一切經音義 83.156

83.156

牢籠 [pen and cage / to encompass] (The first character is pronounced with the fanqie 老刀 [lao]. Zheng's commentary on the Zhouli says: '牢 means to confine.' The Shuowen says: 'An enclosure for keeping cattle and horses. It takes the abbreviated radical 冬, referring generally to taking what is completely enclosed on all four sides.' The second character is pronounced with the fanqie 祿東 [long]. In the Zhuangzi: 'Like a turtle dove in a cage' is an example. The Shuowen says: 'It takes the bamboo radical 竹 and the phonetic 龍').