一切經音義 49.143

49.143

執契（上針入反說文捕執罪人也從丮丮音戟從𢆎𢆎音女輒反俗用從丸從幸從九俗用誤也下啟計反鄭眾注周禮云契者符書也易曰上古結繩以治後代聖人易之以書契說文大約也從大㓞聲說文契字從刀從龶龶音分㓞音慳八反有從刃從龶作㓞者非字也）。

執契 [holding the contract/tallies] (The first character is zh- + [r]u [-> zhi], entering tone. The Shuowen jiezi says: "To seize and arrest criminals." Composed with 丮, pronounced j- + [j]i [-> ji], and 𢆎, pronounced n- + [zh]e [-> nie], entering tone. Vulgar usage writes it with 丸, 幸, or 九, which is mistaken vulgar usage. The second character is q- + [j]i [-> qi], departing tone. Zheng Zhong's commentary on the Rites of Zhou says: "契 are tally-documents." The Yijing says: "In high antiquity they tied knots to govern; later sages replaced this with written contracts." The Shuowen jiezi says: "A great bond." Composed with 大 and 㓞 as phonetic. The character 契 in the Shuowen jiezi is composed with 刀 and 龶; 龶 is pronounced f- + [?] [-> fen]; 㓞 is pronounced q- + [b]a [-> qia], entering tone. Those written with 刃 and 龶 as 㓞 are non-standard characters).