一切經音義 89.111

89.111

Demonic slander (for the first [character 祅], y- + [j]iao [yāo]; the Kaosheng says: “Earthly anomalies; ghosts and spectres.” It is also written following 言 as 訞. The Shuowen says: “It follows 示 with 芺 as phonetic.” 芺 has the same sound as above. In the transmission it is written following 女 as 妖, which is interchangeable. For the second [character 誣], pronounced wu [wū]; Du's commentary to the Zuo commentary says: “'Wu' means deception.” Zheng's commentary to the Book of Rites says: “Delusion; adding slander.” The Shuowen says: “Adding false words; it follows 言 (speech) with 巫 as phonetic.” Both are phono-semantic characters).