Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) 緫; Kangxi strokes: 15; Page 931, Entry 15 Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced cong (level tone). Also written as variant form (cong). A greenish-blue silk. Another definition states it refers to light silk. Broad Refinements (Boya): Greenish-blue. Book of Rites (Zhouli), Spring Officials (Chunguan), Official Carriage (Jinche): Elaborate pheasant-feather carriage with red silk tassels. Commentary: The term refers to a greenish-black color, made from silk fabric. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced cong (level tone). Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced zong (level tone). Classified Chapters (Leipian): A unit of measurement for silk. Book of Odes (Shijing) says: Five units of white silk. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zong (falling tone). Also written as variant form (zong). Note: The Text of the Five Classics states that the character written with the component cong and the character written as zong are erroneous. Currently, the characters are conflated, and they should be rectified. Textual Research: Broad Refinements (Boya) states greenish-blue color. Following the original text, corrected to green.