Wei Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Silk (mì) 绅 Kangxi strokes: 11 Page 920, Entry 02 Broad Rimes (Guangyun): Pronounced shen. Collected Rimes (Jiyun) and Correct Rimes (Zhengyun): Pronounced shen. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it is a large sash. Book of Rites (Liji), Inner Rules (Neize): Cap strings and tassels, ceremonial apron, large sash, red silk, and tablet. Commentary: The large sash is used to fasten and bind oneself. Analects (Lunyu): Zizhang wrote it on his sash. Sub-commentary: Using a sash to bind the waist and letting the remainder hang down as decoration is what is called a sash. Also, Extensive Sophistry (Boya): A sash is a binding. Also, Supplement to the Rimes (Yunbu): Rhymes with lian. Han Yu, Poem Thanking Ziran: Why not have self-confidence, instead wishing to follow the shifts of things. Moved and saddened, I have composed this chant; the ignorant should write it upon their sashes.