一切經音義 80.192

80.192

鍼脉（上執任反說文鍼刺也從金咸聲字書亦作葴謂綴衣也又作針並通用下萌伯反賈注國語云𧖴理也說文云𧖴血謂之分邪行於體者也從𠂢血聲𠂢音魄賣反錄文從豕作𧖹非俗作脉通）。

Needles and channels (鍼脉: the first character has the fanqie 執任 [zhēn]; the Shuowen jiezi says: 'Zhēn means to pierce.' It takes 'metal' [金] as radical and has xián [咸] as phonetic; character dictionaries also write it as 葴, meaning to mend clothing; it is also written as 針, both being interchangeable. The second character has the fanqie 萌伯 [mài]; Jia Kui's commentary on the Guoyu says: 'Channels are vessels.' The Shuowen jiezi says: 'Vessels carry blood, distributing it obliquely throughout the body.' It takes blood [血] and pài [𠂢] as phonetic; pài has the fanqie 魄賣 [pài]. The catalogue text writes it with 'pig' [豕] as 𧖹, which is incorrect; the common form 脉 is accepted).