一切經音義 95.94

95.94

𧉻蛤（上龐講反下甘合反呂氏春秋云月望虛𧉻蛤實月晦則蚌蛤則說文蚌蜃屬也蛤有三皆生於海蛤屬千歲鳥所化也秦謂之壯厲海中蛤者百歲鷰化也魁蛤一名復累老𦨕翼所化也二字竝從虫丰合聲丰音同上也）。

Mussels and clams (𧉻: fanqie 龐講 [bàng]; 蛤: fanqie 甘合 [gé]. The Lüshi chunqiu states: "At the full moon, oysters are void and mussels and clams are full; at the dark moon, mussels and clams are void." The Shuowen jiezi states: "Of the family of mussels and clams. Clams are of three kinds, all born in the sea. The clam species is transformed from thousand-year-old birds; in Qin they are called 'strong and stern.' The clams in the open sea are transformed from hundred-year-old swallows. The ark shell, also named 'double-layered,' is transformed from old bats." Both characters are composed of 虫 with 丰 and 合 phonetic respectively; 丰 has the same pronunciation as above).