You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Wine (yǒu) Kangxi Strokes: 20 Page 1288, Entry 10 Pronounced li. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Wine fermented for one night. Yupian (Yupian): Sweet wine. Shiming (Shiming): Li means propriety. It is brewed for one night and consists of wine that has only just begun to develop flavor. Book of Odes (Shijing), Xiao Ya: And pour li wine. Commentary: To feast with li wine is the way the Son of Heaven drinks wine. Shigu (Shigu): Wine that is sweet and turbid, not strained. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Offices of Heaven, Wine Administrator: Distinguish the names of the five categories of wine, the second of which is li wine. Annotation: Li is like a mixture. When finished, the dregs and the liquid are consumed together, similar to the sweet wine of the present day. Book of Han (Qianhan), Biography of King Yuan of Chu: Whenever King Yuan held a feast, he would always set out li wine for Mu Sheng. Annotation: Shigu said: Li is sweet wine. It uses a small amount of rice and is ready after one night. Also, Guangyun (Guangyun): Li Spring is a fine spring. It tastes like li wine and is suitable for caring for the elderly. Erya (Erya), Explaining Heaven: Sweet rain descends in season, and the myriad things are auspicious; this is called Li Spring. Book of Rites (Liji), Rites of the Conveyance: Thus, heaven sends down sweet dew, and the earth brings forth Li Spring. Also, Zhengzitong (Zhengzitong): Wood li. Jiankang Shilu (Jiankang Shilu): At the end, in the pine and cypress forests of Mount Jiang at Fuzhou Mountain, wood li would often appear during winter. The Last Ruler considered it to be sweet dew. Also, name of a county. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Tables of the Marquises between the Reigns of Hui and Jing: Marquis of Liling, Yue. Annotation: The name of a county belonging to Changsha. Guangyun (Guangyun): Liquan County belongs to Jingzhao Prefecture; it was originally the Han Dynasty Gukou County. Later, the Northern Wei established Ningyi County, and the Sui renamed it Liquan, named after the Liquan Palace of the Zhou. Yunhui (Yunhui): The Tang established Qian Prefecture, and the Song renamed it Li Prefecture, named after Liquan County. Also, the Li River, also written as li. Songs of Chu (Chuci), Nine Songs: There is angelica in the Yuan River, and there is orchid in the Li River. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Xia: Further east it reaches the Li. Annotation: Suoyin says: In the songs of the poets, one washes their jade pendant at the banks of the Li; Li is the Li River. Also, Zihuibu (Zihuibu): Interchangable with the character for propriety (li). Book of Rites (Liji), Internal Regulations: When the heir is born, the steward offers li wine to the one carrying the child and presents them with a bundle of silk. Annotation: Li should be understood as the character for propriety. Verification: Erya, Explaining the Four Seasons: Sweet rain descends in season, and the myriad things are auspicious; this is called Li Spring. Corrected to Explaining Heaven in accordance with the original book.