一切經音義 92.57

92.57

鍼盲 (The first character has the fanqie phonetic spelling 執 [zhí] + 任 [rèn], [zhēn]. The Guangya says: "'Zhēn' means to pierce." Examining 'zhēnmáng' [needling the blind]: it refers to using the correct Dharma to cure erroneous views, just as needling the chronic affliction of blindness. The Shuowen says: "It takes 金 [metal] as its radical and 咸 as its phonetic component." Nowadays it is commonly written with 十 as 針, which is a vulgar character. The second character has the fanqie phonetic spelling 麥 [mài] + 庚 [gēng], [máng]. The Shuowen says: "An eye without a pupil. It takes 目 [eye] as its radical and 亡 as its phonetic component").