Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Bi Kangxi stroke count: 13 Page 1033, Entry 04 Yu Pian: Pronounced bie. The pronunciation is the same as the word for separate. Guang Yun: Refers to dense planting or transplanting. Shi Ming: Bie means to separate. It refers to writing large characters in the center of a piece of paper and then tearing it down the middle into two halves, equivalent to a modern commercial contract. Also, in Buddhism, writing poetry is called ji (gatha), and writing prose is called bie. Huang Tingjian, Letter to a Chan Master: Previously received a record of entrustment (ji bie).