一切經音義 65.297

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閹人（於儉反說文閹竪宮中閹昬閉門者也周禮閹十人鄭玄曰閹精氣閉藏者今謂之宦人也主閉門戶故曰關）。

Eunuch (閹人) (fanqie: 於 + 儉. The Shuowen says: "A palace eunuch who closes the doors at dusk." The Zhouli mentions ten eunuchs; Zheng Xuan says: "Eunuchs are those whose vital essence is closed off and withheld; today they are called huanguan." Because they are in charge of closing gates and doors, it says guan).