一切經音義 11.11

11.11

陶鈞（上唐勞反集訓云瓦𰍔也音姚𰍔者燒造瓦器處也廣雅陶化也世本云昆吾作陶宋忠日夏桀臣也說文從阜匋音逃聲也下橘勻反聿均反考聲鈞均也均平無等差也許叔重注淮南子云鈞陶法也說文云從金勻聲也案陶鈞謂造化也）。

陶鈞 (The upper character is t-[ang]-l-[ao] fan. The Jixun says: 'A pottery kiln; pronounced yáo. A kiln is where earthenware is fired and made.' The Guangya says: '陶 means to transform.' The Shiben says: 'Kunwu made pottery.' Song Zhong says: 'He was a minister of Jie of the Xia.' The Shuowen jiezi says: 'It derives from 阜 [mound] with 匋 [táo] phonetic.' The lower character is j-[u]-y-[un] fan, or y-[u]-j-[un] fan. The Kaosheng says: '鈞 means to equalize, level and without gradation.' Xu Shuzhong's commentary on the Huainanzi says: 'The potter's wheel (鈞陶) is the method.' The Shuowen jiezi says: 'It derives from 金 [metal] with 勻 [yún] phonetic.' We observe that 'potter's wheel' (陶鈞) refers to fashioning and transforming).