Si Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Dog (quǎn)
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Page 717, Entry 19
Guangyun (Comprehensive Rhymes), Jiyun (Compilation of Rhymes), Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes), and Zhengyun (Correct Rhymes) all record the pronunciation as jing.
Yupian (Jade Chapters): The name of a beast.
Guangyun (Comprehensive Rhymes): The name of a beast that eats humans.
Shuyiji (Records of Extraordinary Things): The jing is a beast shaped like a tiger or leopard but smaller. When it is first born, it turns and eats its mother; therefore, it is known as xiao jing.
Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes): Also written in the variant form jing.
Commentary on the Treatise on the Suburban Sacrifices in the Book of Han (Qian Hanshu): Meng Kang states: The xiao is a bird that eats its mother. The po jing is a beast that eats its father. The po jing resembles a mountain cat but has tiger eyes.