Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Character: jun Kangxi strokes: 14 Page 1037, Entry 14 Pronounced jiong. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): A type of fungus that grows on the ground. Erya, Explanation of Plants (Erya, Shicao): Zhongkui is a type of fungus. Commentary: This fungus has different names based on its size; the large ones are called zhongkui, and the small ones are called jun. Bowuzhi (Treatise on Miscellaneous Things): Fungus can be savory to eat, but it often causes fatal poisoning. It also refers to the morning fungus, which is the rose mallow. Zhuangzi, Free and Easy Wandering (Zhuangzi, Xiaoyaoyou): The morning fungus does not know the beginning or the end of the month. It is also the name of a mountain. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): Within the Southern Seas is Mount Jun. It also refers to jun-chun, describing the appearance of lingzhi mushrooms. Zhang Heng, Rhapsody on the Southern Capital (Zhang Heng, Nandufu): Lingzhi mushrooms grow in clusters in the bends of the mountains. Pronounced jun. Jinyun (Collection of Rhymes): Jun-gui (a type of cinnamon) is produced in Jiaozhi, and its shape is round like bamboo. Qu Yuan, Encountering Sorrow (Li Sao): Mixing the mountain pepper and the cinnamon. Guangya (Expanded Dictionary): Jun is the same as the fragrant herb xuncao. Its leaves are called hui. Suwen (Essential Questions): When liver qi is deficient, one dreams of fragrant herbs such as jun. Ma Rong, Rhapsody on the Long Flute (Ma Rong, Changdifu): Describing the abundance of sounds gathering and vying to emerge. Pianhai (Sea of Texts): Pronounced jun. Huainanzi, Treatise on Topography (Huainanzi, Dixingxun): The sea creates the ruojun, and the ruojun gives birth to a sage.