一切經音義 62.343

62.343

為阱（情姓反鄭注周禮云穿地為深塹所以禦暴狩其或超踰則陷焉世謂之陷阱也顧野王云阱所以捕猛狩也廣雅云阱阮也說文亦陷也從阝井聲也古文作汬律文從穴作穽俗字）。

Making a pitfall (for [the second syllable, the fanqie is] 情 + 姓. Zheng's commentary on the *Rites of Zhou* says: "Digging the earth to make a deep trench by which to keep off fierce beasts; if any should vault or leap over, it falls in." People in the world call it a *xianjing* [pitfall]. Gu Yewang says: "A pitfall is that by which one captures fierce beasts." The *Guangya* says: "*Jing* means a pit." The *Shuowen* also says: "To fall into." It is composed of 阝 [mound] with 井 as phonetic. The ancient character was written as 汬. In Vinaya texts it is written with 穴 as 穽, which is a popular form).