一切經音義 47.164

47.164

Bear and brown bear (熊羆: the first character is fanqie 虛 + 弓. The Shuowen jiezi says: "The bear is a beast resembling a boar that dwells in the mountains; it takes 'neng' [能] as signific and an abbreviated form of 'yan' [炎] as phonetic." The second character is fanqie 彼 + 皮. Guo Pu's commentary on the Erya says: "The brown bear resembles a bear, but with a raised head, high legs, and immense strength capable of uprooting trees; west of the Pass it is called a bear." The Shuowen jiezi says it takes 'xiong' [熊] as signific and an abbreviated form of 'pi' [羆] as phonetic).