一切經音義 27.273

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狖 (*you* [gibbon-like ape]: *Zilin* [gives the fanqie] *yu* + *xiu*, a name from Jiangdong; also *yu* + *ji* fanqie, a name from Jianping; *Shanhaijing*: "Mount Ge has many *sui*"; Guo Pu says: "Resembling a macaque but larger, dark gray-black, with a tail four or five feet long like an otter's tail; its head has two slits; when it rains, it hangs upside down from trees, plugging its nose with its tail; people in Jiangdong rear them to catch mice, for as creatures they are nimble and strong"; *Erya*: "The *sui* has an upturned nose and a long tail"; *Qieyun*: the insect/rodent name that resembles a rat is written 鼬, while the beast name that resembles an ape is written 貁; 狖 is an ancient character, and some write it 㹨, not knowing its derivation; according to this, it should be 鼬 or 貁; it is not of a ferocious nature; *Yupian*: "The 貁 resembles a leopard cat and catches mice," which differs from the *Qieyun*; the 鼬 resembles a stone-eating mouse; the stone-eating mouse is also called the weasel [*shengshu*]; its nature is murine, thus agreeing with the explanation in the *Zilin*).