一切經音義 78.51

78.51

To bend and stretch (僂伸) (the upper character is [pronounced] 力 + 主 [lì-zhǔ > lǚ]; the Zuo zhuan says: "hunchbacked"; the Guangya says: "bent"; it takes the "person" radical [人] and has 縷 abbreviated for phonetic; the lower character has the sound 申 [shēn]; the Book of Changes states: "Bending in order to seek extension"; the Shuowen jiezi says: "to bend and stretch"; it takes the "person" radical [人] and has 申 for phonetic).