一切經音義 30.109

30.109

筋脈（上謹銀反周禮云醫師以辛養筋禮記云老者不以筋力為禮是也說文肉之力也從肉從竹竹者物之多筋者也從力力象筋也下麻伯反周禮以鹹養脈說文血理之分行於體中謂之脈從肉從𠂢或作衇亦作[仁-二+洫]皆正體字𠂢音普賣反）。

Sinews and vessels (筋脈: the first character has the fanqie jin-yin; the Zhouli states that the physician uses acrid tastes to nourish the sinews; the Liji states that the elderly do not use physical strength as ritual, this is it; the Shuowen states that it is the strength of flesh, formed from 'flesh' [肉] and 'bamboo' [竹], bamboo being an object with many sinewy fibers, and formed from 'strength' [力],力 depicting sinews; the second character has the fanqie ma-bo; the Zhouli states that salty tastes are used to nourish the vessels; the Shuowen states that the branching channels of blood circulating within the body are called vessels [脈], formed from 'flesh' [肉] with 𠂢 as phonetic; it is sometimes written as 衇 or as [仁-二+洫], both being standard forms; 𠂢 has the fanqie pu-mai).