續一切經音義 1.69

1.69

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").