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鳳凰,一作鵬皇,神鳥也,亦稱朱鳥、丹鳥、火鳥、鵾雞、不死鳥、火之鳥、長生鳥、火烈鳥。鳳者雄,凰者雌。鳳凰齊飛,吉祥之兆也。
按《爾雅·釋鳥》郭璞註:「雞頭、燕頷、蛇頸、龜背、魚尾、五彩色,高六尺許」。「出于東方君子之國,翺翔四海之外,過昆倫,飲砥柱,濯羽弱水,莫宿風穴,見則天下安甯。」。 身被字紋,《山海經·圖贊》:「首文曰德,翼文曰順,背文曰義,腹文曰信,膺文曰仁。」
鳳凰雄鳴曰即即,雌鳴曰足足,雌雄和鳴曰鏘鏘。鳳鳴如簫笙,音如鍾鼓。
按寧夏大學馮玉濤考證,鳳凰維孔雀。孔,大也。孔雀即大雀,飛禽之最大者也。先民崇拜孔雀,焉乃以爲神,爲司鳳之王,鳳王是也。孔雀見於滇,幹欄建築之鄉,而水稻所自也。[1]
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