一切經音義 4.235

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能聽（上乃登反廣雅能任也鄭注周禮云多才藝也說文能獸也熊屬也左傳云黃能能音乃來反即其獸也獸之堅中多力故人有材藝者稱賢能說文從肉從二匕台聲也下體勁反尚書五事四曰聽孔氏云察是非也周禮以五聲聽獄訟求民情也即形色氣耳目是為五聽也說文聽聆也從悳音德從耳從壬壬亦聲也經作聽俗字也）。

Able to hear [能聽] (the upper character is nai + deng fan [neng]. The Guangya says: 'Neng means capable.' Zheng's commentary on the Rites of Zhou says: 'Having much talent and skill.' The Shuowen jiezi says: 'A bear-like beast, of the bear family.' The Zuo zhuan says: 'A yellow neng,' where neng is pronounced nai + lai fan [nai], which is this beast. Because this beast is solid within and possesses much strength, people with talent and skill are called worthy and able (xian-neng). The Shuowen jiezi says: it takes the 'flesh' radical, two 'bi' radicals, and tai phonetic. The lower character is ti + jin fan [ting]. The Book of Documents, on the five activities, states: 'The fourth is listening.' Kong says: 'To discern right and wrong.' The Rites of Zhou states that with the five auditions lawsuits are heard to seek out the condition of the people; that is, form, facial expression, breath, ears, and eyes—these are the five auditions. The Shuowen jiezi says: 'Ting means to listen; it takes the de radical, pronounced de, the 'ear' radical, and ren, which is also phonetic.' In the sūtra it is written as 聽, which is a popular graph.)