Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Red Kangxi strokes: 9 Page 916, Entry 01 Guangyun (Guangyun): Pronounced hong. Jiyun (Jiyun), Yunhui (Yunhui), Zhengyun (Zhengyun): Pronounced hong. Shuowen (Shuowen): White silk with a reddish tint. Shiming (Shiming): Red is a shade of deep red. It refers to white that resembles deep red. Analects (Lunyu): One does not wear red or purple for casual clothing. Commentary (Shu): Red is the intermediate color of the south. Also a place name. Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan): A grand military review took place at Hong. Note: Hong is a location in the state of Lu. Also the name of a plant. Erya (Erya): Hong is also known as longgu. Note: People commonly call the red plant longgu; the pronunciation has evolved over time. Also, Jiyun (Jiyun): Pronounced gong. Zhengyun (Zhengyun): Pronounced gong. Interchangeable with gong (labor or merit). Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): Mourning garments of deep red for fifteen days, light red for fourteen days. Note: Fu Qian says: It should be written as great merit and small merit. Also interchangeable with gong (work). Book of Han (Qian Hanshu): The skilled woman leaves the loom. Note: Yan Shigu says: Read as gong (work). Also, Jiyun (Jiyun): Pronounced jiang. Deep red may be written as red. Book of Han (Qian Hanshu): Among the twenty-two individuals favored by Emperor Ping, there was the Marquis of Hong. Note: Yan Shigu says: I suspect the character hong should be jiang. Liu Ban says: There is a Hong County, pronounced jiang. The character for red also has a pronunciation of jiang.