Yin Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Towel (jīn) Page 333, Entry 11 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun) all state the pronunciation is dai (falling tone). Explanation of Graphs and Analysis of Characters (Shuowen): A sash. Men wore sashes, women wore silk sashes; the shape represents the string used to hang a pendant. A pendant must have a cloth attachment, hence the character is formed under the Radical: Towel (jīn). Xu Xuan says: The upper part represents the point where the sash is connected and fastened. Explanations of Names (Shiming): A sash (dai) is like a stem (di). It is attached to clothing like the stem of a fruit. Book of Changes (Yijing), Hexagram of Litigation (Song): Someone bestowed a wide leather sash (pan dai) upon him. Commentary: A wide leather sash is a large belt. Book of Rites (Liji), Jade Pattern (Yuzao): For all sashes, the edges are folded, without stitching decoration. Commentary: This means the sash is unlined, and although it is hemmed and stitched at the edges, it is merely folded and pleated, without any additional embroidered or decorative needlework. Yang Xiong, Dialects (Fangyan): That which hangs down is called a pendant (li). Commentary: In the Small Erh-ya (Xiao Erya), the hanging part of a sash is called a pendant (li). Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes (Xiao Ya): The hanging sash sways as a pendant. It also means to wear as a pendant. Book of Rites (Liji), Monthly Ordinances (Yueling): Wear a bow as a pendant. Yang Xiong, Dialects (Fangyan): To go. Commentary: It means to follow someone as they walk. Name of an insect. Master Zhuang (Zhuangzi), Discussion on Making All Things Equal (Qiwulun): The mantis finds the worm larvae sweet. Book-sash, name of a grass. Three Qi Records (San Qi Ji): On the mountain of Zheng Kangcheng there grows a grass with leaves over a foot long; the locals call it Kangcheng book-sash grass. A surname. Jia Yi, Faults of Qin (Guo Qin Lun): Dai Tuo. Also pronounced as di (falling tone). Chu Elegies (Chuci), Nine Songs (Jiu Ge): Lotus garments and orchid sashes, suddenly arriving and suddenly departing. Spending the evening in the Emperor’s village, who is waiting at the edge of the clouds? Textual Research: Book of Changes (Yijing), Hexagram of Litigation (Song): Someone bestowed a wide leather sash upon him. Commentary: A wide leather sash (pan ge) is a large belt. Note: We have corrected the original text from leather (ge) to sash (dai). Chu Elegies (Chuci), Nine Songs (Jiu Ge): Lotus garments and orchid sashes. Note: We have corrected the original text characters to match the standard.