一切經音義 3.94

3.94

折伏 (the upper character is *zhāng* + *rè* [fanqie: zhé]; Kong [Anguo]'s commentary on the Shangshu says: "'Zhé' means to cut off, referring to deciding legal verdicts." The Guangya says: "'Zhé' means to bend." The Gujin zhengzi says: "Derived from 'shǒu' (hand) with 'jīn' (斤) as phonetic." The lower character is *féng* + *fú* [fanqie: fú]; the Kaosheng says: "To submit or yield; to obey." The Shuowen jiezi says: "'Fú' means to lie in wait; when a dog waits for a human's convenience, it crouches down, hence it is derived from 'rén' (man) and 'quǎn' (dog), an ideogrammatic compound").