一切經音義 37.140

37.140

草篆 (pronounced with the fanqie 傳 + 戀 [zhuàn]. Carefully checking the scripture's meaning: bundles of grass and reeds were made into torches to singe the sick, which in the colloquial language of the time was called cǎozhuàn; this is not elegant diction. Character dictionaries name this grass [椋-小+(日/干)], which is pronounced with the fanqie 准 + 閏 [zhùn], and the popular character is written 椁. The Zitong says: "Bundled stalks." The Kaosheng says: "To bundle grass so as to cover an underground cellar with stalks; or to cover a wall." Wise persons will clearly verify this).