Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Shen Kangxi Strokes: 11 Page 920, Entry 02 Broad Rimes (Guangyun): Pronounced shen Collected Rimes (Jiyun) and Correct Rimes (Zhengyun): Pronounced shen Shuowen Jiezi: A wide sash. Book of Rites (Liji), Inner Chapters (Neize): With crown ribbons, sashes, and tablets tucked in the sash. Commentary: The shen is a wide sash, used to bind and constrain oneself. Analects (Lunyu): Zizhang wrote this on his sash. Sub-commentary: Using a sash to bind the waist, with the remainder hanging down as decoration, is called a shen. Broadening of Refined Usage (Boya): Shen means to bind. Rhyme Supplement (Yunbu): Rhymes with lian. Han Yu, Poem on Xie Ziran: Why not have self-confidence, but instead wish to follow the changes of things? Feelings of sorrow result in this poem, let the ignorant record it on their sash.