Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Bamboo (zhú) Jia Kangxi strokes: 11 Page 881, Entry 11 Pronounced jia. Broad Rimes (Guangyun): Jia flute. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Book of Music (Yueshu): The northern flute resembles a pi li (a reed instrument) but has no holes. Later generations use it in ceremonial processions. It was created by Boyang when he fled into the Western Rong, made by rolling a reed leaf to blow through it. Supplement to the Collection of Rimes (Yunhui xiaobu): The Great Northern Flute, eighteen movements, is known as the Shen family style. The Small Northern Flute, nineteen movements, is known as the Zhu family style. Also rhymes as he. Xiahou Zhan, Rhapsody on the Flute (Jia fu): Slapping palms at the southern village, the flute sounds in the northern garden. The flute sounds in rhythm, and the separate chants harmonize with one another. Collection of Seas (Pianhai): Also written in a variant form.