一切經音義 44.36

44.36

戉斧 (battle-axes and hatchets: the first character is pronounced yue. Gu Yewang said: "Those who transgressed were decapitated with the battle-axe." The *Sima fa* says: "The Xia held dark battle-axes; the Yin held white battle-axes." The *Zhoushu* says: "The King held a yellow battle-axe in his left hand." Kong Anguo said: "Adorning an axe with an axe-blade. It is composed of ge (戈) with [戉-戈] as its phonetic element; [戉-戈] is jue fanqie." Or it is written with the 'metal' radical as 鉞, which is also interchangeably used).