一切經音義 50.154

50.154

Prison (First character: fanqie 力 [l-] + 丁 [-ing]; second character: fanqie 魚 [y-] + 耜 [s-]. The name of a prison. The Zhouli states that prisons first existed under the Three Kings. The Guangya says: 'Under the Xia it was called Xiatai, under the Yin it was called Youli, under the Zhou it was called Lingyu'—these are all variant names for a prison. The Shiming says: 'Ling means to take charge of; yu means to ward off; it means to take charge of prisoners and restrain them').