一切經音義 13.193

13.193

Humiliation (挫辱: the first character is 祖 + 過 fanqie; Zheng's commentary on the Liji says: "挫 means to break." The Shuowen says: "To crush; it takes 'hand' (手) as semantic and 坐 as phonetic." The second character is 如 + 欲 fanqie; Jia's commentary on the Guoyu says: "辱 means shame." The Shuowen says: "It takes 'inch' (寸) placed under 辰; in ancient times, if one neglected the farming season, one would be put to death at the field border, hence it means disgrace." It is also written with 'heart' as 𢛚, an ancient character).