一切經音義 81.357

81.357

桑梓（上索郎反木名也即蠶桑也英華集云人之生事唯農與桑帝躬耕於藉田后亦親桑以例萬民也古文從三屮作𣕐下從木小篆變三屮為桑音弱今隷書俗用從卉作桒漸訛也下茲𣦸反爾雅椅梓郭注云即楸也毛詩榛栗椅桐梓麥爰代琴瑟言此六木皆堪為琴瑟也文字典說梓即梓楸也從木辛省聲或作梓）。

桑梓 (The first character has the fanqie 索郎. The name of a tree, that is, the silkworm mulberry. The Yinghua ji says: “Of people's livelihoods, there are only farming and sericulture. The emperor personally plows the sacred field, and the empress personally tends mulberries to set an example for the ten thousand people.” In ancient script it is written as 𣕐 with three 屮 above and 木 below; the small seal script altered the three 屮 into 桑, pronounced 弱; in clerical script, popular usage writes it with 卉 as 桒, which is a gradual corruption. The second character has the fanqie 茲𣦸. The Erya says: “The yi is the zi.” Guo's commentary says: “That is the catalpa [qiū].” The Mao Shi says: “Hazel, chestnut, yi, paulownia, catalpa, and lacquer; thereupon to replace zithers and lutes.” This means these six trees are all fit for making zithers and lutes. The Wenzidian shuo says: “梓 [zǐ] is the catalpa [zǐqiū].” It has the radical 木 and phonetic 辛 abbreviated; it is also written as 梓).