一切經音義 72.131

72.131

Mocking and censuring 譏刺 (The first character has the fanqie 斷希 [jī]. He Xiu's commentary on the Gongyang zhuan says: 'Ji is like qian, "to blame".' Zheng Xuan's commentary on the Liji says: 'To reprimand and scrutinize.' The Guangya says: 'To admonish; to interrogate; also to censure.' The Wenzidian shuo states: 'It is composed of "speech" (言) with "ji" (幾) phonetic.' The second character has the fanqie 雌四 [cì]. The Mao commentary on the Shijing says: 'Ci means to reprimand.' The Kaosheng says: 'Ci also means to mock, to slander.' The Shuowen states: 'It is composed of "knife" (刀) with "ci" (朿) phonetic.' Ci (朿) has the same sound as above. In the treatise it is written as 刾, which is a popular variant.)