Shen Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Clothing (yī)
Bi
Kangxi stroke count: 19
Page 1125, Entry 33
Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui): Pronounced bi (falling tone).
Shuowen Jiezi: The folding of clothing.
Xu Xuan says: Distinguishing the middle of leather, the pleats of clothing are like the distinctions made in leather.
Book of Han (Hanshu), Biography of Sima Xiangru: Pleats and gathers, pulled up and wrinkled.
Yan Shigu says: Pleats and gathers, this refers to what are now called skirt pleats.
Yang Xiong, Anti-Li Sao: Fragrance is intense but unheard, it is better to fold it up and hide it in the inner chamber.
Annotation: Fold, meaning clothing.
Textual Research: Yang Xiong, Anti-Li Sao: Fragrance is intense but unheard now, it is better to fold it up and hide it in the inner chamber. Following the original text, now corrected to read as the particle xi.