一切經音義 95.94

95.94

Mussels and clams (𧉻: fanqie 龐講 [bàng]; 蛤: fanqie 甘合 [gé]. The Lüshi chunqiu states: "At the full moon, oysters are void and mussels and clams are full; at the dark moon, mussels and clams are void." The Shuowen jiezi states: "Of the family of mussels and clams. Clams are of three kinds, all born in the sea. The clam species is transformed from thousand-year-old birds; in Qin they are called 'strong and stern.' The clams in the open sea are transformed from hundred-year-old swallows. The ark shell, also named 'double-layered,' is transformed from old bats." Both characters are composed of 虫 with 丰 and 合 phonetic respectively; 丰 has the same pronunciation as above).