一切經音義 47.398

47.398

中殀（文作夭同於矯反釋名曰少壯而死曰夭廣雅曰夭折也如取物中折也不盡天年曰夭意也）。

Zhongyao 中殀 (dying prematurely in mid-life: in standard text written yǎo 夭, identical; yú-jiǎo fanqie; the Shiming says: 'Dying while young and robust is called yǎo.' The Guangya says: 'Yǎo means broken off, like taking an object and snapping it in the middle.' Not exhausting one's heavenly allotted lifespan is the meaning of yǎo).