一切經音義 10.152

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什物（音十舊音義釋云什眾也雜也會數之名也資生之物謂之什物也字鏡云物即萬物也牛為大物天地之起牽牛故物字從牛勿聲也）。

Utensils (什物: pronounced *shí*. The old *Yinyi* explains: "*Shi* means many, assorted; a term for counting and calculating. Everyday necessities are called *shiwu*." The *Zijing* says: "*Wu* refers to the myriad things. The ox is a great thing; when Heaven and Earth were formed, the Constellation Ox was led forth, so the character *wu* is composed of 牛 with 勿 phonetic").