五年制小语十册17课《景阳冈》中说“店家道:‘如今前面景阳冈上有只吊睛白额大虫,天晚了出来伤人,已经伤了二三十条大汉性命。’”句中“大虫”即虎。那么,为何称虎为“大虫”呢? 虫,有两音。一读hui,即“虺”,指一种毒蛇。二读chong,是“蟲”的简写。《尔雅音义》云:“三虫为蟲,直忠切,有足者也。令人以虫为蟲,相承假借用耳。”显然,“大虫”之“虫”属后者。 Five years of small language ten volumes 17 Lesson “Jing Yang Gang” said “store house said:” Now in front of Jing Yang Gang have only white eyes and large bugs, the night came out wounding, has hurt twenty or thirty big Han Life. “” Sentence “big bug” that tiger. So, why tiger called “big bug” it? Worm, there are two tones. First reading hui, that is, “虺”, refers to a poisonous snake. Second reading chong, is a “worm” shorthand. The sound of Ershi Yun said: “The three worms are insects, straight loyal cut, there are foot also. It is a worm for insects, with false ears.” Obviously, the “bug” is the “worm” is the latter.