一切經音義 46.197

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Liubo 六駮 ([the latter is pronounced with the] fanqie 補角 [bǔ + jiǎo/*pruk/bó]. The Erya says: 'The bo 駮 resembles a saw-horse, with serrated teeth, and eats tigers and leopards.' Sheren says: 'The bo 駮 is a beast of great strength.' The Shanhai jing says: 'On Mount Qu there is a beast shaped like a horse, with a white body, a black head, a single horn, tiger's claws, and a voice like a drum; its name is bo 駮; it eats tigers and leopards and can ward off weapons.' The Shijing says: 'In the marshlands there are six bo 駮,' which is this. In the third year of the Huangchu era of the Wei dynasty, six bo 駮 were seen twice in the wilderness).