一切經音義 98.185

98.185

春鮪 (fanqie: 韋 + 鬼. The Kaosheng says: 'The name of a fish. In the mid-spring month, it comes out of caves in Gong County and travels to Longmen.' The Zhouli says: 'In spring, present the royal sturgeon.' Guo's commentary to the Shanhai jing says: 'Wei (鮪) is precisely the zhan (鱣) sturgeon.' Furthermore, his commentary to the Erya says: 'The zhan is a large fish; its mouth is below its chin, it has no scales, and its flesh is yellow. The large ones reach two or three zhang; east of the Yangtze it is called yellow-fish.' The Shuowen says: 'It has the fish radical and you phonetic.' Zhan is fanqie: 哲 + 連).