一切經音義 69.79

69.79

Beheading and exposing the head (梟首: *fanqie* [敲-高+日] + 遙. Gu Yewang says: “It refers to hanging a head above water or on top of a pole to expose its crime.” Also, *Guangya* says: “梟 means to expose.” *Shuowen jiezi* says: “An inverted head.” Palace Attendant Jia says: “This refers to severing the head and hanging it inverted, which gives the character 梟.” In the treatise, 梟 is taken as the unfilial bird, which diverges from the sense of beheading).