Shen Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Grass (cǎo)
Long
Kangxi strokes: 23
Page 1069, Entry 01
Pronounced long
Jade Chapters (Yupian): Name of a grass.
Explanation of Characters (Shuowen): Also known as tianyue.
Lu Ji, Commentary on Flora and Trees (Caomu Shu): Also known as maliao, which is the present-day water smartweed.
Guanzi (Guanzi), Chapter on Soil Properties (Diyuan Pian): In the shallow parts of the mountain, there are long and chi.
Commentary: Long and chi are names of ancient grasses.
Also in Erya (Erya), Explanation of Grasses (Shi Cao): Honglong is gu.
Commentary: The common people call red grass longgu; the pronunciation has shifted.
Also menglong.
Erya Commentary: Mili is the same as menglong.
History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu), Biography of Chao Cuo (Chao Cuo Zhuan): Vegetation is menglong.
Shigu Commentary: Menglong refers to the appearance of being covered or obscured.
Also in Erya, Explanation of Grasses: Ba is longge.
Commentary: Longge is called longwei in the Jiangdong region; it is also known as huge.
Also a place name.
Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Han Changru (Han Changru Zhuan): Wei Qing defeated Long City.
Also Pronounced long (rising tone)
Huainanzi (Huainanzi), Chapter on the Original Nature (Chuzhen Xun): Fenlongcong.
Commentary: Longcong means to gather together.
Sima Xiangru, Rhapsody on the Great Man (Daren Fu): Gathered and arranged, clustered as longrong.
Commentary: Longrong refers to the appearance of being clustered together.