一切經音義 31.146

31.146

竅隙（上啟叫反周禮疾醫兩之以九竅之變鄭玄云陽竅七陰竅二太玄經九竅一六為前為耳二七為目二八為鼻為後又云竅孔也說文空也從穴敫聲）。

Apertures and crevices (竅隙: the first character has the sound q- [啟] + -iào [叫] fanqie. The Rites of Zhou says: 'The medical officers examine them by means of the changes of the nine apertures.' Zheng Xuan says: 'There are seven yang apertures and two yin apertures.' The Taixuanjing says: 'The nine apertures: one and six are the front and the ears; two and seven are the eyes; two and eight are the nostrils and the rear.' It also says: '竅 means a hole.' The Shuowen says: 'An emptiness; it is formed from the cave radical (穴) with qiào (敫) as phonetic').