一切經音義 56.351

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鯨鷁（又作䲔同渠京反許叔重注淮南子云鯨魚之王也異物志云鯨魚數里或死沙中云得之者皆無目俗云其目化為明月珠也鯢鯨之雌者也左傳鯨鯢大魚也說文作鶂司馬相如作𪁌或作鶝埤蒼作艗字書作鷁同五歷反水鳥也善高飛也）。

Whales and yiyi birds 鯨鷁 (The first is also written 䲔, identical, with the fanqie qu + jing. Xu Shuzhong's commentary on the Huainanzi says: 'The whale is the king of fish.' The Yiwu zhi says: 'Whales are several li in length; sometimes they die upon the sand, and it is said that those who find them always find them eye-less, as popular lore says their eyes turn into bright moon pearls.' The female whale is called ni 鯢. The Zuozhuan says: 'Whales (jing-ni) are large fish.' The Shuowen jiezi writes 鶂; Sima Xiangru writes 𪁌; it is also written 鶝; the Picang writes 艗; the Zishu writes 鷁, identical, with the fanqie wu + li. It is an aquatic bird, adept at flying high).