一切經音義 59.27

59.27

陶師（又作匋同大勞反史記陶瓦器也蒼頡篇陶作瓦家也舜始為陶於河濱是也案西域地多卑濕不得作窯但累坏器露燒之耳亦借音為姚也）。

Potter (陶師; also written 匋, both fanqie: 大 + 勞 [táo]; the Shiji says: "Pottery is earthenware"; the Cang Jie pian says: "Pottery is the maker of earthenware"; Shun first made pottery along the river bank, which exemplifies this; note that the soil in the Western Regions is mostly low-lying and damp, where kilns cannot be built, so they only stack the unbaked vessels and fire them in the open; it is also borrowed phonetically as 姚 [yáo]).