一切經音義 41.16

41.16

乂蒸（上魚偈反孔注尚書云乂治也考聲乂息也說文芟草也從[必-心]從乀相交曰乂[必-心]音夭說文云左戾也乀音皮密反說文右戾也下軄仍反爾雅及小雅蒸君韓詩眾也善也博雅蒸蒸孝也說文從草從灬承聲也灬音必遙反）。

Governing the multitude (乂蒸: the first character is pronounced [魚 + 偈] y-ì [yì]. Kong [Anguo's] commentary on the Shangshu says: "乂 (yi) means to govern." The Kaosheng says: "乂 (yi) means to put at peace." The Shuowen says: "To mow grass. It derives from [必-心] and 乀 intersecting, called 乂." [必-心] is pronounced 夭 [yǎo]; the Shuowen says it means turning leftward. 乀 is pronounced [皮 + 密] p-ì [pì]; the Shuowen says it means turning rightward. The second character is pronounced [軄 + 仍] zh-ēng [zhēng]. The Erya and the Xiaoya explain 蒸 (zheng) as ruler; the Han Poetry explains it as multitude and good. The Boya says: "蒸蒸 (zhengzheng) means filial piety." The Shuowen derives it from 草 and 灬, with 承 as phonetic. 灬 is pronounced [必 + 遙] b-iāo [biāo]).