Talk:田雞

@Wyang, do you know what the etymology of this term is? It seems very curious, and the question came up at WT:FWOTD. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 23:23, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

It seems people have wondered about it for centuries. There was a passage in the Compendium of Materia Medica on this; I have now added it in. Wyang (talk) 01:35, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

So Angr was right in his jest... anyway, we just need a cite and this will be FWOTD-ready. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 01:38, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

@Justinrleung has kindly added the citation now. Wyang (talk) 07:17, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

I've added one more for the second sense. — justin(r)leung _{{ (t...) | c=› }} 07:32, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Thank you both very much! —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 07:55, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

This is interesting, but according to ctext, 田雞 can be attested at least from the Northern Song (太平御覽). Considering the Compendium of Materia Medica was written during the Ming dynasty, perhaps we should only note this etymology as a possible origin only? ---> Tooironic (talk) 02:20, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

@Tooironic, I don't think that passage is talking about 田雞. It just so happened that 田 and 雞 appears together. In fact, there should be a break between 農官兵田 and 雞犬之聲. Also, we are not suggesting that 田雞 comes from Compendium of Materia Medica, but just that it mentions an etymology for the word. — justin(r)leung _{{ (t...) | c=› }} 04:37, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

I guess I am mistaken then. Classical Chinese is always fun. -_- ---> Tooironic (talk) 02:02, 9 February 2017 (UTC)