Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) 茢 Kangxi Stroke Count: 12 Page 1028, Entry 05 Tangyun and Zhengyun: Liang-xue cut; Yunhui: Li-xue cut. Pronounced lie. Shuowen Jiezi: A type of rush. Book of Rites (Liji), Tan Gong chapter: When a ruler attends the funeral of a minister, he uses a peach-wood broom (tao-lie) and holds a spear, as if to ward off evil. Note: Lie is the flowering top of a reed, used to sweep away inauspicious influences. Zuo Zhuan, 29th year of Duke Xiang: He sent a shaman with a peach-wood broom to perform a ritual purification. Also, purple rush (zi-lie), a type of dye plant. Zhou Rites (Zhouli), Earth Offices: Those who manage dye plants notes the categories of madder, reed, swine-head, and purple rush. Also, Erya, Explanation of Plants: Lie is also called bo-lie. Note: Another name is stone rue (shi-yun). Bencao (Pharmacopoeia): Also known as she-lie. Tangyun Guyin: Read in the departing tone, pronounced lie. Zhang Heng, Eastern Capital Rhapsody (Dongjing Fu): Then, at the end of the year, a great exorcism is performed to drive away various contagions. The Chief Exorcist holds a battle-axe, and the shamans hold brooms. Shuowen Jiezi writes it as the form with a radical variant, with the same meaning. Textual research: In the Zhou Rites, Earth Offices, notes on managing dye plants, the text originally read madder, suo, reed, swine-head, and purple rush. Based on the original text, suo has been corrected.