一切經音義 90.7

90.7

𣜥魔文 (the first character has the fanqie: 刑 + 擊 [xí]). Gu Yewang says: 'A xí document is a proclamation used to reprimand the current age and instruct or comfort the common people.' The Hanshu says: 'With feather-posted proclamations (yǔxí), they summoned the troops of all under Heaven.' Pei Yin's commentary says: 'By inserting bird feathers onto the proclamation document, they conveyed that its haste was as swift as a bird in flight.' The Shuowen [indicates that] it takes 木 as radical and 敫 as phonetic; the pronunciation is jī (擊).