一切經音義 17.67

17.67

Having nothing to hold (無秉作; [the second character is pronounced with the] fanqie bīng + [y]ǒng. The commentary to the Mao Poetry says: “Bǐng means to manipulate; it also means to grasp.” Jia's commentary to the Guoyu says: “Bǐng means to take hold of.” The Guangya says: “It means to hold.” The Shuowen says: “It takes yòu ‘hand’ and hé ‘grain’ as semantic components; it is an associative compound character. The hand holding a single stalk of grain is called bǐng”).