一切經音義 30.109

30.109

Sinews and vessels (筋脈: the first character has the fanqie jin-yin; the Zhouli states that the physician uses acrid tastes to nourish the sinews; the Liji states that the elderly do not use physical strength as ritual, this is it; the Shuowen states that it is the strength of flesh, formed from 'flesh' [肉] and 'bamboo' [竹], bamboo being an object with many sinewy fibers, and formed from 'strength' [力],力 depicting sinews; the second character has the fanqie ma-bo; the Zhouli states that salty tastes are used to nourish the vessels; the Shuowen states that the branching channels of blood circulating within the body are called vessels [脈], formed from 'flesh' [肉] with 𠂢 as phonetic; it is sometimes written as 衇 or as [仁-二+洫], both being standard forms; 𠂢 has the fanqie pu-mai).