一切經音義 8.253

8.253

弓弩（上鞠穹反周禮司弓矢掌六弓四弩八矢之法世本云揮作弓牟夷作矢宋忠云皆黃帝臣也說文以近窮遠故謂之弓下奴古反郭璞注方言云弩猶怒也說文云弓有臂曰努從弓奴聲也）。

弓弩 (gōngnǔ; the upper character has the fanqie 鞠穹 [gōng]; the 'Officer of Bows and Arrows' in the Zhouli regulates the techniques of the six types of bows, four types of crossbows, and eight types of arrows; the Shiben says: 'Hui made the bow, and Mouyi made the arrow'; Song Zhong says both were ministers of the Yellow Emperor; the Shuowen jiezi says: 'Reaching far from near, hence it is called a bow [gōng]'; the lower character has the fanqie 奴古 [nǔ]; Guo Pu's commentary on the Fangyan says that crossbow [nǔ] implies fury [nù]; the Shuowen jiezi says: 'A bow that has a stock is called a crossbow [nǔ]'; it is composed of 弓 [bow] with 奴 [nú] giving the sound).