一切經音義 41.131

41.131

Water sprites (魍魎: the upper character has the fanqie wǔ + wǎng [wǎng]; the lower character has the fanqie lì + zhǎng [liǎng]; Kaosheng states: 'Wǎngliǎng are water spirits, and also evil mèi ghosts'; the Huainanzi states: 'Wǎngliǎng resemble young children, reddish-black in colour, with red claws, long ears, and fine hair'; it is also written as 𧈿蜽, which is interchangeable; the Guoyu states: 'Water monsters and demonic ghosts'; writing it as 𲌫[兩*鬼] is also the same).