一切經音義 68.145

68.145

Liver and lungs (肝肺): the first character is [pronounced with the fanqie] 幹 + 寒. The Shuowen says: 'The liver is the water organ.' The second character is 孚 + 廢. The Baihu tong says: 'The lungs (fèi) correspond to noble (guì); they are the quintessence of metal; their colour is white.' The Shuowen says: 'The metal organ. Both characters take the radical 肉 (flesh), and 干 and 市 are respectively phonetic. 市 has the fanqie 軰.' In the treatise it is written as 肺, which is a character used in common practice.