一切經音義 14.317

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蠶繭（上藏含反周禮仲春詔后師內外命婦始蠶於北郊考聲云吐絲蟲名也說文姙絲蟲也從䖵替聲也下堅顯反禮記世婦卒蠶奉繭以示于君蠶事既登奉繭稱絲說文云繭蠶衣也從糸從虫從繭者或作絸古字也）。

蠶繭 [silkworms and cocoons] (The first character is 藏 + 含 [cán]. The Rites of Zhou says: "In mid-spring, the queen leads the internal and external titled ladies to begin sericulture in the northern suburbs." The Kaosheng says: "The name of a silk-spinning insect." The Shuowen says: "An insect pregnant with silk"; it is composed of 䖵 with 替 phonetic. The second is 堅 + 顯 [jiǎn]. The Liji says: "The junior consorts complete the sericulture and present the cocoons to show to the ruler; once the silk-raising is done, they present the cocoons and weigh the silk." The Shuowen says: "Jian is the robe of the silkworm"; it is composed of 糸 and 虫. Those written as 絸 are the ancient character).