一切經音義 90.52

English (machine translation) 90.52

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90.52

Maintaining integrity (持操: the second character is pronounced 草 [cǎo] + 到 [dào] fanqie. Wang's commentary on the Songs of Chu says: '操 means utmost.' Gu Yewang says: 'Holding firmly to one's will is called 操.' The Kaosheng says: 'Resolving one's purpose without wavering.' It takes 手 as semantic classifier and 喿 as phonetic).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese