續一切經音義 1.86

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蠅虻（上孕蒸反下麥彭反鄭箋毛詩云蠅之為蟲汗白為黑方言云秦晉陳楚之間謂之蠅東齊謂之羊聲訛轉也郭璞曰江東呼羊似蠅也）。

Flies and horseflies (蠅虻: the first character has the fanqie 孕蒸 [yíng]. The second character has the fanqie 麥彭 [méng]. Zheng's commentary on the Book of Odes says: "As an insect, the fly stains white into black." The Fangyan says: "Between Qin, Jin, Chen, and Chu it is called 蠅; in Eastern Qi it is called 羊 (sheep), which is a phonetic corruption." Guo Pu says: "In Jiangdong, calling a fly 羊 is because its sound resembles it").