一切經音義 97.60

97.60

Prodigies and portents (𰴁[櫱-木+示]: the first [character is pronounced] yao + jiao fan; the second is yan + jie fan; the Kaosheng says that nie ([櫱-木+示]) also means an ominous disaster; the Shuowen jiezi says that anomalies in clothing, songs, ballads, grasses, and trees are called yao (妖), while anomalies in birds, beasts, insects, and locusts are called nie ([櫱-木+示]); yao is sometimes written with 'clothing' as 袄, and nie is sometimes written with 'insect' as 蠥; the Kaosheng notes that it is also written with 'woman' as 𫲕; all are interchangeable).