一切經音義 4.284

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Nests and caves [巢穴] (the upper character is chai + you fan [chao]. The Mao Odes says: 'Only the magpie has a nest.' The Shuowen jiezi says: 'A bird upon a tree.' Zheng's commentary on the Book of Rites says: 'A nest is high; it is a pictographic character.' In the sūtra it is written with 'fruit' as 巢, which is an error. The lower character is xuan + xue fan [xue]. The Shuowen jiezi says: 'An earthen chamber. The Book of Changes states: In high antiquity, people dwelt in caves and lived in the wilderness—this is it.' Fully explained in fascicle forty-one of the second sūtra in the sounds and meanings of the previous sūtra.)