Shen Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Insect (chóng) Entry: li Kangxi strokes: 13 Page 1084, Entry 24 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced li Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced li Categorized Compendium (Leipian): Ge-li, a type of insect. It is a sea clam. Materia Medica (Bencao): It grows in the southeast sea; it has a white shell with purple lips, measuring two or three inches. People in Fujian and Zhejiang use its meat for seafood delicacies. History of the Southern Dynasties (Nan Shi), Biography of Wang Rong: Not knowing about this matter, he was eating clams. Also written as li. Records of Shu (Shu Zhi), Commentary on the Biography of Xi Zheng: Cites the Master Huainan (Huainanzi): Lu Ao looked down at it, while rolling up a turtle shell to eat the clams. Also written as li. Wang Chong, Balanced Inquiries (Lunheng): Eating essence makes the body light, which is why one can become a transcendent immortal. If a scholar eats the meat of clams, he has no proof of the lightness of essence, so how can he release his body and ascend?