一切經音義 81.79

81.79

Moulding and chiseling (鎔斲: the first character is pronounced *yong* + *zhong* [róng]. The *Book of Han* says: 'What is cast by melting in metallurgy.' The *Shuowen jiezi* says: 'Copper filings used for casting moulds; it is the method for metallurgical vessels; it is formed from the "metal" radical (金) with *rong* (容) as the phonetic component.' The second character is pronounced *zhuo* [zhuó]. Kong [Anguo]'s commentary on the *Classic of Documents* says: '斲 means to chop or pare.' Du [Yu]'s commentary on the *Zuo tradition* says: 'Those who handle chiseling and cutting are artisans.' The *Shuowen jiezi* says: 'To chop; it is formed from the "axe" radical (斤) and 𠁁.' 𠁁 is pronounced *dou* [dòu]. It is also written with [乳-孚+(看-目)] as [畫*(乳-孚+(看-目))]; [乳-孚+(看-目)] is pronounced *ji* [jǐ]. In the transmitted text it is written as 斲, which is a scribal error).