[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [一切經音義](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128) › 44.33 # 一切經音義 44.33 一切經音義 44.33 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [44.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.44.33) 蠅蟻（上翼繒反鄭箋毛詩云蠅之為蟲也污黑為白污白為黑郭註爾雅云蠅好搖翅也說文蟲之大腹也從虫黽象形黽音猛下宜倚反俗字也正作螘爾雅云蚍蜉也大曰蚍蜉小曰螘說文螘亦蚍蜉也從虫豈聲也）。 > 蠅蟻 (flies and ants: the first character is yi + zeng fanqie. Zheng \[Xuan\]'s commentary to the \*Mao Shi\* says: "Flies as insects sully black into white, and sully white into black." Guo \[Pu\]'s commentary to the \*Erya\* says: "Flies are fond of fluttering their wings." The \*Shuowen jiezi\* states: "An insect with a large abdomen; composed of 'insect' (虫) and an pictograph of a toad (黽); 黽 is meng fanqie. The second character is yi + yi fanqie, a vulgar character; the standard form is 螘. The \*Erya\* says: "Pipilika; the large are called pipilika, the small are called ants (螘)." The \*Shuowen jiezi\* says: "螘 are also pipilika; composed of 'insect' (虫) with qi (豈) as its phonetic element.") > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 44.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.44.32) - [Next: 44.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.44.34) - [Up: 44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.44) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128~en-mt.44.33) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.44.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.44.33) · Pramāṇa