Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Rice (mǐ) Kangxi strokes: 12 Page 909, Entry 01 Definition: According to the Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun), pronounced lin (falling-rising tone); according to the Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), pronounced lin (rising tone), sound is the same as lin. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it is ghost fire. Blood from soldiers killed in battle or from horses and oxen becomes ghost fire. According to the Treatise on Natural History (Bowuzhi), places where many died in battle have blood from men and horses; after many years it becomes ghost fire, which adheres to the ground and enters plants like frost or dew, becoming invisible. If someone touches it, it adheres to the human body and emits light; when brushed off, it scatters into countless sparks. Also, according to the Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), it is sometimes written in a variant form (lin). According to the Huainanzi, blood that has remained for a long time becomes ghost fire. Also, according to the Essay on Fireflies (Yinghuolun) by the Prince of Chen Si, it is sometimes called ghost fire. According to the Commentary on the Bin Customs section of the Book of Odes (Shijing), it is ghost fire. Ghost fire is a firefly. Lu Dian says that ghost fire is the diminutive name for fire, therefore these two terms are used interchangeably for fire. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is sometimes written as a variant form. Also, according to the Supplementary Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui Xiaobu), pronounced lin (level tone), sound is the same as lin. Also pronounced lin (rising tone), sound is the same as lin. The meaning is the same. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it was originally written as a variant form.