Wu Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Grain (hé)
Page 850, Entry 28
Pronounced bi (rising tone). Grain that has not matured. Book of Documents (Shangshu), Chapter Announcement of Zhong Hui: As if grain had chaff. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan), Tenth Year of Duke Ding: At the meeting at Jiagu, Confucius said: If it is not provided, use chaff. Commentary: Chaff, grain that has not matured. Also refers to filth or corruption. History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Eulogy of Emperor An: To corrupt my royal standards. Also, according to Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Anthology (Yunhui), pronounced bi (rising tone). Also, according to Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced pi. The meaning is the same. Sometimes written in a variant form (bi). Zhuangzi, Free and Easy Wandering: Dust, dirt, chaff, and husks. Commentary: Chaff and husks, like fragments and debris. Sometimes abbreviated as (bi).