一切經音義 83.43

83.43

芟夷 (Mowing down and exterminating: the first is *srjo-haem* [shān]; the Maoshi [says]: "*Shan* means weeding grass." The Shuowen [says]: "Formed with the grass radical and phonetic *shu*." The second is *yi-tsyi* [yí]; the Erya says: "*Yi* means to level; also to destroy." The Zhouli [says]: "Using water to destroy weeds and mow them down." The Wenzidian shuo [says]: "The Yi and Di barbarians favoured large bows, hence formed with the great radical and the bow radical").