一切經音義 99.89

99.89

牲牷 (Sacrificial animals: the first is *shēng* [fanqie: 所耕]; the second is *quán* [fanqie: 絕緣]. Zheng [Xuan's] commentary on the *Mao Commentary to the Book of Odes* states: "Oxen, sheep, and pigs are called *shēng*." Kong Anguo's commentary on the *Book of Documents* states: "Those of pure color are called *xī*; those of intact body are called *quán*." Zheng Zhong's commentary on the *Rites of Zhou* states: "*Quán* means of a pure, unmixed color." The *Shuowen jiezi* notes both are classified under the radical 'ox' (牛), with 生 and 全 providing the phonetic sounds).