一切經音義 30.83

30.83

聾瞽 [Deaf and blind] (The upper character is fanqie 鹿 + 紅 [lóng]. The Zuo zhuan says: 'When the ears cannot hear the harmony of the five sounds, that is 聾.' The Cangjie pian says: 'The ears not hearing.' The Shuowen jiezi also says: 'Hearing nothing; it has the radical 耳 and the phonetic 龍.' The lower character is fanqie 姑 + 午 [gǔ]. Zheng's commentary on the Rites of Zhou says: 'Having no eyes is called 瞽; the eyes are stretched tight like drumskin. Having pupils but unable to see is called 𥈃, or called 盲.' The Shuowen jiezi says: 'It has the radical 目 and the phonetic 鼓').