Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Kangxi Strokes: 13 Page 1034, Entry 03 Pronounced ju (rising tone). Name of a grass. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): In the state of Qi, it is referred to as yu. Also the name of a state. Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu), second year of Duke Yin: The people of Ju entered Xiang. Commentary: The state of Ju is modern Juxian in Chengyang. Also Jufu, a lower district of the state of Lu. Analects of Confucius (Lunyu): Zixia served as the governor of Jufu. Also a surname. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Qin: The ancestors of Qin were of the Ying surname; later generations were enfeoffed and took their states as surnames, including the Ju clan.