一切經音義 7.116

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怯畏（上羗刧反或作㹤說文云多畏也禮記云勇者苦怯怯者畏劣也下威謂反考聲云心所伏也廣雅畏懼也畏敬也論語曰君子有三畏畏天命畏大人畏聖人之言鄭注禮記云伏曰畏字書云畏難也說文云畏惡也從爪而虎爪可畏也從人從鬼省聲也）。

Cowardly and fearful (qiewei 怯畏: the upper word is [pronounced with the fanqie] qiang + jie [qie]. It is also written 㹤. The Shuowen says: 'Having much fear.' The Liji says: 'The brave consider it bitter to be cowardly; the cowardly are fearful and inferior.' The lower word is [pronounced with the fanqie] wei + wei [wei]. The Kaosheng says: 'That to which the mind submits.' The Guangya says: 'Wei 畏 means to fear; also to revere.' The Lunyu says: 'The gentleman has three fears: he fears the mandate of Heaven, he fears great men, and he fears the words of sages.' Zheng's commentary on the Liji says: 'Submission is called wei.' The Zishu says: 'Wei means to dread.' The Shuowen says: 'Wei means evil; it is categorized under zhao 爪, as a tiger's claws are fearful; it is categorized under person 人 and takes ghost 鬼 in abbreviated form as phonetic.').