一切經音義 41.381

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稼穡（上加暇反下所側反馬注論語云樹五穀曰稼鄭玄注周禮云謂之稼者有似嫁女相生也鄭箋詩云𣫍稅日穡毛詩傳云種曰稼𣫍曰穡說文稼禾之秀實一云稼家事也一云在野曰稼也穀可收也二字並從禾家嗇皆聲嗇音同上也）。

Jià-sè 稼穡 (The first character has the fanqie 加暇; the second character has the fanqie 所側. Ma Rong's commentary to the Analects says: “Planting the five grains is called jià 稼.” Zheng Xuan's commentary to the Zhouli says: “It is called jià because it resembles marrying off a daughter (嫁女), producing offspring.” Zheng Xuan's sub-commentary to the Book of Songs says: “Gathering and harvesting is called sè 穡.” The Mao Commentary to the Book of Songs says: “Planting is called jià; harvesting is called sè.” The Shuowen jiezi says: “Jià refers to the flourishing ears and grains of cereal crops; another explanation says jià refers to household agricultural duties (家事); another explanation says what is in the fields is called jià. Sè refers to grain that can be harvested. Both characters are derived from 禾 ('grain') with 家 and 嗇 as their respective phonetics.” 嗇 has the same pronunciation as above.)