一切經音義 7.79

English (machine translation) 7.79

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7.79

Utmost sincerity (竭誠; first character qu + che fanqie; the Jixun says: "Jie (竭) means drying up of water." The Erya says: "Jie means to exhaust." Kong Anguo's commentary on the Lunyu says: "Exhausting one's loyalty and devotion without sparing one's body." The Shuowen says it takes the stand radical (立) with he (曷) phonetic. Second character pronounced cheng; the Erya says: "Cheng (誠) means trustworthy." The Boya says: "Cheng means reverent." Note: Cheng is like 'true'.).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese