一切經音義 41.59

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Bears and brown bears (熊羆: for the first character, fanqie xǔ-qióng. The Mao Shijing says: "Only bears and brown bears." The Shuowen jiezi says: "A beast resembling a swine; it dwells in the mountains and hibernates in winter, licking its paws. Its paws resemble human hands and feet; the paws are called fán (蹯); fán is pronounced fán." For the second character, 羆 is pronounced bēi. The Erya says: "The brown bear resembles a bear but is yellowish-white." Guo Pu says: "It resembles a bear but is large, with a long head, high legs, ferocious, obtuse, very strong, and capable of uprooting trees").