Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) 茸 Kangxi strokes: 12 Page 1029, Entry 07 Pronounced rong (rising tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Words and Phrases): The appearance of grass growing lushly. Zhang Heng, Southern Capital Rhapsody (Nandu fu): Drooping and lush. Xie Lingyun, Poem: New rushes contain purple down. Also, Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Jin: Fox fur, disheveled. Note: Disheveled describes a messy or chaotic appearance. Zuo Tradition (Zuo zhuan): Written as mang-rong. Also, name of a tree. Guanzi, Section on Soil Resources (Diyuan pian): Its medlar, its rong-tree. Also, deer velvet, a medicinal name. Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao): Collected during the fourth or fifth month when the antlers are shed, then dried in the shade to ensure it is thoroughly dry. Also, The Unofficial Biography of Flying Swallow (Feiyan waizhuan): Bestowed a purple velvet-like cloud-patterned tent. Du Mu, Poem: Drunk, I took off my purple velvet fur coat. Also, Wurong, name of a place. Lu Guimeng, Poem: In Wurong, the spring grass is lush and the pheasant decoy is proud. Author's note: Wurong is the place where the King of Wu went hunting. Pronounced rong (rising tone). The appearance of grass growing. History of the Former Han (Qian Han shu), Biography of Sima Qian: Clustered and thick. Shigu's note: Describes an appearance of being gathered together. Also, History of the Former Han (Qian Han shu), Biography of Sima Qian: I was also pushed into the silk-worm chamber, once again becoming an object of ridicule for the world. Shigu's note: Rong means to push into. Also, ta-rong, refers to unworthy people. Discourses on Salt and Iron (Yantie lun): Worthy and knowledgeable scholars are what the unworthy despise. Textual research: Original text cited The Biography of the Son of Heaven (Tianzi zhuan) regarding the purple velvet tent. Note: The Biography of the Son of Heaven contains no such text; it has been corrected according to the original book as The Unofficial Biography of Flying Swallow (Feiyan waizhuan).