一切經音義 4.177

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鵾鳳（下房諷反。毛詩義䟽云。雄曰鳳䳄曰凰。非梧桐不棲。非竹實不食。山海經曰。丹穴山有鳥狀如鸖。五色而有文章名曰鳳凰。廣雅云。鳳凰鷄頭鷰頷蛇頸鴻身魚尾骿翼五處有文。首文曰德。翼文曰順。背文曰義。腹文曰信。膺文曰雄鳴曰節節䳄鳴曰足足。昏鳴月固常。晨鳴曰發明。晝鳴曰保長。舉鳴曰上翔。集鳴曰歸昌。見則天下安寧也。說文神鳥也。出東方君子之國從鳥凡聲也）。

鵾鳳 (Kun-phoenix: The lower character has the fanqie 房諷 [fèng]. The Mao Shi Yishu says: "The male is called feng; the female is called huang. It perches on nothing but the wutong tree, and feeds on nothing but bamboo seeds." The Classic of Mountains and Seas says: "On Mount Danxue there is a bird shaped like a crane, five-coloured and patterned, named the fenghuang." The Guangya says: "The fenghuang has the head of a chicken, the chin of a swallow, the neck of a snake, the torso of a wild goose, the tail of a fish, and paired wings; it has markings in five places: the markings on the head signify virtue; on the wings, compliance; on the back, righteousness; on the belly, integrity; on the breast, benevolence. When the male calls, it sounds like jiejie; when the female calls, it sounds like zuzu. At dusk it calls 'moon firmly constant'; at dawn it calls 'dispelling brightness'; by day it calls 'preserving longevity'; soaring it calls 'ascending flight'; roosting it calls 'returning prosperity'. When it is seen, the world is at peace." The Shuowen says: "A divine bird, originating in the eastern land of noble persons; it takes its semantic element from 鳥 (bird) and has 凡 for its sound").