Wu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Jade (yù) Lin Kangxi strokes: 13 Page 735, Entry 09 Ancient form: Qian Pronounced lin. From Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi): A beautiful jade. From Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun): A type of jade. From Book of Documents (Shujing), Tribute of Yu (Yu Gong): Their tribute consisted of ball, lin, lang, and gan jades. Commentary: Ball and lin are both types of jade. From History of the Former Han Dynasty (Qian Han Shu), Biography of Sima Xiangru: Lin, min, and kunwu jades. Shigu Note: Lin is a type of jade. Also a personal name. From Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Table of the Merit Ministers of Emperor Gaozu: Kong Zilin, son of the Marquis of Liao, reached the rank of Various Officials. Also the name of a country. From Record of Investigating the Mysterious (Dongmingji): The Qin country is nine thousand li from Chang'an and produces jade-leaf plums, the color of which resembles blue-green jade.