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Chapter 13: Explaining Grasses

Han (漢) · anonymous (佚名) · Volume 25 / 28

鴒,雝渠。

Ling (鸰) is yong qu (雝渠), wagtail.

斯,鵯鶋。

Si (斯) is bi ju (鹎鶋).

燕,白脰烏。

Yan (燕) is bai dou wu (白脰乌).

鴽,鴾母。

Ru (鴽) is mu mu (鴾母).

密肌,系英。

Mi ji (密肌) is xi ying (系英).

巂,周。

Xi (巂) is zhou (周), of the cuckoo kind (zi gui, 子规).

燕燕,鳦。

Yan yan (燕燕) is yi (鳦), the swallow.

鴟鴞,鸋鴂。

Chi xiao (鸱鸮) is ning jue (鸋鴂), owl.

狂,茅鴟,怪鴟,梟鴟。

Kuang (狂) includes the mao chi (茅鸱), guai chi (怪鸱) and xiao chi (枭鸱).

鶛,劉疾。

Ji (鶛) is liu ji (刘疾).

生哺,鷇。

A nestling being fed is called kou (鷇).

生噣,雛。

A nestling that pecks for itself is called chu (雏), chick.

爰居雜縣。

Yuan ju (爰居) is za xian (杂县).

春鳸,鳻鶞。

Chun hu (春鳸) is ban chun (鳻鶞).

夏鳸,竊玄。

Xia hu (夏鳸) is qie xuan (窃玄).

秋鳸,竊藍。

Qiu hu (秋鳸) is qie lan (窃蓝).

冬鳸,竊黃。

Dong hu (冬鳸) is qie huang (窃黄).

桑鳸,竊脂。

Sang hu (桑鳸) is qie zhi (窃脂).

棘鳸,竊丹。

Ji hu (棘鳸) is qie dan (窃丹).

行鳸,唶唶。

Xing hu (行鳸) is jie jie (唶唶).

宵鳸,嘖嘖。

Xiao hu (宵鳸) is ze ze (啧啧).

鴔,戴鵀。

Fu (鴔) is dai ren (戴鵀), hoopoe.

鶭,澤虞。

Lu (鶭) is ze yu (泽虞).

鷀,鷧。

Ci (鹚) is yi (鷧).

鷯,鶉,其雄鶛,牝庳。

Liao (鹩) is quail (chun, 鹑); the male is called ji (鶛), the female is called bi (庳).

鸍,沈鳧。

Ji (鸍) is shen fu (沈凫).

鴢,頭。

Yao (鴢) is tou (头).

鵽鳩,寇雉。

Zhuo jiu (鵽鸠) is kou zhi (寇雉).

萑,老鵵。

Huan (萑) is lao zhui (老鵵).

鶟,{胡鳥}鳥。

Ting (鶟) is hu niao (胡鸟).

狂,鳥。

Kuang (狂) is niao (鸟) (a passage seems to be missing in the base text here).

皇,黃鳥。

Huang (皇) is huang niao (黄鸟), oriole.

翠,鷸。

Cui (翠) is yu (鹬), kingfisher.

鸀,山烏。

Zhu (鸀) is shan wu (山乌), mountain crow.

蝙蝠,服翼。

Bian fu (蝙蝠) is fu yi (服翼), bat.

晨風,鸇。

Chen feng (晨风) is zhan (鹯), falcon.

鸉,白鷢。

Jiu (鸉) is bai ye (白鷢).

寇雉,泆泆。

Kou zhi (寇雉) is yi yi (泆泆).

鷏,蟁母。

Wei (鷏) is wen mu (蟁母).

鷉,須鸁。

Ti (䴘) is xu ying (须鸁), grebe.

鼯鼠,夷由。

Wu shu (鼯鼠) is yi you (夷由), flying squirrel.

倉庚,商庚。

Cang geng (仓庚) is shang geng (商庚), oriole.

鴩,餔。

Zhen (鴩) is bu (餔).

鷹,鶆鳩。

Ying (鹰) is lai jiu (鶆鸠).

鶼鶼,比翼。

Jian jian (鹣鹣) is bi yi (比翼), the paired-wing bird.

鵹黃,楚雀。

Li huang (鵹黄) is chu que (楚雀).

,斫木。

(The headword is missing in the base text) is zhuo mu (斫木), woodpecker.

{敫鳥},鶶鷵。

Jiao niao (敫鸟) is qian zhu (鶶鷵).

鸕,諸雉。

Lu (鸬) is zhu zhi (诸雉).

鷺,春鉏。

Lu (鹭) is chun chu (春鉏), egret.

鷂雉。

Yao pheasant (鹞雉).

鷮雉。

Jiao pheasant (鷮雉).

鳪雉。

Bao pheasant (鳪雉).

鷩雉。

Bie pheasant (鷩雉).

秩秩,海雉。

Zhi zhi (秩秩) is hai zhi (海雉), sea pheasant.

鸐,山雉。

Di (鸐) is shan zhi (山雉), mountain pheasant.

雗雉,雉。

Wei pheasant (雗雉) is zhi (雉), pheasant.

雉絕有力,奮。

A pheasant of exceptional strength is called fen (奋).

伊洛而南素質,五采皆備成章曰翬;江淮而南青質,五采皆備成章曰鷂。

South of the Yi and Luo rivers, one with white substance and the five colors fully formed into a pattern is called hui (翚); south of the Yangtze and Huai, one with blue-green substance and the five colors fully formed into a pattern is called yao (鹞).

南方曰,東方曰鶅,北方曰鵗,西方曰鷷。

In the south it is called (a word missing in the base text), in the east chu (鶅), in the north xi (鵗), and in the west zong (鷷).

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