一切經音義 72.170

72.170

畦稻（上胡圭反孟子云病乎夏畦劉熙云今俗二十五畝為小畦五十畝為大畦也王逸注楚辭云畦猶區也說文亦云五十畝為畦也從田圭聲）。

Paddy fields 畦稻 (The first character has the fanqie 胡圭 [qí]. Mencius mentions 'being wearied by [laboring in] the summer plots.' Liu Xi says: 'In current custom, twenty-five mu make a small qi, and fifty mu make a large qi.' Wang Yi's commentary on the Chuci says: 'Qi is like qu, "a plot".' The Shuowen also states: 'Fifty mu make a qi.' It is composed of "field" (田) with "gui" (圭) phonetic.)