Chapter 13: Explaining Grasses

傅，負版。

Fu (傅) is fu ban (负版).

強，蚚。

Qiang (强) is qi (蚚).

，螪何。

(The headword is missing in the base text) is si he (螪何).

螝，蛹。

Gui (螝) is yong (蛹), pupa.

蜆，縊女。

Xian (蚬) is yi nü (缢女).

蚍蜉，大蟻，小者蟻。

Pi fu (蚍蜉) is the large ant; a small one is called yi (蚁).

蠪，朾蟻。

Long (蠪) is ding yi (朾蚁).

，飛蟻，其子蚳。

(The headword is missing in the base text) is the flying ant; its eggs are called chi (蚳).

次，蜘蛛。

Ci (次) is zhi zhu (蜘蛛), spider.

蜘蛛，蛛蝥。

Zhi zhu (蜘蛛) is zhu mou (蛛蝥).

土蜘蛛，草蜘蛛。

Tu zhi zhu (土蜘蛛) is the grass spider (cao zhi zhu, 草蜘蛛).

土蜂，木蜂。

Tu feng (土蜂) is mu feng (木蜂), wood bee.

蟦蠐，螬。

Fei qi (蟦蛴) is cao (螬).

蝤蠐，蠍。

You qi (蝤蛴) is xie (蝎).

蛜威，委黍。

Yi wei (蛜威) is wei shu (委黍).

蟰蛸，長踦。

Xiao shao (蟰蛸) is chang ji (长踦), long-legged spider.

蛭蝚，至掌。

Zhi rou (蛭蝚) is zhi zhang (至掌).

國貉，蟲蠁。

Guo he (国貉) is chong xiang (虫蚃).

蠖，蚇蠖。

Huo (蠖) is chi huo (蚇蠖), inchworm.

果臝，蒲盧。

Guo luo (果臝) is pu lu (蒲卢), mud wasp.

螟蛉，桑蟲。

Ming ling (螟蛉) is the mulberry caterpillar (sang chong, 桑虫).

蠍，桑蠹。

Xie (蝎) is the mulberry borer (sang du, 桑蠹).

熒火，即炤。

Ying huo (荧火) is ji zhao (即炤), firefly.

密肌，繼英。

Mi ji (密肌) is ji ying (继英).

蚅，烏蠋。

Yue (蚅) is wu zhu (乌蠋).

蠓，蠛蠓。

Meng (蠓) is mie meng (蠛蠓), midge.

王，蛈。

Wang (王) is die (蛈).

蟓，桑繭。

Xiang (蟓) is the mulberry cocoon (sang jian, 桑茧).

雔由，樗繭、棘繭、欒繭。

Chou you (雔由) are the chu cocoon (樗茧), the ji cocoon (棘茧) and the luan cocoon (栾茧).

蚢，蕭繭。

Hang (蚢) is the xiao cocoon (萧茧).

翥，醜鏬。

Zhu (翥) is chou xia (丑鏬).

螽，醜奮。強，醜捋。蜂，醜螸。蠅，醜扇。

Insects of the locust (zhong) kind vibrate their wings; those of the qiang kind stroke with their legs; those of the bee kind fly in swarms; those of the fly kind fan their wings.

食苗心，螟。

One that eats the heart of the seedling is called ming (螟).

食葉，蟘。

One that eats the leaves is called te (蟘).

食節，賊。

One that eats the joints is called zei (贼).

食根，蟊。

One that eats the roots is called mao (蟊).

有足謂之蟲，無足謂之豸。

Those with feet are called chong (insects); those without feet are called zhi (豸).

鯉。

The carp.

鱣。鰋。鯷。

Zhan (鳣), yan (鰋) and ti (鳀).

鱧。

The snakehead (li, 鳢).

鯇。

Huan (鲩) is also the grass carp.

鯊，鮀。

Sha (鲨) is hu (𬶍).

鮂，黑鰦。

Jiu (鮂) is hei si (黑鰦).

鰼，鰍。

Xi (鳛) is qiu (鳅), loach.

鰹，大鮦，小者鮵。

Jian (鲣): a large one is called tong (鲖), a small one is called xiu (鮵).

魾，大鱯；小者鮡。

Pi (魾): a large one is called hu (鳠), a small one is called ku (𬶐).

鰝，大蝦。

Hao (鰝) is the large shrimp (da xia, 大虾).

鯤，魚子。

Kun (鲲) is fish roe (yu zi, 鱼子).

鱀，是鱁。

Zhu (𬶨) is zhu (鱁).

鱦，小魚。

Ru (鱦) is small fish (xiao yu, 小鱼).

鮥，鮛鮪。

Wei (鮥) is shu wei (鮛鲔), sturgeon.

鯦，當魱。

Jiu (鯦) is dang hu (当魱).

{列魚}，鱴刀。

Lie yu (列鱼) is ji dao (鱴刀).

鱊鮬，鱖鯞。

Yu gu (鱊鮬) is gui gui (鳜鯞).

魚有力者。

A fish of especial strength (a word missing in the base text).

魵，蝦。

Fen (魵) is xia (虾), shrimp.

鮅，鱒。

Bi (鮅) is zun (鳟), trout.

魴，魾。

Fang (鲂) is pi (魾), bream.

，鯠。

(The headword is missing in the base text) is lai (鯠).

蜎，蠉。

Yuan (蜎) is xuan (蠉), mosquito larva.