一切經音義 30.171

30.171

牢籠（老刀反方言牢圈也說文閉也養畜生之圈也正從牛從舟省舟之為義取四面匝也或從[白-日+(冉-土+(一/(人*人)))]古終字下鹿紅反考聲云籠竹器也莊子云鳩之在籠是也古今正字從竹龍聲也）。

牢籠 (láo lóng: [牢 is] lǎo-dāo fanqie. The Fangyan says: 'Láo means an enclosure.' The Shuowen says: 'An enclosure; an enclosure for raising livestock.' Correctly derived from 牛 (ox) with an abbreviated 舟 (boat); the meaning of 舟 takes the sense of encompassing on all four sides. Or derived from [白-日+(冉-土+(一/(人*人)))], which is the ancient character 終. The lower is lù-hóng fanqie. The Kaosheng says: 'Lóng is a bamboo receptacle.' In the Zhuangzi: 'A dove inside a cage (lóng)' is an example. In the Gujin zhengzi, it is derived from 竹 (bamboo) with 龍 as phonetic).