Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Kangxi Strokes: 11 Page 1026, Entry 04 Pronounced mao. Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): Grass used for making brushes. Book of Changes (Yijing), Tai Hexagram: Pulling up cogon grass with its roots connected. Book of Odes (Shijing), Shao Nan: Wrapped in white cogon grass. Book of Documents (Shangshu), Tribute of Yu: Containing boxes of high-quality cogon grass. Cai Yong, Independent Judgments (Duduan): When the Son of Heaven establishes a great altar to the soil, he grants a portion of soil colored according to the cardinal direction of the enfeoffed territory, wrapped in white cogon grass. This is called the granting of soil and cogon grass. Zuo Commentary (Zuo Zhuan), 12th Year of Duke Xuan: The vanguard scouting for danger. Commentary: At that time, the state of Chu used cogon grass as a signal flag. Also, the name of a state. Zuo Commentary (Zuo Zhuan), 24th Year of Duke Xiang: Including the states of Jiang, Xing, and Mao. Commentary: There is a Mao Township west of Changyi County in Gaoping. Also, the name of a village. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), House of Wei Commentary: There is a Mao Pavilion in Zhi County, Xiuwu. Also, the name of a gate. Garden of Stories (Shuoyuan): The Crown Prince of Chu stood outside the Mao Gate. Also, the name of a mountain. Book of Jin (Jin Shu), Biography of Xu Mai: Mount Mao in Yanling is the western gate of Lake Dongting, secretly connecting to the Five Sacred Mountains. Also, a surname. Comprehensive Treatise on Clans (Tongzhi Shizu Lue): The Mao family are descendants of the Duke of Zhou; the descendants took the state name as their clan name. During the Qin dynasty, there was Mao Jiao. Also pronounced mou. Qu Yuan, Encountering Sorrow (Lisao): Time changes everything, so why should I linger here? Orchids and angelica lose their fragrance, and fragrant herbs turn into common cogon grass. Also pronounced mao. Mao sou, a type of madder plant. Also pronounced miao. Book of Changes (Yijing), Tai Hexagram: Pulling up cogon grass with its roots connected. Zheng Xuan reads this as miao.