一切經音義 25.60

25.60

Panpipes and zither (簫 is pronounced *xiǎo* + *diāo* fanqie [*xiāo*]. The *Shuowen* says: "Pipes bound together, shaped like the wings of a phoenix." 瑟 is pronounced *sè*. Baoxi crafted the zither; his zither was eight feet two inches long, with forty-five strings. The Yellow Emperor had the Plain Maiden play it, and her sadness could not be halted, so he altered it to seven feet two inches with twenty-five strings.)