一切經音義 68.241

68.241

歆饗（上吸音反杜注左傳歆享也說文神食氣也從欠音聲下香掌反何休注公羊傳云嘉飲羹曰饗鄭注云神明歆饗也文字典說從食鄉聲）。

Accepting the offering (歆饗: the first character is pronounced xi-yin [xīn]; Du's commentary on the Zuo zhuan says: '歆 means to enjoy an offering.' The Shuowen jiezi says: 'A deity eating the aroma of an offering; formed with [the semantic classifier] qiàn (yawn) and has yīn as its phonetic component.' The second character is pronounced xiang-zhang [xiǎng]; He Xiu's commentary on the Gongyang zhuan says: 'Fine drinking and soup are called 饗.' Zheng's commentary says: 'Deities accept and enjoy offerings.' The Wenzidian shuo states: 'It is formed with [the semantic classifier] shí (food) and has xiāng as its phonetic component').