Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) 蕨 Kangxi strokes: 18 Page 1058, Entry 41 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Rhyme Collection (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced jue. Jade Articles (Yupian): A vegetable. Literary Expositor (Erya), Explanation of Plants (Shicao): Jue is bie. Guo Commentary: When it first sprouts, it has no leaves and is edible. Book of Odes (Shijing), Shao South (Zhaonan): Speaking of gathering its ferns. Sub-commentary (Shu): In the Zhou and Qin regions it is called jue; in Qi and Lu it is called bie. Popularly, it is said that because when it first sprouts it resembles the foot of a turtle, it is so named. Amplified Elegantiae (Piya): When the fern first sprouts, it is shaped like the clenched foot of a sparrow; it is also like a person's foot stumbling, hence its name. Also, Literary Expositor (Erya), Explanation of Plants (Shicao): Ling is jueyun. Sub-commentary (Shu): Ling is another name for jueyun; it is today's water-growing ji (water caltrop), popularly called lingjiao. Textual Research: Literary Expositor (Erya), Explanation of Plants (Shicao): Jue, bie. Carefully corrected to bie according to the original text.