一切經音義 95.6

95.6

挻埴（上扇延反下承力反老子云挻埴以為器當其無有器之用也宋忠云挻和也許叔重云抑也聲類柔也考聲揉也說文從手延聲尚書云厥土赤埴孔注云黏土曰埴釋名云埴膩也如脂之膩也說文黏土也從土直聲也）。

Shanzhi 挻埴 (The upper character is pronounced fanqie 扇延; the lower is 承力. The Laozi states: "Moulding clay (shanzhi) to make vessels; it is on their empty space that the utility of the vessel depends." Song Zhong says: "Shan 挻 means to mix and temper." Xu Shuzhong says: "It means to press down." The Shenglei says: "It means to soften." The Kaosheng says: "It means to knead." The Shuowen explains that it has the 'hand' radical and the phonetic component yan 延. The Shangshu states: "Its earth is red clay (zhi 埴)." Kong's commentary says: "Sticky earth is called zhi." The Shiming says: "Zhi means greasy, greasy like fat." The Shuowen says: "Sticky earth; it has the 'earth' radical and the phonetic component zhi 直.").