續一切經音義 1.69

1.69

磔裂（上陟革反字書云磔開也又張也說文云殺而張𦢸也音匹各反謂割肉也周禮云磔牲祭以禳灾也郭璞注爾雅云今俗磔狗當大道中云止風也）。

Dismembering and tearing apart (磔裂: the first character has the fanqie 陟革 [zhé]. Character dictionaries say: "To dismember (磔) means to tear open; it also means to stretch out." The Shuowen says: "To kill and splay the flesh (𦢸)." It has the fanqie 匹各 [pò], meaning to slice meat. The Rites of Zhou says: "Dismembering (磔) sacrificial victims to ward off calamity." Guo Pu's commentary on the Erya says: "In contemporary custom, dogs are dismembered in the middle of thoroughfares, said to halt the wind").