續一切經音義 6.41

6.41

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).