一切經音義 11.106

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獼猴手（上音彌。下音侯。說文獿也。奴刀反也。或曰母猴。漢書謂之沐猴。今謂之猴孫王。延壽作賦謂之王孫。今俗呼謂之胡孫。案此狩種類甚多。略而言之近有十種。今且略舉其名。不能一一繁述。即有獼猴白猿音袁蒼籰音王約反青獿狙七余反豦音據狖由救反蜼音遺去聲又余水反又有果然皆獼猴之種類也。其中差別色皃各殊今且略說。果然一狩南州異物志云。九真骨浦縣交州日南山父林藪中皆有此狩。其名果然。猿狖之類。其鳴自呼身如猨面如犬青色或通身白色。脅邊有黑斑文。其身不過三尺。尾長四尺有餘反度身過於頭視其鼻見兩孔仰向天毛長柔細也往往人間有此狩皮縵褥也）。

Monkey hands: the upper character is pronounced *mi*. The lower character is pronounced *hou*. The *Shuowen* states: 'A monkey (獿),' pronounced *nu* + *dao*. Some call it *muhou* (母猴). The *Hanshu* calls it *muhou* (沐猴). Today it is called *housun* (monkey). Wang Yanshou in his rhapsody called it *wangsun*. Today popular speech calls it *husun*. In my view, there are very many kinds of this beast; speaking briefly, there are nearly ten kinds. Now I shall briefly mention their names without recounting them in full detail: there is the macaque (獼猴), the white gibbon (pronounced *yuan*), the grey lutung (pronounced *wang* + *yue*), the black-faced monkey (青獿), the *ju* monkey (pronounced *qi* + *yu*), the *ju* beast (pronounced *ju*), the *you* ape (pronounced *you* + *jiu*), the *wei* monkey (pronounced *yi* in the departing tone, or *yu* + *shui*), and also the *guoran*; all these are varieties of monkeys and apes. Among them, their differences in color and appearance are distinct. Now I shall briefly explain: regarding the beast *guoran*, the *Nanzhou yiwu zhi* states: 'In Jiuzhen's Gupu County, and in the mountain father forest thickets of Jiaozhou and Rinan, all possess this beast. Its name is *guoran*. It is of the genus of gibbons and apes. Its call echoes its own name. Its body is like a gibbon and its face like a dog, dark-green in color or entirely white, with black spots on its flanks. Its body does not exceed three feet, but its tail is over four feet long, looping back over its body to reach beyond its head. Looking at its nose, one sees two nostrils pointing upward toward the sky. Its fur is long, soft, and fine. From time to time in the human world, there are blankets and mats made from the skin of this beast.'