一切經音義 32.41

32.41

Hunting (畋獵: the upper character has the sound 田 [tián]. The Zhouli states: "畋 is also hunting." The Shuowen states: "To level the fields. Derived from 攴, with 田 as phonetic; the character is also written 𤝗. 攴 has the fanqie 普卜 [pū]". The lower character has the fanqie 廉輙 [liè]. The Kaosheng states: "Hunting dogs chasing wild beasts; nowadays pursuing wild beasts is called hunting (獵)." Zheng's Commentary on the Mao Poetry states: "Clearing the fields in order is called hunting (獵)." Also his commentary on the Yili states: "Hitting the target with an arrow is shooting (射); hitting from the side is hunting (獵)." The Fangyan states: "Trampling down in a hunt is violent and cruel." The Shuowen states: "Derived from 犬, with [(臘-月)-囗+ㄇ] as phonetic; [(臘-月)-囗+ㄇ] has the same sound as above").