一切經音義 18.172

18.172

鉛錫（上悅專反下先歷反周禮識方氏楊州之利金錫鄭注云錫鑞也爾雅錫謂之鈏郭璞注云今之白鑞也案鉛錫與白鑞三物各別其實不一錫色青黑鑞色最白鉛色黃白所用不等故說文云鉛青金也錫銀鉛之間足明別異也）。

Lead and tin (鉛錫: the first [character] is yue-zhuan fan; the second is xian-li fan. The Rites of Zhou, under the Shifangshi, says: "The wealth of Yangzhou consists of gold and tin." Zheng [Xuan]'s commentary says: "錫 means pewter [鑞]." The Erya says: "錫 is called 鈏." Guo Pu's commentary says: "Today's white pewter." We note: lead, tin, and white pewter are three distinct substances, not actually the same. Tin is bluish-black, pewter is the whitest, and lead is yellowish-white; their uses are not identical. Hence the Shuowen jiezi says: "Lead is bluish metal." Tin is between silver and lead, which sufficiently clarifies their differences).