一切經音義 41.61

41.61

豺狼（上牀皆反山獸也尒雅云豺狗足也說文狼屬也從豸才聲經文從犬作𢦖非也案豺有二類常群行山谷不相離大曰豺郎小曰豺奴小者先行共獵麞鹿煞己守之而不敢食以待豺郎其豺郎後至先食飽己然後豺奴啖其殘肉故禮記月令云季秋之月霜降之日豺祭獸即其事也下洛當反說文云狼似犬銳頭白額猛獸也從犬良聲）。

Jackals and wolves (豺狼: for the first character, fanqie chuáng-jiē; a mountain beast. The Erya says: "The jackal has dog-like paws." The Shuowen jiezi says: "A kind of wolf; composed of the beast radical (豸) with cái (才) phonetic." In the sūtra text, writing it with the dog radical as 𢦖 is incorrect. Note: there are two kinds of jackal that constantly travel in packs through mountain valleys without separating: the larger is called the 'jackal lord' (豺郎) and the smaller the 'jackal servant' (豺奴). The smaller ones go ahead to hunt roe deer and stags together; having killed them, they guard them without daring to eat, awaiting the jackal lord. The jackal lord arrives later and eats his fill first, after which the jackal servants eat the leftover meat. Thus the 'Monthly Ordinances' of the Liji says: 'In the last month of autumn, on the day of the descent of frost, the jackals sacrifice beasts,' which refers to this matter. For the second character, fanqie luò-dāng. The Shuowen jiezi says: "The wolf resembles a dog with a pointed head and white forehead, a ferocious beast; composed of the dog radical with liáng (良) phonetic").