Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Kangxi Strokes: 11 Page 1024, Entry 16 Pronounced qu. Jade Chapter (Yupian): Hemp. Book of Odes (Shijing), Binfeng: In the ninth month, we gather hemp seeds. Commentary: Hemp seeds. Zhuangzi, Let the King Be (Rangwang): Yan He kept to a humble neighborhood, wearing coarse hemp cloth, and fed his own oxen. Note: Hemp that has seeds. Also: Book of Rites (Liji), Minor Record of Mourning Apparel (Sangfu Xiaoji): For mourning, a bamboo staff is used. Note: To be dark; the heart is as if severed, the appearance is like withered grass; therefore the mourning garments, headbands, and staffs are all of the mourning color. Ceremonial and Rituals (Yili), Commentary on Mourning Apparel (Sangfu Zhuan): Hempen mourning clothes, a hemp headband, a staff, and a twisted sash. Commentary: These three things are all categorized as hemp; hemp is used for the head and waist bands, and hemp is used for the staff and sash. Pronounced ju. Grass in the sole of a shoe. Book of Rites (Liji), Summary of the Rules of Propriety (Quli): For those who offer bows, swords, gift bundles, or containers of food to others. Note: To line or wrap. Guanzi, Words of the Hegemon (Bayan): To hold above and wrap below. Note: To wrap. Also: Name of a tree. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): On Mount Fu, the trees are mostly ju. Sima Xiangru, Rhapsody on the Master of Emptiness (Zixu Fu): Sugar cane and wild ginger. Note: A type of grass. Place name. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Suoyin Commentary: Diju is located in Bohai. Surname. History of the Former Han (Qianhan), Biographies of the Merchants (Huozhi Zhuan): There is the Ju clan of Pingling. Pronounced cha. Floating grass in water. Book of Odes (Shijing), Greater Odes (Daya): Like that withered grass. Commentary: This refers to withered grass and trees; whether they remain on the tree or have fallen and are floating in water, they are both called ju. Songs of Chu (Chuci), Lamenting the Returning Wind (Bei Huifeng): Withered grass and weeds do not bloom. Note: Withered is called ju. Pronounced zu. Reed matting for sacrifice. History of the Former Han (Qianhan), Treatises on the Suburban Sacrifices (Jiaosi Zhi): Sweeping the ground for sacrifice, using reed mats. Note: Pronounced as zu. Pronounced xie. Jumie City, located in Yunnan. Pronounced zha. Zhuangzi, Let the King Be (Rangwang): Using such dregs to govern the world. Note: Dregs mixed with manure. Han Yu's Works: To patch up cracks and leaks. Pronounced ju. History of the Former Han (Qianhan), Biography of Zhong Jun: To wrap white cogon grass in the Yangtze and Huai regions. Note: Pronounced as yu. Also pronounced as ba. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Zhang Yi: The states of Ba and Shu attacked each other. Suoyin Commentary: Pronounced as ba. Also pronounced as bao. History of the Later Han (Houhan), Xu Guang Biography Note: Qiao Zhou says: The heavens of Yizhou are fertile, read as the bao in baoli. Pronounced ju. Collected Rhymes of the Five Sounds (Wuyin Jiyun): Also pronounced as ju. Distinctions in the Sounds of the Classics (Qunjing Yinbian): Also pronounced as ju. Pronounced xie. A curtain. Also means to spy.