Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Character: yi Kangxi strokes: 17 Page 1052, Entry 37 Pronounced yi (falling tone). Yu Pian (Jade Chapters) states it means to plant or grow trees. Book of Odes (Shijing), Greater Odes: Plant the soybeans. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan), First Year of Duke Zhao: Do not harvest the crops. Annotation: Yi means to plant. Also, Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes) notes it is interchangeable with yi (art/skill). History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Treatise on Literature: Includes the Summary of the Six Arts. Guangyun (Broad Rhymes) notes it was originally written as yi. Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes) notes it is also written as the variant forms yi and yi.