Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Yi Kangxi strokes: 11 Page 1023, Entry 08 Tang Rhyme (Tangyun): Pronounced yi (rising tone) Rhyme Assembly (Yunhui) and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced yi (rising tone) Jade Chapters (Yupian): Plantain, name of a plant. Also Wide Rhymes (Guangyun): Job's tears, lotus seed. Materia Medica (Bencao): Job's tears kernel, blooms white or red flowers, bears blue-white fruit, shape like a pearl but slightly elongated. Another name is Huihui rice, also called Xifan Shulin, commonly known as grass pearl ghost. Annals of Wu and Yue (Wuyue Chunqiu): The daughter of the Youxin clan obtained a Job's tears, swallowed it, and gave birth to Yu the Great. History of the Later Han (Houhan Shu), Biography of Ma Yuan: The Job's tears of the south are large; when Ma Yuan's army returned, he loaded a cart with them, and someone slandered him saying that what he carried were all bright pearls. Also Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced si (rising tone). Meaning is the same. Also Classified Chapters (Leipian): Pronounced he. Poshi Shiwei are all names of distinct tribes of the northern Di people.