一切經音義 22.24

22.24

鑽仰（鑽則官反論語曰子見齊縗者冕衣裳者與瞽者見之雖少必作過之必趨顏淵喟然歎曰仰之彌高鑽之彌堅何晏注云言其不可窮盡也謂道高且堅都無際限再仰益高再鑽益堅也）。

Zuanyang 鑽仰 [to bore through and look up to] (Zuan 鑽 is pronounced ze + guan [zuān]. The Analects says: 'When the Master saw someone in mourning garments, someone in ceremonial cap and robe, or someone blind, even if they were young, he would rise; when passing them, he would hurry.' Yan Yuan sighed deeply and said: 'Looking up to it, it seems ever higher; boring into it, it seems ever firmer.' He Yan's commentary says: 'This speaks of its inexhaustibility.' It means the Way is both lofty and firm, completely without boundary; looking up again, it becomes higher; boring in again, it becomes firmer).