一切經音義 41.59

41.59

熊羆（上許窮反毛詩惟熊惟羆說文獸也似豕山居冬蟄䑛足掌其掌似人名掌曰蹯蹯音煩下羆音悲尒雅羆似熊而黃白色郭璞曰似熊而大頭長脚高猛憨多力能拔樹木也）。

Bears and brown bears (熊羆: for the first character, fanqie xǔ-qióng. The Mao Shijing says: "Only bears and brown bears." The Shuowen jiezi says: "A beast resembling a swine; it dwells in the mountains and hibernates in winter, licking its paws. Its paws resemble human hands and feet; the paws are called fán (蹯); fán is pronounced fán." For the second character, 羆 is pronounced bēi. The Erya says: "The brown bear resembles a bear but is yellowish-white." Guo Pu says: "It resembles a bear but is large, with a long head, high legs, ferocious, obtuse, very strong, and capable of uprooting trees").