一切經音義 5.17

5.17

筋脉（上居銀反周禮云醫師以辛養筋說文云肉之力也從肉從竹竹者物之多筋者也從力力象筋也有從草作莇或從角作䈥者皆非也禮記曰老者不以筋力為能是也下麻伯反周禮以鹹養脉說文云血理之分行於體中謂之脉從血從𠂢普賣反作衇或作𧖴亦作脈竝正今經文從月從永作脉者皆非正體字也蓋俗字耳）。

Sinews and vessels (筋脉): The first character is read with the fanqie 居 + 銀. The Zhouli says: 'The physician uses acrid flavours to nourish the sinews.' The Shuowen says: 'The power of flesh. It derives from 肉 (flesh) and 竹 (bamboo)—bamboo being a thing with abundant fibres—and from 力 (strength), 力 depicting the sinews.' Those written with 草 as 莇 or with 角 as 䈥 are both incorrect. The Liji says: 'The elderly do not consider sinew and strength as their capability'; this is it. The second character is read with the fanqie 麻 + 伯. The Zhouli says: 'Salt is used to nourish the vessels.' The Shuowen says: 'The divisions of blood lines coursing through the body are called 脉. It derives from 血 (blood) and 𠂢 (read with the fanqie 普 + 賣)'—written as 衇, or as 𧖴, or also as 脈; all are standard forms. Now, those written in the sūtra text with 月 and 永 as 脉 are not standard character forms, but merely vulgar variants.