一切經音義 93.213

93.213

偃仆（上謁蹇反孔注論語云偃僵仆也廣雅云偃猶仰也說文從人匽聲下朋北反字統云仆頓覆也考聲云前倒覆也文字典說從人卜聲者也）。

偃仆 [falling prone]: The first character is read with the fanqie ye + jian (yǎn). Kong [Anguo]'s commentary on the Lunyu says: 'Yǎn means to fall flat on one's back or tumble prone.' The Guangya says: 'Yǎn is like lying face up.' The Shuowen jiezi says it is composed of the [semantic] radical 'person' (人) and the sound yǎn (匽). The second character is read with the fanqie peng + bei (pū). The Zitong says: 'Pū means to fall down prostrate.' The Kaosheng says: 'To tumble forward and prostrate.' The Wenzidian shuo says it is composed of the [semantic] radical 'person' (人) and the sound bǔ (卜).'