一切經音義 89.76

English (machine translation) 89.76

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89.76

Utmost sincerity (for the first [character 悃], k- + [b]en [kǔn]; for the second [character 愊], b- + [b]i [bì]; Wang Yi's commentary to the Songs of Chu says: “'Kun' means purity of purpose.” The Guangya says: “Utmost.” Zhang Yan's commentary to the Book of Han says: “'Kunbi' is like utmost sincerity.” The Shuowen says: “Fullness of utmost sincerity is called 'kunbi'.” Both characters follow 心 (heart), with 困 and 畐 as their respective phonetics).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese