一切經音義 84.256

84.256

樞機（上觸榆反下居依反郭注爾雅云樞門戶扉樞也莊子云蓬戶不完幸以為樞鑿木為機有機械者必有機心孔注尚書云機弩牙也度音唐落反機有度以準望也韓康伯云樞機制動之主也周易云樞機一發榮辱之主說文二字並從木區幾並聲）。

Hinges and springs (樞機: the upper [character 樞 is] chu-yu fan [shū]; the lower [character 機 is] ju-yi fan [jī]. Guo [Pu]'s commentary on the Erya says: “Shu means the hinge-post of doors and gates.” Zhuangzi says: “The bramble gate is not complete; he uses a mulberry [branch] as a hinge-post.” Also: “He hollows out wood to make a mechanism (ji); where there are mechanical contrivances, there will certainly be mechanical minds.” Kong [Anguo]'s commentary on the Shangshu says: “Ji is the trigger of a crossbow.” 度 is pronounced tang-luo fan [duò]; the mechanism has markings (du) to aim and sight. Han Kangbo says: “The hinge and the spring are masters that initiate motion.” The Zhouyi says: “Once the hinge and the spring are triggered, they govern glory or disgrace.” The Shuowen [jiezi] says that both characters are formed with 木 ('wood'), with qu and ji both phonetic).