is read as the fanqie 古侯; drawing a bow. Liezi: Gan Ying was an expert archer of antiquity; when he drew his bow, beasts crouched and birds came down. His disciple Fei Wei studied archery under Gan Ying, and his skill surpassed his master's. Ji Chang then studied archery under Fei Wei, subsequently advancing his art. Chang plotted to kill Fei Wei; the two shot at each other, and their arrows met midway, striking each other and falling to the ground. Fei Wei's arrows were exhausted first; Chang had one arrow left. When it was loosed, Fei Wei parried it with the tip of a bramble thorn without the slightest error. Though their art was marvelous, they could not draw a bow without a string).