一切經音義 3.37

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泛大海（芳梵反說文泛浮也從水乏聲也乏即反正字也下訶改反顧野王曰大水也受萬川之泄老子曰江海所以能為百谷王者以其善下之故也說文從水每聲也）。

泛大海 (sailing the great ocean; 泛 is fang/fan fan; Shuowen jiezi says: '泛 means to float; composed of 水 with 乏 phonetic'; 乏 is the inverted form of 正; the latter is he/gai fan; Gu Yewang says: 'The great waters that receive the drainage of ten thousand rivers'; Laozi says: 'The reason rivers and seas can be kings of the hundred valleys is that they excel at staying low'; Shuowen jiezi says: 'Composed of 水 with 每 phonetic').