一切經音義 1.72

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昆蟲（上古魂反假借字也正體作䖵聲類作蜫鄭注禮記云昆明也明虫者陽而生陰而藏者也夏小正昆眾也小虫也說文總名也從二虫下逐融反爾雅云有足曰蟲無足曰豸說文從三虫俗作虫豸音持里反）。

Kun-chong (insects) (the first character is gu-hun fan; it is a phonetic loan character, the orthodox form is written as 䖵, and the Shenglei writes it as 蜫; Zheng's commentary on the Liji says: "Kun means bright; those described as bright insects are born in yang and hide in yin"; the Xia xiaozheng says: "Kun means numerous; small insects"; the Shuowen says: "A general term; derived from two 虫"; the second character is zhu-rong fan; the Erya says: "Those with feet are called chong (insects); those without feet are called zhi (crawling insects)"; the Shuowen says: "Derived from three 虫; vulgarly written as 虫"; zhi is pronounced chi-li fan).