一切經音義 98.29

98.29

Sitting sprawled (jījù: the first is fanqie 記 + 疑 [jì + yí]; the second is fanqie 居 + 御 [jū + yù]. The Zhuangzi states: "Sitting sprawled with legs apart, drumming on a tub." Gu Yewang states: "It means sitting back with legs spread in the shape of a winnowing basket." The Book of Rites states: "Do not sit splayed like a basket." Zheng Xuan's commentary states: "It shows disrespect." The Shuowen jiezi states: "It takes the radical 竹 with 其 as its phonetic component." The collection's writing with the radical 足 as 踑 is incorrect).