Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Mong Kangxi stroke count: 16 Page 1048, Entry 15 Pronounced mong. Erya, Explanation of Plants (Erya): Mong is also known as the princess plant. Annotation: Another name for dodder. Also, Commentary on the Book of Odes (Shizhuan): Tang-mong is the name of a vegetable. Also, Da-mong is the name of a medicinal herb. Guanzi, Discourse on Land (Guanzi): Where various medicinal plants grow safely, there are small xin and large mong. Also, Commentary on the Book of Changes (Yishu): Mong is a term describing that which is subtle, dim, obscure, and weak. Book of Documents, Commentary on the Great Plan (Shujing): Mong means dark or obscure. Also, Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan): He also ordered the siege and hoodwinking of their former lord. Annotation: To deceive. Also, Zuo Tradition: The people of Jin seized Ji Sun Yi Ru and covered him with a curtain. Annotation: To wrap. Also, History of the Former Han (Qianhan): Although there were calamities and disasters, he risked death to preserve it. Annotation: To brave or endure. Also, Book of Documents, Instructions of Yi (Shujing): To instruct the ignorant. Commentary: Refers to the immature or the young. Also, Book of Odes (Shijing): The shield covered in feathers is beautiful. Commentary: Mong refers to feathers arranged for ornamentation. Annotation: Painted designs of mixed feathers on the shield. Also, name of a district. Records of the Grand Historian, Biographies of Laozi and Zhuangzi (Shiji): Zhuangzi was a man of Mong. Annotation: In the Geography Record, Mong district belongs to Liang state. Also, name of a mountain. Book of Documents, Tribute of Yu (Shujing): The plants of Mount Mong and Mount Yu were cultivated. Commentary: Mount Mong is located southwest of Mengyin County in Mount Tai. Also, Cai and Mong were leveled. Annotation: Mount Mong is located in Qingyi County of the Shu Commandery. Also, name of a river. Chu Ci, Heavenly Questions (Chuci): Emerging from the Hot Water Valley, stopping at the Mong River. Annotation: Entering the Mong River at the edge of the western pole at dusk. Also, name of a gate. Zuo Tradition: The Duke of Song and the grandees of the feudal lords formed an alliance outside the Mong Gate. Annotation: A city gate of Song. Also, a surname. Comprehensive Customs (Fengsutong): The Eastern Mong lords took their name from Mount Mong; in the Qin dynasty, there was General Mong Ao. Also, pronounced meng (rising tone). Prose of Liu Zongyuan: Chiyi-menghong. Annotation: Both characters are in the rising tone. Also, phonetic supplement: rhyme with mang. Book of Odes (Shijing): Fox-fur robes thick and tangled. Xu Miao reads this as mang. Chen Lin, Rhapsody on the Great Wilderness (Dahuangfu): The Emperor instructed me with supreme harmony, and further questioned me regarding the ignorant youth. The meaning blended with the teachings of Confucius, and the principles returned to the standards of King Wen. Also, pronounced meng (falling tone). Same as the character for fog. The History of the Former Han cites the Commentary on the Book of Changes: There is the shedding of fog, the upper and lower elements unite.