Si Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Dog (quǎn)
Page 706, Entry 21
Pronounced kang.
Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): A robust dog.
Yupian (Yupian): A hedgehog.
Guangyun (Guangyun): Yakang, refers to being disobedient.
Jiyun (Jiyun): Pronounced lang. Kanglang, the name of a wild beast.
Zhengzitong (Zhengzitong): Produced in Siam, specifically in Juelong. It has a short and sturdy physique, with round eyes and yellow irises; it feeds on the fruits of trees like a monkey and builds dozens of nests in the shade of ancient, dense trees. The local mountain people raise them to use for labor. When covered with tattered cotton batting, fed light wine, and given fish to eat, they are content and the entire group submits to servitude, never attempting to escape until death. They are often sent into the deep mountains to gather hornbill casques, ivory, and rhinoceros horn, and they always retrieve these items on time to deliver to their masters. Even if members of other families attempt to seize them, they will certainly not comply. Boatmen weave cages out of bamboo and place them on the paths where these creatures frequently travel to capture them using traps. For a detailed record, see Sea Talks (Haiyu) by Huang Zhong.