Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Bamboo (zhú) Kangxi Strokes: 12 Page 883, Entry 11 Pronounced tong. The name of a type of bamboo. In the Rhapsody on the Capital of Wu (Wudu fu) by Zuo Si, it is noted that among the bamboos are the cinnamon arrow and the shooting tube. The Strange Things Record (Yiwu zhi) states that the shooting tube bamboo is slender and straight, over ten feet long, and lacks nodes; it can be fashioned into a shooting tube and is native to the Jiaozhi region. Additionally, the Master Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals (Lüshi chunqiu) records that the Yellow Emperor commanded Ling Lun to establish the musical pitches and fashion twelve bamboo tubes to distinguish the twelve pitch standards. Furthermore, the Rhyme Treasury (Yunfu) records that large bamboos from Pi County in Shu are cut into tubes to store wine, sealed with lotus silk, and wrapped in banana leaves; after one night, the aroma permeates the exterior, a drink known as Pi tube. A poem by Du Fu mentions that when thinking of Pi tube wine, one need not go out to purchase it. Also pronounced dong. Refers to a flute without a bottom. It is also used interchangeably with the character for hollow or cave (dong). The Biography of Emperor Yuan in the History of the Former Han (Qianhan shu) records the playing of the hollow flute.