一切經音義 3.182

3.182

能紹（上乃登反鄭注周禮云多才藝也廣雅任也禮記善也說文獸也熊屬也足似鹿從二匕堅中故稱賢能而強壯故稱能傑從肉[耜-耒]聲也今隸書作能漸訛言[耜-耒]古文以字也下韶遶反說文繼也或作𦀧已見前第一卷中具釋也）。

Able to inherit (the upper character is pronounced 乃 + 登 fanqie. Zheng's Commentary on the Zhouli says: “Possessing many talents and arts.” The Guangya says: “To be capable of.” The Liji says: “Good.” The Shuowen says: “A beast belonging to the bear family, with feet resembling a deer. It derives from two '匕' [spoons], being firm within; hence talent is called 'xian neng' (virtuous ability), and being robust is called 'neng jie' (mighty ability). It derives from the flesh radical with '[耜-耒]' as phonetic.” In contemporary clerical script it is written as '能', gradually becoming corrupt; it is said that '[耜-耒]' is the ancient form of the character '以'. The lower character is pronounced 韶 + 遶 fanqie. The Shuowen says: “To continue.” Sometimes written as '𦀧'; already fully explained in Fascicle 1 above.)