Shen Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Grass (cǎo)
Page 1030, Entry 04
Tang Rhymes (Tang yun): Pronounced fu.
Rhyme Collection (Yun hui): Means to flourish, means a flower.
Approaching Elegance (Erya): Explaining Plants (Shi cao): A flower is called fu.
Yangzi: Dialect (Fang yan): Hua and fu refer to flourishing. In the regions of Qi and Chu, some places call it hua, others call it fu.
Zuo Si: Rhapsody on the Capital of Wu (Wu du fu): Rare flowers and exotic grasses.
Also used as a personal name.
Book of Jin (Jin shu): Biography of Liu Kun: The son of Zhao King Lun was named Fu.
Also Jiyun and Zhengyun: Pronounced kua. Meaning is the same.
Also pronounced xu.
Approaching Elegance (Erya): Explaining Plants (Shi cao): The fruits of the yao and the ji are called fu.
Note: The heads of the yao and the ji both have a tuft called a fu; the fu is their fruit.
Also pronounced hua.
Zhuangzi: Heaven and Earth (Tian di): Elegant music is not appreciated by the people of the marketplace; popular tunes such as the Zheyang and the Huangfu make them burst into laughter.
Note: The Zheyang and the Huangfu are both ancient songs.