一切經音義 69.101

69.101

Tiny midges (蠛蠓: the upper character [蠛] is pronounced mian-jie fan; the lower character [蠓] is pronounced meng-dong fan; the Zhuangzi says: "The louse to the tree is like the tiny midge to the earth." Gu Yewang says: "Small flying insects." Guo's commentary on the Erya says: "Small insects resembling gnats." The Shuowen says both take 虫 as semantic, with 蔑 and 蒙 as phonetics).