一切經音義 22.85

22.85

我身薄祜 (My person has meager blessings): 祜 (*hu*) is pronounced 胡 (*hu*) + 古 (*gu*) [hù]. Zheng's commentary on the *Shijing* says: '祜 (*hu*) means blessings.' The character should be written with the radical 示 beside 古. Some copies of the sūtra have 示 beside 右, pronounced 尤 (*you*) + 救 (*jiu*) [yòu]. Confucius in his exposition of the *Yijing* said: '祐 (*you*) means assistance.' According to the original meaning of the sūtra, it explains that an imperfect body is caused by meager blessings (*bohu*), unrelated to current lack of assistance from humans or devas; hence it should not be written with 右 (*you*).