一切經音義 24.209

24.209

Xiánzǒng guǐmèi 咸綜鬼鬽 (comprehensively encompassing ghosts and demons; mèi is [m + b]ì / mèi fanqie; Zheng [Xuan's] commentary to the Zhouli states: 'Mèi is what spirits attend to depending on whether they are persons or things; those worshipped as luminous powers of heaven and earth are called things, and the spirits of things are called mèi.' The Shanhaijing states: 'As a creature, the mèi has a human body, a black head, and vertical eyes.' Shuowen jiezi states: 'The essence of an aged object; it takes the ghost radical and is hairy, taking sān as phonetic; sometimes written as 鬼魅').