一切經音義 97.22

97.22

涅緇（上年鐵反廣雅泥也孔注論語云涅可以染皂也說文黑土在水中日涅從土日聲下滓師反毛詩傳云緇黑色也說文從糸甾亦聲序從水作淄水名出太山也）。

Blackened by mud (涅緇: the first [character is pronounced] nian + tie fan; the Guangya says it means mud; Kong's commentary on the Lunyu says that nie (涅) can be used to dye things black; the Shuowen jiezi says that black earth in the water is called nie, composed of 'earth' [土] with ri [日] phonetic. The second is zi + shi fan; the Mao Shi commentary says that zi (緇) means black color; the Shuowen jiezi says it is composed of 'silk' [糸] with zi [甾] also phonetic; the Preface writes it with 'water' as 淄, the name of a river originating in Mount Tai).