Yin Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Self (jǐ). Kangxi stroke count: 4. Page 327, Entry 01. Pronounced ba. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Ba and Shu. Commentary on the Book of Documents (Shujing): Ba is located to the east of Shu. Record of the Three Ba (Sanba Ji): The White Water of the Lang Garden flows southeast, winding three times in a shape resembling the character ba, hence the name Three Ba. Jade Chapters (Yupian): Name of a state. Commentary on the Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), Ninth Year of Duke Huan: The ruler of the Ba state sent Han Fu to report to the state of Chu. Commentary: The Ba state was located in Jiangzhou County of Ba Commandery. Name of a commandery. History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Treatise on Geography: Ba Commandery was established during the Qin Dynasty and belonged to Yizhou. Record of Ba by Qiao Zhou: In the sixth year of the Chuping era, Zhao Ying divided Ba Commandery into two. Ba Commandery took Dianjiang as its administrative seat, and the area from Anhan downwards became Yongning Commandery. In the sixth year of the Jian'an era, Liu Chuo re-divided the Ba territory, establishing Badong Commandery from Yongning Commandery and Baxi Commandery from Dianjiang. Name of a prefecture. History of the Tang (Tangshu), Treatise on Geography: There was a Ba Prefecture in the Shannan Circuit. Name of a county. History of the Tang (Tangshu), Treatise on Geography: Gui Prefecture had Badong County, Bi Prefecture had Dongba County, Tong Prefecture had Baqu County, and He Prefecture had Bachuan County. Explanation of Writing (Shuowen): Name of an insect. Some say it is a snake capable of eating elephants. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): The Ba snake can swallow an elephant, only spitting out the bones after three years. A gentleman who eats its meat will be cured of heart and abdominal ailments. This snake has a body of mixed green, yellow, red, and black colors. Another account describes it as a black snake with a green head. Record of Xunjiang (Xunjiang Ji): Hou Yi killed the Ba snake at Dongting Lake; its bones piled up into a hill, which people call Baling. Bajiao: Name of a grass. Rhapsody of Sir Fantasy (Zixu Fu) by Sima Xiangru: Various sugarcane and bajiao plants. Commentary: The qie plant is also known as bajiao. Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Tail. A surname. History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Partisan Prohibitions: Ba Su, a native of Gaocheng in Bohai.