一切經音義 87.28

87.28

玁狁 Xianyun: the first character is pronounced with the fanqie 扻 + 斂; the second is pronounced 允 (yǔn). The Mao Commentary to the Classic of Poetry says: 'An ancient name for the northern Di barbarians.' Zheng's Commentary says: 'The Xiongnu.' The Wenzidian shuo's gloss is the same as above. Both take the dog radical (犬); 嚴 and 允 are both phonetic. The treatise writes it as 獫, pronounced with the fanqie 力 + 贍, which is erroneous.