一切經音義 40.200

40.200

Valiant and fierce (勇猛; the first character has the fanqie 容 + 隴. Gu Yewang says: 'Yǒng means bold, courageous, resolute, and decisive.' The Taixuanjing states: 'To be decisive and resolute.' The Posthumous Titles Rules say: 'Knowing death and not evading it is called yǒng.' The Shuowen jiezi states: 'Qi [vital energy].' It is formed with the 'strength' radical [力] and takes yǒng [甬] as its phonetic element; in ancient script it is written as 恿, or sometimes with the 'halberd' radical [戈] as [戈/甬]; 气 is pronounced 氣, and 甬 has the same sound as above).