一切經音義 31.297

31.297

誹謗（上非味反考聲云誹謗毀也說文誹亦謗也從言非聲也下博浪反考聲云謗以言毀人也杜注左傳云謗毀也詛也賈注國語云謗亦毀誹也又云對人道其惡也說文從言旁聲也）。

Slander and defame (誹謗: the upper character [誹] has the fanqie phonetic [fei] (非味反). The Kaosheng states: "誹謗 means to defame." The Shuowen jiezi states: "誹 also means to slander; derived from the speech radical (言) with the phonetic marker [fei] (非)." The lower character [謗] has the fanqie phonetic [bang] (博浪反). The Kaosheng states: "謗 means to defame a person through speech." Du Yu's commentary to the Zuo zhuan states: "謗 means to defame; to curse." Jia Kui's commentary to the Guoyu states: "謗 also means to defame and slander; it also means to speak of a person's evils to their face." The Shuowen jiezi states: "Derived from the speech radical (言) with the phonetic marker [bang] (旁)").