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牢獄（上音勞說文云閉養牛羊圈也從牛從舟省舟取四周帀也俗用從穴非也下愚錄反顧野王曰相與諍訟也囚繫之所因名為獄鄭玄注周禮云爭財曰訟爭罪曰獄說文從犾音銀二犬所以吠守也會意字也）。

Prison (牢獄: the first character is pronounced lao; the Shuowen says: 'An enclosure for keeping and raising cattle and sheep'; composed of 牛 with the abbreviation of 舟, 舟 signifying enclosing completely on all four sides; the popular use with the cave classifier is incorrect; the second character has the fanqie yu + lu; Gu Yewang says: 'Mutually contending in litigation; the place where prisoners are confined is accordingly named 獄'; Zheng Xuan's commentary on the Zhouli says: 'Contending over wealth is called 訟; contending over criminal culpability is called 獄'; the Shuowen says: 'Composed of 犾, pronounced yin, meaning two dogs barking and guarding'; an ideogrammatic compound).