續一切經音義 1.35

1.35

Viper and snake (蚖蛇: the upper character has the two fanqie readings 五官 and 愚轅; the lower character has the fanqie 社遮. The Baopuzi says: "There are very many kinds of snakes, but only the bite of the yuán-shé harms a person most urgently. If one cuts out the flesh where it bit with a knife and casts it to the ground, the flesh boils of itself like being roasted on fire and in a moment is completely charred to ash; only then does the person survive." Both characters are formed with 'insect' (虫) and phonetic yuán (元) and tuó (它)).