一切經音義 44.36

44.36

戉斧（上音越顧野王云舌者用戉以斬人司馬法云夏執玄戉殷執白戚周書云王左杖黃鉞孔安國云以斧飾斧從戈從[戉-戈]聲[戉-戈]音厥或從金作鉞亦通用也）。

戉斧 (battle-axes and hatchets: the first character is pronounced yue. Gu Yewang said: "Those who transgressed were decapitated with the battle-axe." The *Sima fa* says: "The Xia held dark battle-axes; the Yin held white battle-axes." The *Zhoushu* says: "The King held a yellow battle-axe in his left hand." Kong Anguo said: "Adorning an axe with an axe-blade. It is composed of ge (戈) with [戉-戈] as its phonetic element; [戉-戈] is jue fanqie." Or it is written with the 'metal' radical as 鉞, which is also interchangeably used).