一切經音義 4.164

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鴻鴈（上胡公反。韻英水鳥也。考聲鴻代也郭璞云鴻鳥知運代也或作𨾊䲨皆古字也。下顏諫反。或作鴈同毛詩傳云。大曰鴻小曰鴈。案鴻鴈者。隨陽鳥也。禮記月令云。季秋之月鴻鴈來賓。是鴈每至秋初引子南遊將避霜雪。春初逐北以避炎暑。說文鴈鵝屬也。亦名鴚加方言自關而東謂鴈為鴚南楚之外謂之倉鴚。今江東人呼鴈為鴚鵝。或作歌古字也。或作駕子虛賦曰白鵠連鴐鵝是也）。

鴻鴈 (Wild geese: The upper character has the fanqie 胡公 [hóng]. The Yunying says: "A waterbird." The Kaosheng says: "Hong means succession." Guo Pu says: "The hong bird understands seasonal transition." It is also written as 𨾊 or 䲨, both being ancient characters. The lower character has the fanqie 顏諫 [yàn]. It is also written identically as 鴈. The Mao commentary to the Classic of Poetry says: "The large ones are called hong, the small ones are called yan." Note that wild geese are birds that follow the sun. The 'Monthly Ordinances' of the Book of Rites says: "In the last month of autumn, the wild geese arrive as guests." That is, every year at the start of autumn, the geese lead their young south to avoid frost and snow; at the start of spring, they pursue the north to avoid scorching heat. The Shuowen says: "The yan belongs to the goose family." It is also named gejia. The Fangyan says: "East of the Pass, the yan is called ge; outside Southern Chu, it is called cangge." Today, the people of Jiangdong call the yan a ge'e (ge-goose). It is also written as 歌, which is an ancient character. Or it is written as 駕; the Rhapsody of Master Void says: "The white swans are linked with the ge-geese"; this is it).