一切經音義 33.26

33.26

頑鈍 (obstinate and dull; the first character is 五關反; the second character is 䐁嫰反; the Zuo zhuan states, 'One whose heart cannot fathom the norms of virtue and righteousness is called obstinate (頑)'; the Guangya states that 頑 also means dull; the Cang Jie Pian states that 鈍 means obstinate; Huainanzi states that 鈍 means dark and turbid discernment; the Shuowen jiezi states that 頑 takes the 'head' (頁) radical with 元 as phonetic, and 鈍 takes the 'metal' (金) radical with 屯 as phonetic).