一切經音義 89.108

89.108

秉二兆（上兵皿反毛詩傳云秉操也又云抱也賈逵注國語云秉猶執也廣雅云持也說文云秉禾也從又持禾會意字也傳文作乘書誤也）。

Holding the two portents (for the first [character 秉], b- + [m]in [bǐng]; the commentary to the Mao classic of Poetry says: “'Bing' means to grasp; it also says: to embrace.” Jia Kui's commentary to the Guoyu says: “'Bing' is like holding.” The Guangya says: “To hold.” The Shuowen says: “'Bing' means stalks of grain; it follows 又 holding 禾; a compound ideograph.” In the transmission text it is written as 乘, which is a scribal error).