一切經音義 72.135

72.135

Pits and trenches 坑阱 (The first character has the fanqie 客耕 [kēng]. The Cangjiepian says: 'Keng means a ravine.' The Kaosheng says: 'Keng means a pit.' The Wenzidian shuo states: 'A moat.' It is composed of "earth" (土) with "kang" (亢) phonetic. Kang is pronounced gāng. The second character has the fanqie 情郢 [jǐng]. The Guangya says: 'Jing is also a pit.' The Kaosheng says: 'To dig into the ground to trap beasts.' The Shuowen states: 'It is composed of "mound" (𨸏) with "jing" (井) phonetic.' In the treatise it is written as 穽, which is a popular variant; it is also written as 弊 or 汬, which are ancient variants.)