You Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Shell (bèi). Kangxi stroke count: 13. Page 1208, Entry 14. Pronounced ze (rising tone). Meaning: a robber. Jade Chapters (Yupian) defines it as robbing people. Book of Documents (Shangshu), Canon of Shun (Shundian) mentions thieves, villains, and traitors. The Commentary (Zhuan) explains that one who kills others is called a thief. Also, Book of Odes (Shijing), Greater Odes (Daya) states: Do not be overstepping and do not be thieving. The Commentary explains this as do not be cruel and harmful. Also, Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), Ninth Year of Duke Xi, mentions: Do not be overstepping and do not be thieving. The Note (Zhu) explains that thief means to harm. Also, Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Summer Offices (Xiaguan), Grand Marshal (Da Sima) states: Those who harm the virtuous and injure the people shall be punished. The Sub-commentary (Shu) explains that thief means to ravage. Also refers to insects that harm crops. Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes (Xiaoya) states: Remove the leaf-eating pests, and the stem-boring pests and root-eating pests. The Commentary explains that insects that eat the joints of plants are called thieves. Lu Ji's Sub-commentary explains that the thief insect resembles a borer in peach or plum trees; it has a red head, and its body is long and slender.