一切經音義 46.317

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虵虺 [serpents and vipers] (in ancient script [written in the] two forms 虫 and 螝; the same; [pronounced with the] fanqie 吁鬼 [huǐ]; a poisonous reptile; the Shanhaijing says: 'Mount Jiyi has many vipers (蝮虺)'; Guo Pu says: 'Its color is like the pattern of a sash; on its snout there is a needle; the large ones weigh over a hundred catties; another name is the upturned snout'; the Erya's Qianwei Sheren says: 'South of the Yangtze and Huai it is called 蝮; north of the Yangtze and Huai it is called 虺'; Zhuangzi says: 'A viper has two heads'; Han Fei says: 'Among reptiles there is the 螝, which has one body and two mouths, fighting over food and biting each other, eventually killing each other'; the Erya praise-poem says: 'A serpent of strange form, its name is called viper; its tail resembles its head, its head resembles its tail; tigers and leopards may be trodden upon, but this one must never be stepped on').