一切經音義 41.381

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Jià-sè 稼穡 (The first character has the fanqie 加暇; the second character has the fanqie 所側. Ma Rong's commentary to the Analects says: “Planting the five grains is called jià 稼.” Zheng Xuan's commentary to the Zhouli says: “It is called jià because it resembles marrying off a daughter (嫁女), producing offspring.” Zheng Xuan's sub-commentary to the Book of Songs says: “Gathering and harvesting is called sè 穡.” The Mao Commentary to the Book of Songs says: “Planting is called jià; harvesting is called sè.” The Shuowen jiezi says: “Jià refers to the flourishing ears and grains of cereal crops; another explanation says jià refers to household agricultural duties (家事); another explanation says what is in the fields is called jià. Sè refers to grain that can be harvested. Both characters are derived from 禾 ('grain') with 家 and 嗇 as their respective phonetics.” 嗇 has the same pronunciation as above.)