一切經音義 51.380

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蠅蚤（上翼繒反。毛詩箋云為蠅之蟲污白為黑污黑為白也。方言陳楚之間自關而西秦晉之間謂之蠅。東齊謂之羊。郭璞日此語轉不正耳。今江東人呼羊聲如蠅凡如此比不冝別立名也。說文蟲之大腹者也。從黽虫。黽音猛。經從糸作繩非也。下遭老反。韓子云韓昭侯搔蚤而詳失一蚤也。淮南子云使蟾蠩捕蚤是也。考聲云狗蝨也。說文云齧人跳蟲也。或作蚤從虫。經作蚤誤也）。

Flies and fleas (蠅蚤: the first character has the fanqie y[ì] + [z]ēng. Mao's commentary on the Shijing notes: "The insect that is the fly soils white making it black, and soils black making it white." The Fangyan states: "Between Chen and Chu, west of the Pass, and between Qin and Jin, it is called 蠅 (yíng); in Eastern Qi it is called 羊 (yáng)." Guo Pu remarks: "This is merely a phonological shift, not accurate speech. Nowadays people of Jiangdong pronounce 'sheep' (羊) with the sound of 'fly' (蠅); whenever it is like this, a distinct term should not be established." The Shuowen says: "An insect with a large belly; composed of 黽 and 虫. 黽 has the pronunciation měng." The sūtra writes it with 'silk' [糸] as 繩, which is incorrect. The second character has the fanqie z[āo] + [l]ǎo. Han Feizi says: "Marquis Zhao of Han scratched a flea and pretended to drop one." The Huainanzi says: "Employing toads to catch fleas." The Kaosheng says: "A dog louse." The Shuowen says: "A jumping insect that bites people; sometimes written with the insect radical 虫." In the sūtra it is written as 蚤, which is an error).