Chapter 13: Explaining Grasses

蛭，蟣。

Zhi (蛭) is ji (虮).

科斗，活東。

Ke dou (科斗) is huo dong (活东), tadpole.

魁陸。

Kui lu (魁陆).

蜪蚅。

Tao yue (蜪蚅).

鼁，蟾諸，在水者黽。

Cu (鼁) is chan zhu (蟾诸), toad; one in the water is called mian (黾).

蜌，螷。

Bi (蜌) is bi (螷).

蚌，含漿。

Bang (蚌) is han jiang (含浆), freshwater mussel.

鼈三足能。

A soft-shelled turtle with three feet is called neng (能).

龜三足賁。

A tortoise with three feet is called ben (贲).

蚹蠃，螔蝓。

Fu luo (蚹蠃) is yi yu (螔蝓), snail.

蠃，小者蜬。

Luo (蠃): the small one is called ji (蜬).

螖蠌，小者蟧。

Hua ze (螖蠌): the small one is called lao (蟧).

蜃，小者珧。

Shen (蜃): the small one is called yao (珧), clam.

龜，俯者靈，仰者謝，前弇諸，果，後弇諸，獵，左倪不類，右倪不若。

Tortoises: one with its head down is called ling; one with its head up is called xie; one with the front of its shell contracted is called guo; one with the rear contracted is called lie; one whose head tilts to the left is not called lei, and one whose head tilts to the right is not called ruo.

貝，居陸，在水者蜬。

Cowries: one living on land is called bei; one in the water is called xian (蜬).

大者魧，小者鰿。

The large one is huang (魧), and the small one is ze (鰿).

玄貝，貽貝。

Xuan bei (玄贝) is yi bei (贻贝), mussel.

餘貾，黃白文。

Yu huo (余貾) is the one with yellow-and-white markings.

餘泉，白黃文。

Yu quan (余泉) is the one with white-and-yellow markings.

蚆，博而頯。

Ba (蚆) is the broad one with a prominent forehead.

，大而險。

(The headword is missing in the base text), both large and flat.

，小而橢。

(The headword is missing in the base text), both small and oval.

蠑螈，蜥蜴。

Rong yuan (蝾螈) is xi yi (蜥蜴), lizard.

蜥蜴，蝘蜓。

Xi yi (蜥蜴) is yan ting (蝘蜓).

蝘蜓，守宮也。

Yan ting (蝘蜓) is the gecko (shou gong, 守宫).

镻，蝁。

Die (镻) is e (蝁).

螣，螣蛇。

Teng (螣) is teng she (螣蛇), the flying serpent.

蟒，王蛇。

Mang (蟒) is wang she (王蛇), python.

蝮虺，博三寸，首大如擘。

The fu hui (蝮虺) viper is three inches wide in the body, with a head as large as a person's thumb.

鯢，大者謂之鰕。

Ni (鲵) is the large one, called xia (鰕).

魚枕謂之丁，魚腸謂之乙，魚尾謂之丙。

The occipital bone of a fish is called ding, a fish's intestine is called yi, and a fish's tail is called bing.

一曰神龜，二曰靈龜，三曰攝龜，四曰寶龜，五曰文龜，六曰筮龜，七曰山

The first is called the Spirit Tortoise, the second the Numinous Tortoise, the third the Gathering Tortoise, the fourth the Treasure Tortoise, the fifth the Patterned Tortoise, the sixth the Divining Tortoise, the seventh the Mountain

龜，八曰澤龜，九曰水龜，十曰火龜。

Tortoise, the eighth the Marsh Tortoise, the ninth the Water Tortoise, and the tenth the Fire Tortoise.

隹其，鳺鴀。

Zhui qi (隹其) is fu pi (鳺鴀).

鶌鳩，鶻鵃。

Jue jiu (鶌鸠) is hu zhou (鹘鸼).

鳲鳩，鴶鵴。

Shi jiu (鸤鸠) is jie ju (鴶鵴), the cuckoo dove.

鷑鳩，鵧鷑。

Ji jiu (鷑鸠) is bing ji (鵧鷑).

鴡鳩，王鴡。

Ju jiu (鴡鸠) is wang ju (王鴡), osprey.

鵅，鵋。

Lu (鵅) is qi (鵋).

鶅，鵵軌。

Chu (鶅) is chu gui (鵵轨).

鴗，天狗。

Ju (鴗) is tian gou (天狗), kingfisher.

鷚，天鸙。

Liu (鹨) is tian yue (天鸙), lark.

鵱，鷜鵝。

Lu (鵱) is lu e (鷜鹅).

鶬，麋鴰。

Cang (鸧) is mi gua (麋鸹), crane.

鵅，烏。

Lu (鵅) is wu (乌), crow.

舒雁，鵝。

Shu yan (舒雁) is goose (e, 鹅).

舒鳧，鶩。

Shu fu (舒凫) is duck (wu, 鹜).

鳽，。

Jian (鳽) is (the explanatory word is missing in the base text).

輿鵛，鷋。

Yu jing (舆鵛) is ji (鷋).

鵜，鴮鸅。

Ti (鹈) is yu ze (鴮鸅), pelican.

鶾，天雞。

Han (鶾) is tian ji (天鸡).

鷽，山鵲。

Xue (鸴) is shan que (山鹊), mountain magpie.

鷣，負雀。

Yan (鷣) is fu que (负雀).

齧，齒艾。

Nie (啮) is chi ai (齿艾).

鶨，老。

Zhou (鶨) is lao (老) (a passage seems to be missing in the base text here).

鳸，鴳。

Xue (鳸) is yan (鴳), quail.

桑鳸，竊脂。

Sang hu (桑鳸) is qie zhi (窃脂).

鳭鷯，剖葦。

Liao liao (鳭鹩) is pou wei (剖苇), reed warbler.

桃蟲，鷦。其雌鴱。

Tao chong (桃虫) is jiao (鹪), wren; its female is called ping (鴱).

鶠，鳳。其雌皇。

Yan (𬸘) is feng (凤), the phoenix; its female is called huang (皇).