一切經音義 46.125

46.125

A hair's breadth or infinitesimal fraction (毫𣯛: the ancient script has the two forms 𣯛 and 練; now written 𣮉; both are li and zhi fan; the 'Monograph on Harmonics and the Calendar' of the Hanshu says: 'Without missing a single hair (毫) or fraction (𣯛)'; Meng Kang's commentary says: 'Hao (毫) is a hare's hair; ten hao make one 𣯛'; the Sancang says: '𣯛 means fine down'; the Treatise also writes 釐, pronounced xi; Wei Zhao's Hanshu yinyi says: 'Meat left over from sacrifices to ghosts and spirits is called 釐'; the Shuowen jiezi says: '釐 means household blessing'; they are also interchangeable as ancient characters).