一切經音義 21.315

21.315

機關木人（韓康注易云樞機制動之主也按機即樞機用資轉動關鍵義在密能言其木人無心但以闇密繩楔而能運動令喻業體都無作者而能生起種種果報也）。

Mechanical wooden puppet (*jiguan muren*; Han Kangbo's commentary on the *Book of Changes* states: "The pivot and spring [*chuji*] are the masters that govern movement." Inquiry shows that *ji* is the pivot, used to facilitate rotation, while *guan* implies hidden function; it refers to the wooden puppet lacking a mind, yet moving solely through hidden cords and pegs, which serves as a metaphor for the nature of karma having no agent whatsoever while generating various karmic retributions).