一切經音義 7.116

7.116

Cowardly and fearful (qiewei 怯畏: the upper word is [pronounced with the fanqie] qiang + jie [qie]. It is also written 㹤. The Shuowen says: 'Having much fear.' The Liji says: 'The brave consider it bitter to be cowardly; the cowardly are fearful and inferior.' The lower word is [pronounced with the fanqie] wei + wei [wei]. The Kaosheng says: 'That to which the mind submits.' The Guangya says: 'Wei 畏 means to fear; also to revere.' The Lunyu says: 'The gentleman has three fears: he fears the mandate of Heaven, he fears great men, and he fears the words of sages.' Zheng's commentary on the Liji says: 'Submission is called wei.' The Zishu says: 'Wei means to dread.' The Shuowen says: 'Wei means evil; it is categorized under zhao 爪, as a tiger's claws are fearful; it is categorized under person 人 and takes ghost 鬼 in abbreviated form as phonetic.').