續一切經音義 6.41

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蛟龍（上音交郭注山海經云蛟似虵而四脚小頭細頸卵生大者十數圍子如一二斛甖能吞人說文蛟亦龍屬也下力鍾反說文云鱗蟲之長也能幽能明能巨能細脊分而登天秋分而潛淵也[龍-(立/月)]飛形從肉從童省聲也或從尨作俗也）。

Flood-dragon and dragon (蛟龍: the first character is pronounced jiao 交; Guo's commentary on the Shanhaijing states: "A jiao resembles a snake with four legs, a small head, and a slender neck; it is born from an egg; the large ones are over ten spans in circumference, with eggs like one or two hu urns; it can swallow humans"; the Shuowen says: "The jiao is also of the dragon kind"; the second character has the fanqie *l- / zh-*, the Shuowen states: "The chief of the scaled creatures; it can darken or brighten, grow massive or tiny, shorten or elongate; at the vernal equinox it ascends to heaven, and at the autumnal equinox it submerges in deep pools; [the character represents] the shape of flying; it is derived from rou 肉 (flesh) with tong 童 abbreviated as phonetic"; it is also popularly written with mang 尨).