一切經音義 19.300

19.300

吹笙（青京反樂器名也世本云隨作笙象鳳皇之身正月音也說文云物生故象物貫地而生故謂之笙大者十九簧小者十三簧經作𣢡非也）。

吹笙 (pronounced with the fanqie q[ing] + [j]ing; the name of a musical instrument; the Shiben says: "Sui made the sheng mouth organ in the image of the body of the phoenix; its pitch corresponds to the first lunar month"; the Shuowen jiezi says: "Things are born (sheng [生]), hence it resembles things piercing through the earth to be born; therefore it is called sheng; the large one has nineteen reeds and the small one has thirteen reeds"; the sūtra writing it as 𣢡 is incorrect).