Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Zhu Kangxi strokes: 11 Page 920, Entry 07 Ancient script form According to Wide Rhymes (Guangyun), pronounced zhu (rising tone). According to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Anthology (Yunhui), pronounced zhu (rising tone). According to Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), a type of hemp. The fine variety is called quan, and the coarse variety is called zhu. According to Annotations to the Quick Literacy Collection (Jijiupian zhu), zhu is woven into cloth and belongs to the coarse fiber category. Book of Documents (Shangshu), Tribute of Yu: Its tributes were lacquer, hemp, fine linen, and grass-cloth. Book of Odes (Shijing), Chen Airs: Can be used to soak grass-cloth. According to Lu Ji’s annotations, zhu is a type of hemp. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Offices of Heaven, Controller of Hemp: Responsible for cloth, fine linen, thread, and grass-cloth hemp materials. Annotation: White and finely woven is called zhu. Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), 29th Year of Duke Xiang: Zichan offered a grass-cloth garment. Annotation: Grass-cloth is valued in the state of Zheng. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Sima Xiangru: Flinging the grass-cloth and white silk garments. Annotation: Zhu means woven grass-cloth. Also, according to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced zhu (falling tone). The meaning is the same. Textual Research: According to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Anthology (Yunhui), the pronunciation is listed as wen (rising tone). We have corrected this to zhu (rising tone) in accordance with the original text.