Zi Collection, Page Position: Upper, Radical: Knife (dāo), Page 1, Entry 01 Pronounced lao. A wild bean. The "Gu Jin Zhu" (Gǔ Jīn Zhù) records: 䝁 (liú) beans are also called 治 (zhì) beans. Their leaves resemble kudzu vines, and their pods are over a foot long and can be steamed and eaten. They also have a name called 䝁 (liú) shū. The "Ben Cao Gang Mu" (Běn Cǎo Gāng Mù) refers to it as deer bean. The "Erya - Shi Cao" (Ěryǎ - Shí Cǎo) chapter states: 蔨 (lú), is deer bean. The annotation says: it is the current deer bean. The "Tang Shu - Xiahou Duan Zhuan" (Táng Shū - Xiàhóu Duān Zhuàn) records: (He) picked and ate 䝁 (liú) beans. The "Yu Pian" (Yù Piān) states that this character is sometimes also written as [].