續一切經音義 8.131

8.131

Gēngkěn (ploughing and clearing) (the first character has the fanqie gǔ + bìng. The Yupian says: "To plough." The Zhou Book says: "In the time of Shennong, heaven rained grain, and Shennong ploughed and sowed it." The Shuowen jiezi has it formed from lěi and jǐng, depicting the form of ploughing. Lěi has the fanqie lú + duì. The Shuowen jiezi says: "Bent wood." The Shiben says: "Shennong made the plough-share." The second character has the fanqie kāng + hěn. The Yupian says: "To cultivate fields." The Kaosheng says: "To plough." The Qieyun says: "Effort." Formed with the "earth" radical and the phonetic kěn; kěn has the same sound as above).