一切經音義 74.119

74.119

龜鼈 (tortoises and softshell turtles: the first character is pronounced 鬼 + 追 fanqie; the Baihutong says, "The tortoise is the chief of the shelled creatures"; Kong's commentary to the Shangshu says, "A tortoise measuring one foot two inches is called a great tortoise, produced in the waters of Jiujiang"; Guo's commentary to the Erya says, "In Yangxian County of Wuxing Commandery there is a pond, which produces three-legged tortoises; there are also six-eyed tortoises mentioned in the Treatises on Geography"; the Shuowen jiezi says it is a pictographic character; the second character is pronounced 鞭 + 滅 fanqie; the Classic of Mountains and Seas says, "Cong Mountain has many three-legged softshell turtles"; transmitted texts write 鱉, which is a vulgar character; the Shuowen jiezi says it is derived from 黽 and 敝; 黽 is pronounced 猛; 敝 is pronounced 毗 + 袂 fanqie).