Yin Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Bristle (shān) Tong Kangxi strokes: 7 Page 363, Entry 08 Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui): pronounced tong. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Red decoration. Composed of cinnabar and bristle. Bristle represents its painted lines. Yupian (Yupian): Red color. Book of Odes (Shijing), Beifeng: Gave me a red tube. Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), Ninth Year of Duke Ding: The chapter on the quiet girl refers to the red tube. Annotation: The red tube is a brush with a red shaft, held by a female scribe to record events and provide guidance. Commentary: One must use a red one to show that with a red heart, one corrects others. Book of Documents (Shangshu), Charge of Wen Hou: One red bow. Book of Odes (Shijing), Xiaoya, Commentary on Red Bows: Red bows are vermilion bows. Also a surname. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Xia: Yu belonged to the Si surname. His descendants were divided and enfeoffed, taking their state as a surname, including the Tongcheng clan. Annotation: The Suoyin commentary says: During the Zhou dynasty there was a Duke of Tong, likely a descendant of the Tongcheng clan. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): The Duke of Tong was a member of the royal clan of King Cheng.