一切經音義 63.47

63.47

或控（下苦貢反詩傳云控引也又云止馬曰控也考聲云持也接也說文云匈奴引弓曰控也從手空聲也）。

或控 Or holding the reins (the second character is ku + gong [kòng]; the commentary to the Classic of Poetry says: "'Kong' means to draw." It also says: "To stop a horse is called 'kong'." The Kaosheng says: "To hold, to catch." The Shuowen says: "When the Xiongnu draw a bow, it is called 'kong'; [the character] derives from 'hand' with 'kong' phonetic").