續一切經音義 4.48

4.48

牝馬（上頻忍反爾雅曰牝曰騇郭注云草馬名也魏志云教民畜㹀牛草馬也詩云騋牝三千也下馬字說文像形也頭尾四足王在其上也騇音舍騋音來）。

牝馬 (for the first character, [pìn], fanqie 頻忍 [b- + -ɨn = bǐn/pìn]. The Erya says: “A female horse is called a shè.” Guo's commentary says: “The name for a mare.” The Wei Zhi says: “He taught the people to raise milch cows and mares.” The Shijing says: “Three thousand mares and stallions.” For the second character, 馬, the Shuowen says: “A pictograph; head, tail, four legs, and a ruler on top.” 騇 is pronounced 舍; 騋 is pronounced 來.)