一切經音義 29.128

29.128

技術 (*jìshù*, arts and techniques; the upper character has the fanqie 奇蟣 [*qí* + *jǐ*]. The *Yunying* says: "Art and capability." The *Kaosheng* says: "Craftsmanship and skill." The *Shuowen* says: "Skill; it is composed of 手 with 支 as phonetic." In the sūtra text it is written with the human radical as 伎, which is a borrowed character and not the original form. The lower character has the fanqie 順律 [*shùn* + *lǜ*]. Zheng's commentary on the *Liji* says: "*Shù* means way." Zhuangzi says: "Men understand one another in the arts of the Way." The *Han shi* says: "Arts." The *Shuowen* says: "A roadway within a town; it is composed of 行 with 朮 as phonetic." 朮 has the fanqie 椎律 [*zhuī* + *lǜ*]).