一切經音義 16.84

16.84

Stiff-necked and perverse (項很: the first character has the fanqie x- + [j]iang [=xiàng]; the second character has the fanqie h- + [k]en [=hěn]; both are characters in the rising tone; Jia's commentary to the Guoyu says: 'Disobedient, resentful, and spiteful; it means an obstinate person with a stiff neck difficult to turn is called xiànghěn'; it is formed with chì [彳] and gèn [艮] as phonetic).