一切經音義 97.356

97.356

尺鷃（鵶澗反莊子云窮髮之北有鳥名曰鵬翼若垂天之雲摶扶搖而上九万里尺鷃笑之曰我騰躍上不過仞下翱翔蒿萊之間此亦飛之至也而彼且奚適也春秋運斗樞曰機星散為鷃常晨鳴如鷄也尺或作[厂@千]也）。

Quail (鵶澗 fanqie [yàn]. The Zhuangzi says: 'To the north of the barren wilds there is a bird named the Peng. Its wings are like clouds suspended from the heavens. Whirling on the whirlwind, it ascends ninety thousand li. The quail laughs at it, saying: "When I leap upward, I fly no more than a few fathoms before descending, fluttering among the artemisia and reeds; this too is the utmost in flying, so where is he going?"' The Chunqiu Yundou shu says: 'The Ji star scatters to become the quail; it always crows in the morning like a rooster.' 尺 is sometimes written as 斥).