一切經音義 89.51

English (machine translation) 89.51

Language: English

89.51

詭滑 (Deceitful and crafty): The first character is read fanqie *gu[ī]-[w]ěi* [guǐ]. The *Mao Poetry* states: 'Do not follow the deceitful and compliant.' Zheng's commentary states: 'Do not indulge deceit and follow others in doing evil.' The *Huainanzi* states: 'Su Qin used a hundred deceits to achieve one trust.' Xu Shuzhong (Xu Shen) says: '詭 (*guǐ*) is like remiss/deceitful.' The *Shuowen jiezi* states: 'It means to reproach; it is classified under the radical *yán* (speech) with *wēi* (危) phonetic.' The second character is read fanqie *hu[án]-[b]ā* [huá]. The *Shuowen jiezi* states: '滑 (*huá*) means slippery/crafty; it is classified under the radical *shuǐ* (water) with *gǔ* (骨) phonetic.'

Previous: 89.50
Next: 89.52
Up: 89

Linked texts (1)

一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese