Wei Collection, Middle Volume
Radical: Silk (mì)
Zong
Kangxi strokes: 15
Page 932, Entry 07
Guangyun: Pronounced zong. Jiyun: Pronounced zong.
Yupian: Threads.
Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Emperor Xiaojing: Order the servants and convicts to wear cloth of seven zong. Annotation: A zong is eighty threads. It is similar to cloth; seven-sheng cloth uses five hundred and sixty threads.
Also, Erya, Explanation of Implements: A zong-style net is called a jiu-yu; a jiu-yu is a fishing net. Annotation: What are now known as hundred-bag nets are called zong in the region east of the Yangtze River.
Also, Guangyun, Jiyun, Yunhui, and Zhengyun: Pronounced zong. The meaning is the same.
Also used interchangeably with zong. Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili), Record of Missions: Ten ju is called a zong. Annotation: In ancient texts, zong was written as zong.
Textual research: Erya, Explanation of Implements: A zong-style net is called a jiu-yu; a zong-style net is a fishing net. Corrected according to the original text: A zong-style net is a jiu-yu, a fishing net.