一切經音義 41.62

41.62

野干（或云射干射音夜司馬彪及郭璞並云野干能緣木廣志云巢於危巖高木故知非野狐也淮南名曰麻狐禪經又云見一野狐又見野干故知二別野狐大於野干也）。

Wild jackals (野干: also called shè-gān; shè is pronounced yè. Sima Biao and Guo Pu both say: "The yegan can climb trees." The Guangzhi says: "It nests on precipitous cliffs and high trees; hence we know it is not a wild fox." In Huainan it is called the máhú (麻狐). The Dhyāna Sūtra also says: "One saw a wild fox, and also saw a yegan"; thus we know the two are distinct, and the wild fox is larger than the yegan).