一切經音義 87.91

87.91

鬼𩲐 [demons and goblins]: Read with the fanqie mei + bi. Zheng's commentary on the Zhouli says: '[(魅-ㄙ)-未+勿] is that which follows whether it is human or an object. Offerings to the spirits of heaven and earth are called ming; spirits of the hundred things are called [(魅-ㄙ)-未+勿].' The Shanhaijing says: 'The creature called [(魅-ㄙ)-未+勿] has a human body and a black head.' The Shuowen jiezi states that it is correctly written as 鬽: 'The essence of an old thing; composed of ghost (鬼) growing hair, with shan (彡) as radical.' Nowadays it is also written as 魅 or 魅.