續一切經音義 1.143

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耕墾（上古衡反蒼頡篇云耕亦懇田也山海經云后稷之孫叔均始作耕郭景淳注云始用牛犁也說文云從耒從井像耕壟之形古作畊下康佷反蒼頡篇云墾亦耕也廣雅理也說文從土貇聲）。

耕墾 [plowing and cultivating] (The upper character is pronounced with the fanqie 古衡 [gēng]. The Cangjie pian says: “耕 also means to break up the fields.” The Classic of Mountains and Seas says: “Shujun, the grandson of Lord Millet, first invented plowing.” Guo Jingchun's commentary says: “He first used oxen to plow.” The Shuowen jiezi says: “Formed from 耒 [plow] and 井, picturing the shape of plowed furrows; anciently written as 畊.” The lower character is pronounced with the fanqie 康佷 [kěn]. The Cangjie pian says: “墾 also means to plow.” The Guangya says: “To manage/work.” The Shuowen jiezi says: “Formed from 土 [earth] with 貇 as the phonetic element”).