一切經音義 20.110

20.110

鉞斧（上圓月反顧野王云古者用鉞以殺人司法夏執玄鉞殷執白鉞周杖黃鉞說文作戊云大斧也從[戉-戈]戈聲經本從金作鉞時用字也）。

鉞斧 (The first character has the fanqie *yuan* + *yue* [yuè]. Gu Yewang states: "In ancient times, a *yuè* battle-axe was used for judicial executions: the Xia grasped the dark axe, the Yin grasped the white axe, and the Zhou held the yellow axe." The *Shuowen* writes it as 戊 and states: "A large axe. Formed with [戉-戈] and has *ge* phonetic." Sūtra editions write it with *jin* (metal) as 鉞, which is the contemporary character).