一切經音義 98.36

98.36

Monkeys and apes (náoyuán: the first is fanqie 奴 + 刀 [nú + dāo]; the second is pronounced yuán. The Mao Commentary on the Odes states: "The náo is also of the ape kind." Guo's commentary on the Classic of Mountains and Seas states: "It resembles a macaque with long arms, agile and quick; some are yellow and some are black; the yellow ones cry with a plaintive sound." The Shuowen jiezi states: "Both take the radical 犬, with 柔 and 爰 as their respective phonetic components").