一切經音義 87.165

87.165

狙公（上七余反獼猴之類案莊子云狙公謂眾狙曰與尒朝三而暮四何如眾狙皆怒朝四而暮三何如眾狙皆悅說文從犬且聲論作狙字也）。

Monkey trainer (狙公: first character fanqie 七余; a type of macaque. Looking at the Zhuangzi, it says: "The monkey trainer said to the monkeys: 'If I give you three in the morning and four in the evening, how is that?' The monkeys were all angry. 'If I give you four in the morning and three in the evening, how is that?' The monkeys were all pleased." The Shuowen says it is formed from 犬 with 且 phonetic. In the treatise it is written with the character 狙).