一切經音義 1.12

1.12

Covering and carrying (覆載: The upper character has the fanqie sound fu-wu [fù]; it appears in the Yunying and is the Qin pronunciation. The various character books pronounce it with the fanqie fu-jiu [fù], which is the pronunciation of Wu and Chu. Jia Kui's commentary on the Guoyu states: 'Fu means to cover; to shade.' The Shuowen states: 'It derives from cover (襾) with the sound fu.' The Western pronunciation is ya-jia [yà], deriving from 冂 (pronounced mi), representing covering above and below; it is an associative compound. The lower character has the fanqie zai-ai [zài]. Kong Anguo's commentary on the Classic of Documents states: 'Zai means to complete.' The Book of Rites says: 'Heaven has no private covering; Earth has no private carrying.' The Shuowen states: 'Zai means to ride; it derives from cart (車) with the sound [水/戈] (pronounced zāi), which derives from dagger-axe (戈) with the sound cai.' The scriptural text writes 載, which is an abbreviation of clerical script. 才 is the ancient character for cai, not water).