一切經音義 80.133

80.133

螟[(虫*弋)/貝] ("Caterpillars and cutworms"): The first character is pronounced with the fanqie 覔 + 萍 (míng). The Mao Commentary on the Classic of Poetry states: 'The locust-like insect that eats the core of grain is called míng.' The Shuowen jiezi also states: 'That which eats cereal leaves; it takes the radical 虫 (insect) with 冥 as the phonetic.' The second character is pronounced with the fanqie 騰 + 勒 (tè). The Erya states: 'Insects that eat leaves are called tè.' The Classic of Poetry states: 'Remove their míng and tè; when officials extort and borrow, that is when tè are born.' The Shuowen jiezi states that it takes the radical 虫 (insect) with 貣 as the phonetic; 貣 is pronounced with the fanqie 他 + 勒 (tè). The catalogue text writes 𧑞, which is identical to the Yueling. Examining the character books, 𧑞 is pronounced téng; the Erya states: 'A téng is a snake, belonging to the dragon class,' which is not the meaning of míng-tè.