Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Zong Kangxi strokes: 14 Page 926, Entry 21 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui): Pronounced zong (falling tone). Originating from the Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters (Shuowen): To weave threads. Jade Chapters (Yupian): To hold and cross silk threads. Biographies of Exemplary Women (Lienü Zhuan): That which pushes forward and pulls back is called zong. Also, Book of Changes (Yijing), Appended Remarks (Xici): To interweave and combine the numbers. Commentary (Shu): Zong means to gather together. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Zhou: Investigating the reality proves it is not so. History of the Former Han (Qianhanshu), Eulogy of Emperor Xuan: To comprehensively examine names and realities.