一切經音義 27.128

27.128

Fine delicacies (yaoshan): (The first character is hu + jiao [yáo]. The Guoyu says: "Drinking with delicacies." Jia Kui says: "Yao are meat platters." The Yupian says: "The contents of the dou vessel; in general, that which is eaten that is not grain is called yao; eating; dining; vegetables, meats, and the like." The Shuowen says: "Shan is prepared food." In the Zhouli, regarding the Master of Provisions [shanfu], Zheng Xuan says: "Shan speaks of excellence [shan]. Nowadays, delicious things are also called precious delicacies." The Guangya says: "Yaoshan is meat." Both follow 'meat' [rou] with shan [善] as phonetic. There are also the forms 餚 and 饍; on inspection they have no origin, but are vulgar characters that appeared in recent times).