一切經音義 69.167

69.167

匍匐 (the first character is *pu* combined with *bu* [fanqie: pu-bu]; the second character is *peng* combined with *bei* [fanqie: peng-bei]; Mao's commentary on the Shijing says: “匍匐 speaks of exhausting one's strength.” Gu Yewang says: “Crawling on hands.” The Shuowen says: “匍 means walking on hands; [匍匐 means] prostrating on the ground.” Both characters are formed with 勹, with 甫 and 畐 as their phonetic components; 勹 is pronounced *bao*).