一切經音義 15.372

15.372

短命（今經文從木作梪非也梪音豆說文梪祭器也前後數處經義合是短字乃書梪字殊不相當察此前文乖錯甚眾何者只如依書倚字族字從手從矣憺怕並從水作諛遂書諭諂上音喻下音諂辟僻甚多不能繁述此等並是筆授之士寡學所以經文質朴用字乖錯不可緘言）。

Short-lived (短命: the present scripture text writes with the wood radical 木 as 梪, which is incorrect. 梪 is pronounced 豆; the Shuowen says: '梪 is a sacrificial vessel.' In several places before and after, the meaning of the scripture properly calls for the character 短 [short], yet they wrote 梪, which is completely unfitting. Looking at the preceding text, errors and confusions are very numerous. For instance, writing 倚 for 依, writing 族 with 手 and 矣, writing 憺怕 with the water radical, and writing 諭 for 諛 [flattery]—pronounced 喻 for the upper and 諂 for the lower—such eccentricities are so numerous that they cannot all be recounted. All of these stem from the scribes' lack of learning, which is why the scriptural text is unpolished and the choice of characters erroneous, so that one cannot remain silent).