一切經音義 29.100

29.100

㑴掠 (*qīnlüè*, to plunder; the lower character has the fanqie 力尚 [*lì* + *shàng*], and is also pronounced *lüè*. The character book says: "To beat and strike." The *Kaosheng* says: "To seize by force." The *Cang Jie pian* says: "To whip; to flog." It is also written with the knife radical as 剠, whose gloss is identical to the above. According to the meaning of the sūtra and contemporary popular usage, both are pronounced *lüè*. In the *Qieyun*, under the rhyme *lüè*, this character does not occur; only in the *Fangyan*, the gloss for *lüè* states: "Seeking upon the roadway is called *lüè*," which means seizing property by force. Du Yu says: "To take without righteousness is *lüè*." Jia Kui says: "To seize and plunder." The *Shuowen* writes it as 略, saying: "To manage and demarcate territory; it is composed of 田 with 各 as phonetic." It is also acceptable in meaning. These two characters have two pronunciations and three forms; the glosses and explanations are as above, and one may adopt either earlier or later forms at will).