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Insects and creepy-crawlies (蜫蟲: ancient script 䖵; gu and hun fan; the Book of Rites says: 'Insects (蜫蟲) have not yet hibernated', Zheng Xuan says: 'Kun means illuminated; illuminated insects are those born in yang and hiding in yin'; the Xia xiaozheng says: 'Kun are tiny insects; kun means soul-stirring, referring to tiny insects swarming and moving').

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