一切經音義 15.74

15.74

Saliva and nasal mucus (涎涕: the first character has the fanqie 夕延, the second 體計; oral fluid. In the sūtra text it is written with 夷 as 洟, which is an erroneous usage; although dictionaries have the reading [tì] for it, it was originally the character 夷. The Cui hexagram of the Yijing says: "Lamenting with sighs and tears (涕洟)"—this is the proof).