一切經音義 32.133

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筋脉（上謹欣反禮記云老者不以筋力為禮是也說文筋謂肉之力也從肉竹竹物之多筋者也從力力象筋也下萠蘗反正作[覛-見+皿]亦作脈說文云血理之分邪行於體中者也從𠂢血聲𠂢音拍賣反經從肉作脉俗傳用已久故存焉也）。

筋脉 ("sinews and vessels"; the upper character [筋] is jin-xin fan; the Book of Rites says: 'The elderly do not use muscular strength for propriety', which is this; the Shuowen says: 'Jin means the strength of the flesh; from the flesh radical and bamboo radical, bamboo being an object with many sinewy fibers; from strength, strength picturing a sinew.' The lower character [脉] is meng-nie fan; correctly written [覛-見+皿], also written 脈; the Shuowen says: 'The divisions of blood channels that circulate diagonally through the body; from 𠂢 with xie [blood] phonetic; 𠂢 is pronounced pai-mai fan'; the sūtra writes it with the flesh radical as 脉, which is a popular variant that has been in use for a long time, hence preserved here).