續一切經音義 4.93

4.93

Herbs and trees (huimu 卉木: the first character has the fanqie [reading] xu + gui [hui]. The Classic of Poetry says: "The herbs and trees flourish luxuriantly." The commentary says: "Numerous." The Erya says: "卉 means grass." Guo [Pu's] commentary says: "The collective name for all grasses." The Shuowen [jiezi] says it takes three 屮 to form 芔; two 屮 make 艸. 屮 has the fanqie [reading] chou + lie [che], which represents the shape of grass and herbs first sprouting. 艸 is now written 廾, pronounced cao).