一切經音義 64.37

64.37

𤛆牛 (Yak: pronounced with the fanqie 夘包 [máo]. The Kaosheng states: "The name of a wild ox." The Shanhaijing states: "On Mount Panhou there is a beast shaped like an ox, with hair growing on its four joints, named the máo-ox." Guo's commentary says: "The ox's back, knees, and hocks all have long hair." The Shuowen jiezi states: "A long-haired ox of the southwestern barbarians." This refers to the tail of the yak. It is sometimes written with 毛 [hair] and 𣯛 as an abbreviated phonetic, or with 於 as 旄.)