一切經音義 1.72

1.72

Kun-chong (insects) (the first character is gu-hun fan; it is a phonetic loan character, the orthodox form is written as 䖵, and the Shenglei writes it as 蜫; Zheng's commentary on the Liji says: "Kun means bright; those described as bright insects are born in yang and hide in yin"; the Xia xiaozheng says: "Kun means numerous; small insects"; the Shuowen says: "A general term; derived from two 虫"; the second character is zhu-rong fan; the Erya says: "Those with feet are called chong (insects); those without feet are called zhi (crawling insects)"; the Shuowen says: "Derived from three 虫; vulgarly written as 虫"; zhi is pronounced chi-li fan).