一切經音義 46.190

46.190

Taotie 饕餮 (in ancient script, the two forms 䬢 and 叨 are the same, [pronounced with the] fanqie 他高 [tā + gāo/*tʰâu/tāo]; the correct form is written as 飻, identical, [pronounced with the] fanqie 他結 [tā + jié/*tʰet/tiē]. The Shuowen says: 'Covetous.' The Zuo zhuan says: 'The Jinyun clan had an untalented descendant who was covetous of food and drink, greedy for wealth and goods, amassing and hoarding without knowing limit or bound; the people under heaven called him Taotie.' Du Yu says: 'Coveting wealth is called tao 饕; coveting food is called tie 餮').