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鴻鸖（上音紅隨陽鳥也毛詩傳云大曰鴻小曰鴈皆水鳥鵝屬也下何各反有白鶴瑞鳥也仙人所乘壽皆千歲又有紅鶴凡鳥也所在皆有蒼紅色一名鴻鵠形如鶴而小亦水鳥也）。

Wild swan and crane (鴻鸖: the first character is pronounced hong; a bird that follows the warmth of the sun; the Mao Commentary on the Shijing says: 'The large are called 鴻, the small are called 鴈; both are water birds, belonging to the goose family'; the second character has the fanqie he + ge; there is the white crane, an auspicious bird, which immortals ride upon, living for a thousand years; there is also the red crane, an ordinary bird found everywhere, of a greyish-red colour, also called 鴻鵠, shaped like a crane but smaller, which is also a water bird).