一切經音義 96.76

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蛟螭（上音交下恥離反山海經云限水有蛟其狀魚身而蛇尾鴛鴦食之可以為痔又況水多蛟郭云似蛇四脚小頭細頸頸有白纓大者十數圍夘生子如一二斛甖能吞人說文龍屬也沱魚滿三千六百蛟來為之長率魚而飛置苛韭水中即蛟去也從虫交聲也）。

蛟螭: The first character is pronounced jiao (交). The second character has the fanqie phonetic notation chi (恥) + li (離). The Shanhaijing states: 'In the Xian River there are jiao dragons; they have fish bodies and snake tails; yuanyang ducks feed on them, and eating them can cure hemorrhoids. Moreover, in the Kuang River there are many jiao dragons.' Guo says: 'Resembling a snake with four legs, small head, and narrow neck; the neck has a white ruff; the large ones are over ten spans around; they lay eggs producing young as large as one or two hu jars; they can swallow humans.' The Shuowen jiezi states: 'A kind of dragon. When the fish in an eddy reach 3,600, a jiao comes to be their leader; it leads the fish in flight, but placing poisonous chives into the water will cause the jiao to depart. Analyzed as following the semantic component "insect" (虫) and the phonetic component jiao (交).'