Si Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Ox (niú)
Kangxi Strokes: 13
Page 702, Entry 27
Pronounced feng.
Jade Handbook (Yupian): A wild ox.
Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): A name for an ox. The flesh on its neck protrudes like that of a camel.
Commentary on the Explication of Domestic Animals in the Erya (Erya Shi Chu Zhu): The bao ox is the feng ox.
Rhapsody on the Imperial Park (Shanglin Fu) by Sima Xiangru: Yong, mao, mo, and li oxen.
Commentary (Zhu): Shigu says: The yong ox is the modern feng ox.
It is also written as feng (a variant form).
History of the Former Han Dynasty (Qian Hanshu), Account of the Western Regions: Jibin produces the feng ox.
Commentary (Zhu): Shigu says: The feng ox is one with a hump on its neck.
It is also written as feng (a variant form meaning peak).
History of the Later Han Dynasty (Hou Hanshu), Annals of Emperor Shun: The Kingdom of Shule presented a lion and a feng ox.
Commentary (Zhu): The feng ox has flesh on its neck that protrudes like a mound (feng), hence the name. It is the modern feng ox.
Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Also written as the variant form (feng).
Textual Research: In the entry for Collected Rhymes, the text has been corrected to use the character meaning protruding flesh based on the original source.