一切經音義 27.273

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狖（字林余繡反江東之名又余季反建平之名山海經鬲山多蜼。郭璞云似獼猴而大。蒼黑色尾長四五尺似獺尾頭有兩𭭛天雨即倒懸於樹以尾塞鼻。江東養之捕鼠為物揵健尒雅蜼昂鼻而長尾切韻蟲名似鼠作鼬獸名似猨作貁。狖是古字有作㹨不知所從依此應為鼬貁。非惡性故也。玉篇貁似貍捕鼠與切韻別鼬似石啖鼠。石啖鼠亦呼為鼪鼠性音鼠乃同字林解）。

狖 (*you* [gibbon-like ape]: *Zilin* [gives the fanqie] *yu* + *xiu*, a name from Jiangdong; also *yu* + *ji* fanqie, a name from Jianping; *Shanhaijing*: "Mount Ge has many *sui*"; Guo Pu says: "Resembling a macaque but larger, dark gray-black, with a tail four or five feet long like an otter's tail; its head has two slits; when it rains, it hangs upside down from trees, plugging its nose with its tail; people in Jiangdong rear them to catch mice, for as creatures they are nimble and strong"; *Erya*: "The *sui* has an upturned nose and a long tail"; *Qieyun*: the insect/rodent name that resembles a rat is written 鼬, while the beast name that resembles an ape is written 貁; 狖 is an ancient character, and some write it 㹨, not knowing its derivation; according to this, it should be 鼬 or 貁; it is not of a ferocious nature; *Yupian*: "The 貁 resembles a leopard cat and catches mice," which differs from the *Qieyun*; the 鼬 resembles a stone-eating mouse; the stone-eating mouse is also called the weasel [*shengshu*]; its nature is murine, thus agreeing with the explanation in the *Zilin*).