一切經音義 97.17

97.17

Flattering favorites (佞倖: the first [character is pronounced] ning + ding fan; the Shuowen jiezi says it is composed of 'woman' [女] with 'benevolence' [仁] phonetic; the compiled text writes it as 侫, which is a popular variant. The second is heng + geng fan; Wang Yi's commentary on the Chu ci says that xing (婞) means obstinate [很]; the Shuowen jiezi says it is composed of 'person' [人] with 'fortune' [幸] phonetic; it is also written with 'woman' as 婞; the character 很 is pronounced hen + ken fan; Du's commentary on the Zuo zhuan says that 很 is like perverse and evil).