Shen Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Insect (chóng) Kangxi Strokes: 22 Page 1102, Entry 31 Pronounced long. Pronounced long. Pronounced long. Erya: Explaining Insects (Erya): The long is a termite. Commentary: Refers to a large, multicolored red ant. Also refers to the longzhi, a type of beast. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): On Fuli Mountain there is a beast that resembles a fox but has nine tails and nine heads; it has tiger claws and is named longzhi. Its cry sounds like the wailing of an infant, and it eats people. Also refers to the qu-long. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): Biography of Turtle Divination: Pearls like a bright moon originate from the rivers and seas, hidden within clamshells, guarded by the qu-long. Also refers to the gui-long, a type of deity. Zhuangzi: Discussion on Life (Zhuangzi): In the nether regions of the northeast, there are the beia and the gui-long jumping about. Commentary: The gui-long has the shape of a child, stands one foot and four inches tall, wears black clothes, a red headscarf and a large hat, and carries a sword and a halberd. Also refers to the long-feng (wasp). Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao): It grows in Zhaoqing Prefecture, attaches itself to olive trees, possesses limbs, is indistinguishable from the leaves, and calls out its own name when it chirps. Also Pronounced long. The meaning is the same. One theory states it refers to the bamboo ant. Verification: Erya: Explaining Insects (Erya): The long-ding (ant) is corrected to long-cheng (termite) in accordance with the original text.