一切經音義 25.534

25.534

非一切眾生盡依飲食存（按孔子家語曰唯飲而不食者蟬也唯食而不飲者蠶也不食不飲者蜉蝣蠛蠓也亦食亦飲者世間人畜也故知前偈權為眾生既非普遍之言是有餘義也）。

Not all sentient beings subsist entirely on food and drink (According to the Kongzi Jiayu: "Those that drink only without eating are cicadas; those that eat only without drinking are silkworms; those that neither eat nor drink are mayflies and midges; those that both eat and drink are humans and beasts of the world." Therefore we know the previous verse was spoken provisionally for certain sentient beings; since it was not a universal statement, it has a qualified meaning).