一切經音義 53.177

53.177

Indulged in pleasure (耽樂: the upper [character has the fanqie] 荅含 [d- + -am → dān]. Kong’s commentary on the Shangshu says: “Excessive pleasure is called 耽.” The Mao commentary on the Shijing says: “Delighting in it excessively.” The Shuowen writes it as 媅 and says: “It means pleasure. Formed from 女 (woman) and 甚 as phonetic”; it is also written as 妉. The lower [character] has the sound 洛 [lò / yuè]. The base text of the scripture writes 耽, which is the popular character form).