Wei Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Net (wǎng). Entry: Brown Bear. Kangxi strokes: 20. Page 950, Entry 13. Ancient form. Pronounced pi. Erya: Explication of Beasts (Erya): The brown bear is like a bear, with yellow and white markings. Commentary: It resembles a bear but has a long head and tall legs; it is foolishly fierce and very strong, capable of uprooting trees. Lu Ji’s Commentary on the Book of Odes (Shijing): There are yellow brown bears and red brown bears. They are larger than the common bear. Their fat is like that of a bear, white and coarse in texture, not as fine as that of the common bear. Wings of the Erya (Erya Yi): The brown bear is the female of the bear, its strength being especially fierce. Book of Documents (Shujing): Bear, brown bear, fox, and raccoon skins. Book of Odes (Shijing): It is the bear, it is the brown bear. Also a personal name. Book of Documents (Shujing): Yielded to Zhu, Hu, Xiong, and Pi. Commentary: The names of the four ministers. Also, for the sake of rhyming, pronounced fu wei. Zhang Heng’s Western Capital Rhapsody (Xijing Fu): Like a startled crane’s flock of brown bears. It rhymes with the character qi above and the character li below. Textual verification: Erya: Explication of Domestic Animals. The brown bear is like a bear, with yellow and white markings. Commentary: Resembles a bear but has a long head and tall legs; foolish and fierce, with much strength. Following the original text, corrected from Explication of Domestic Animals to Explication of Beasts. Corrected foolish and stubborn to foolish and fierce.