續一切經音義 10.111

10.111

Linjun 麟麕 (The first character has the fanqie phonetic spelling [x- + zh- > sh-] xī zhēn 反. The Gongyang zhuan says: "The qilin is a benevolent beast; when there is a sage king, it arrives at his suburbs." The Erya says: "The lin has the body of a river deer, the tail of an ox, and a single horn; the tip of the horn has flesh." The second character has the fanqie phonetic spelling [zh- + -ūn > zh-] zhé yūn 反. The Gongyang zhuan says: "It is an elk that has a horn." The Shuowen jiezi says: "This is the large seal script character for 麕; popularly it is commonly written as 麏").