一切經音義 48.192

48.192

Official emolument and rank (祿位, [祿 is pronounced with the fanqie] *lu* + *wu*, meaning blessing; considering ancient times when people did not plow and sow, they mostly ate wild deer (鹿, *lu*); for those at court who were kept from hunting, the government granted them goods to serve in place of deer; later generations continued this and called it 'eating deer', and changing 'deer' (鹿) into 'emolument' (祿) was to adopt the sense of divine blessings).