一切經音義 7.145

7.145

Crafts and arts (技藝): The upper character has the fanqie qu + ni (jì). The Kaosheng says: ‘It means ingenious skill.’ The Jixun says: ‘Jì is like yì (art).’ The Shuowen says: ‘Ingenious skill; it takes the hand radical (扌) with zhī (支) as phonetic.’ 扌 is pronounced shǒu (手). The lower character has the fanqie ni + ji (yì). In the Zhouli, the six arts are rites, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, and mathematics. Gu Yewang says: ‘Yì is like ability.’ Du Yu says: ‘Yì means regulations and rules.’ Jia's commentary on the Guoyu says: ‘Yì means the limit or utmost.’ The Zishu says: ‘Yì means ability; it takes yún (云) with yì (蓺) as phonetic.’ Its pronunciation is the same as above.