一切經音義 25.534

25.534

Not all sentient beings subsist entirely on food and drink (According to the Kongzi Jiayu: "Those that drink only without eating are cicadas; those that eat only without drinking are silkworms; those that neither eat nor drink are mayflies and midges; those that both eat and drink are humans and beasts of the world." Therefore we know the previous verse was spoken provisionally for certain sentient beings; since it was not a universal statement, it has a qualified meaning).