Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Net (wǎng) Luo Kangxi Strokes: 20 Page 950, Entry 01 Guangyun: Pronounced luo. Jiyun, Yunhui: Pronounced luo. Zhengyun: Pronounced luo. Shuowen: To use a silk net to capture birds. The Mang clan created the first netting. Erya, Explaining Implements: A net for catching birds is called luo. Commentary: Refers to using a net to cover and trap. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Wang: The pheasant falls into the net. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Ministry of Summer: The Official of Nets is responsible for capturing birds with nets. Also, Leipian: Refers to silk textiles. Shiming: The patterns of luo silk are like sparse, open net textures. Strategies of the Warring States (Zhanguoce): The inner palace was filled with mixed luo silk and dragging gauze. Also, Guangya: Luo means to arrange in order. Songs of Chu (Chuci), Nine Songs: Growing in rows below the hall. Commentary: Arranged in rows as they grow. Also, a state name. Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), 12th Year of Duke Huan: The people of the State of Luo wanted to attack them. Commentary: Luo is a state with the Xiong surname, located in the mountains west of Yicheng County, later relocated. Also, a river name. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Qu Yuan: Thus he threw himself into the Miluo River. Commentary: The Mi River is in the Luo region, hence it is called Miluo. Also, Silla, a state of the Eastern Barbarians. Book of Tang (Tangshu), Record of the Eastern Barbarians: Silla is a descendant of the Bianhan, residing in the Lelang region of the Han dynasty. Also, a surname. Surname Compendium (Xingshi Jijiu Pian): The Luo clan are descendants of Zhuanxu, enfeoffed in the Luo territory, which is present-day Fangzhou. Their descendants adopted Luo as their surname. Also, Luoluo, a beast name. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): In the North Sea there is a beast shaped like a tiger, called Luoluo. Pinya: A blue tiger is called Luoluo. Also, Anluo, a fruit name. Materia Medica (Bencao): Belongs to the pear family, yellow in color, resembling a goose pear. Also, Jiyun: Pronounced li. Same meaning. Also, Jiyun: Pronounced luo. Luo (to patrol) is sometimes simplified to this character. Meaning is to inspect.