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《螽斯》

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1 螽斯:
蝗之為孽也,蓋沴氣所生,斯臭腥,或曰,魚卵所化。每歲生育,或三或四。每一生,其卵盈百,自卵及翼,凡一月而飛。故詩稱螽斯子孫衆多。螽斯即蝗屬也。羽翼未成,跳躍而行,其名蝻。晉天福之末,天下大蝗,連歲不解。行則蔽地,起則蔽天。禾稼草木,赤地無遺。其蝻之盛也,流引無數,甚至浮河越嶺。踰池渡壍。如履平地。入人家舍,莫能制禦,穿戶入牖,井溷填咽。腥穢牀帳。損齧書衣,積日連宵,不勝其苦。鄆城縣有一農家。豢豕十餘頭。時于陂澤間,值蝻大至。羣豢豕躍而㗖食之。斯須復飫,不能運動。其蝻又飢。唼齧羣豕。有若堆積,豕竟困頓,不能禦之,皆為蝻所殺。癸卯年,其蝗皆抱草木而枯死,所為天生殺也。出《玉堂閒話》

URN: ctp:taiping-guangji/479/zhongsi