一切經音義 32.42

32.42

Sport and amusement (嬉戲: the upper character has the fanqie 喜其 [xī]. The Cangjie pian states: "It also means joking and laughing." The Kaosheng states: "To play and enjoy oneself." The Shuowen states: "Delight. Derived from 女, with 喜 as phonetic." The lower character has the fanqie 羲義 [xì]. The Mao Commentary states: "Amusement means leisure and pleasure." The Erya states: "'Jesting, laughing, and bantering' is this." The Shiji states: "The Son of Heaven does not speak in jest." The Shuowen states: "Derived from 戈, with 䖒 as phonetic; 䖒 is pronounced 希 [xī], and is the standard form of the character. When written with 虛 in the sūtras as 戱, it is a vulgar variant").