Chou Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Earth (tǔ) Entry: mai Kangxi stroke count: 10 Page 229, Entry 28 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced mai. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhymes Meeting (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced mai. Explanation of Names (Shiming): A burial that does not conform to ritual is called mai (to cause distress). It is merely to cause decay. It also means to store. Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), Thirteenth Year of Zhao: Buried a jade disk in the courtyard of the Great Ancestral Temple. Biography of Zhang Gang, Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu): In the first year of the Han'an era, eight envoys were dispatched to inspect local customs, and Gang alone buried his carriage wheels at the Luoyang post station. Also pronounced li. Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan): If Lord Jing dies, I will not be buried with him. If there are affairs of the three armies, I will not participate in the planning. Oh army, oh army, what party shall I follow? Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): Originally written as mai (variant). The common form is written as mai. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli): Simplified as li.