Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) 藉 Kangxi Dictionary strokes: 20 Page 1063, Entry 42 Ancient form Pronounced jie (falling tone) Shuowen Jiezi (Dictionary of Explanations of Characters): Offerings made during sacrifice. Book of Changes (Yijing): Using white cogon grass as a cushion. Commentary: To provide a base for an object. Also, Book of Rites (Liji): When holding jade, if there is a cushion, one should wear an unlined garment; if there is no cushion, one should cover the garment. Commentary: Cushion refers to ornamental grass. Sub-commentary: Generally, when holding jade, there must be a cushion to support the jade. Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili), Commentary on the Pinyi chapter: Cushion refers to the silken pad. The pad is used to cushion the jade. Also, Mencius (Mengzi): Aid is like a cushion. Zhao Qi commentary: Like one person borrowing strength to help another. Strategies of the Warring States (Zhanguo Ce): To request troops and food from Western Zhou. Also, Book of Han (Hanshu), Biography of Xue Guangde: Guangde was gentle and cultured in his manner. Commentary: Broad-minded and generous. Also, Book of the Later Han (Houhanshu), Biography of Wei Xiao: Emperor Guangwu had long heard of his reputation and responded with exceptional etiquette, treating him with great comfort and support. Also, Essential Collection for Comprehensive Mirror (Gangmu Jilanshu): That upon which the body relies is called a cushion. Also, Explanation of Names (Shiming): To chew is to use a cushion, used to cushion the teeth. Also, pronounced ji (rising tone). Disorderly and scattered (langjie): The appearance of things being messy and mixed up. Book of Han (Hanshu), Biography of Yi, King of Jiangdu: The gossip in the state was rampant, and no one returned to Jiangdu. Also, Discourses of the States (Guoyu): When King Xuan ascended the throne, he did not conduct the plowing of the thousand-acre field. Book of Han (Hanshu), Annals of Emperor Wen: Open the fields for the imperial plowing ceremony. Also, Guliang Commentary (Guliang Zhuan), 13th Year of Duke Ai: Paying tribute to the Chengzhou region to honor the Heavenly King. Commentary: Tribute refers to offerings. Also, Zhuangzi, Respoding to Emperors and Kings: The monkey and the macaque, for their own convenience, brought the dog to serve as a cushion. Commentary: Cushion refers to a rope. Also, Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Marquis Wu'an: Now that I am still alive, others all rely upon my younger brother. Commentary: To rely upon or to trample. Also, a surname. Discourses of the States (Guoyu): Jie Yan, an official of the Jin state. Also, according to archaic Tang Dynasty pronunciations, read as zuo. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Lord Shang: Commentary citing New Sequence (Xin Xu) theory: The Zhou royal house returned the territory. Suoyin Commentary: Pronounced zuo. Also, according to the Rhyme Supplement (Yunbu), pronounced ji (falling tone). Ban Gu, Western Capital Rhapsody (Xidu Fu): The wilderness is desolate, with the eyes reaching to the four borders. Birds press upon one another, and beasts lie pillowed upon each other.