一切經音義 72.131

72.131

譏刺（上斷希反何休注公羊傳云譏猶譴也鄭注禮記云訶察也廣疋云諫也問也亦刺也文字典說從言幾聲也下雌四反毛詩傳云刺責也考聲云刺亦譏也誹也說文從刀朿聲朿音同上論作刾俗字也）。

Mocking and censuring 譏刺 (The first character has the fanqie 斷希 [jī]. He Xiu's commentary on the Gongyang zhuan says: 'Ji is like qian, "to blame".' Zheng Xuan's commentary on the Liji says: 'To reprimand and scrutinize.' The Guangya says: 'To admonish; to interrogate; also to censure.' The Wenzidian shuo states: 'It is composed of "speech" (言) with "ji" (幾) phonetic.' The second character has the fanqie 雌四 [cì]. The Mao commentary on the Shijing says: 'Ci means to reprimand.' The Kaosheng says: 'Ci also means to mock, to slander.' The Shuowen states: 'It is composed of "knife" (刀) with "ci" (朿) phonetic.' Ci (朿) has the same sound as above. In the treatise it is written as 刾, which is a popular variant.)