一切經音義 4.226

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稱機（上昌證反鄭注禮記稱等也韻英稱程也賈逵注國語程限也郭璞注爾雅人意好也文字集略云稱者知輕重也說文稱詮也從禾爯聲也爯昌䒱反下居依反易曰樞機一發榮辱之主孔氏注尚書云機弩牙也莊子鑿木為機有機械者必有機心是也說文主發謂之機從本幾聲也）。

稱機 (The first character has the fanqie: 昌證. Zheng's commentary on the Liji says: "Cheng (稱) means equal." The Yunying says: "Cheng means measure." Jia Kui's commentary on the Guoyu says: "Cheng means a limit." Guo Pu's commentary on the Erya says: "What suits a person's intention." The Wenzi jilüe says: "Cheng means knowing weight." The Shuowen says: "Cheng means to weigh; it takes the grain radical with the phonetic cheng (爯)." Cheng has the fanqie: 昌䒱. The second character has the fanqie: 居依. The Yijing says: "The pivot and trigger (shuji)—a single movement determines honour or disgrace." Kong's commentary on the Shangshu says: "Ji (機) is the trigger of a crossbow." The Zhuangzi says: "Carving wood to make a mechanism (ji); one who has a mechanical contrivance must surely have a conniving mind (ji xin)." The Shuowen says: "The mechanism that initiates action is called ji; it takes the wood radical with the phonetic ji (幾)").