Chapter 13: Explaining Grasses
{艹秭},苵。
Zi cao (秭草, in the base text the character has a grass radical over "zi") is the die (苵).
鉤,芺。
Gou (钩) is the ao (芺).
,鴻薈。
(The headword is missing in the base text) is the hong hui (鸿荟).
蘇,桂荏。
Su (苏) is the gui ren (桂荏), perilla.
薔,虞蓼。
Qiang (蔷) is the yu liao (虞蓼).
,蓚。
(The headword is missing in the base text) is the xiu (蓚).
虋,赤苗。
Men (虋) is the red sprout (chi miao, 赤苗).
芑,白苗。
Qi (芑) is the white sprout (bai miao, 白苗).
秬,黑黍。
Ju (秬) is black millet.
秠,一稃二米。
Pi (秠) is a husk with two grains.
稌,稻。
Tu (稌) is rice.
葍,藑茅。
Fu (葍) is the qiong mao (藑茅).
臺,夫須。
Tai (台) is the fu xu (夫须).
藆,藅。
Jin (藆) is the ni (藅).
莔,貝母。
Meng (莔) is the bei mu (贝母), fritillary.
荍,蚍衃。
Qiao (荍) is the pi fu (蚍衃).
艾,冰臺。
Ai (艾) is the bing tai (冰台), mugwort.
蕇,亭歷。
Dian (蕇) is the ting li (亭历).
苻,鬼目。
Fu (苻) is the gui mu (鬼目), ghost's eye.
薜,庾草。
Bi (薜) is the yu cao (庾草).
蔜,{艹縷}。
Lou (蔜) is the lou (蒌, in the base text written with the grass radical over "lü").
離南,活。
Li nan (离南) is the huo (活) (a passage seems to be missing in the base text here).
{艹龍},天{艹龠}。
Long (茏, in the base text written with the grass radical over "long") is the tian yue (天龠, the latter character written in the base text with the grass radical over "yue").
須,葑蓯。
Xu (须) is the feng cong (葑苁).
蒡,隱荵。
Pang (蒡) is the yin ren (隐荵).
莤,蔓於。
You (莤) is the man yu (蔓于).
蓾,蔖。
Lu (蓾) is the zhe (蔖).
柱夫,搖車。
Zhu fu (柱夫) is the yao che (摇车).
出隧,蘧蔬。
Chu sui (出隧) is the qu shu (蘧蔬).
蘄茝,蘪蕪。
Qi zhi (蕲茝) is the mi wu (蘪芜).
茨,蒺藜。
Ci (茨) is the ji li (蒺藜), caltrop.
蘮蒘,竊衣。
Ji qi (蘮蒘) is the qie yi (窃衣).
髦,顛蕀。
Mao (髦) is the dian ji (颠蕀).
雚芄,蘭。
Guan wan (雚芄) is the lan (兰).
蕁,莐藩。
Xun (荨) is the zhi fan (莐藩).
蕍,蕮。
Ying (蕍) is the xi (蕮).
蔨,鹿{艹靃},其實莥。
Juan (蔨) is the lu huo (鹿藿, in the base text "huo" is written with the grass radical over "huo"); its fruit is called xi (莥).
,侯莎,其實媞。
(The headword is missing in the base text) is the hou suo (侯莎); its fruit is called ti (媞).
莞,苻蘺。其上蒚。
Guan (莞) is the fu li (苻蓠). Its upper part is called hu (蒚).
荷,芙渠。其莖茄,其葉蕸,其本蔤,其華菡萏,其實蓮,其根藕,
He (荷) is the lotus (furu, 芙渠). Its stalk is called jia, its leaf is called xia, its base is called mi, its flower is called handan, its fruit is called lian, its root is called ou,
其中的,的中薏。
the seed inside the lotus is called di, and the core inside the di is called yi.
紅,蘢古。其大者蘬。
Hong (红) is the long gu (茏古). A large one among them is called yan (蘬).
蒫,薺實。
Cuo (蒫) is the seed of the shepherd's purse (ji shi, 荠实).
黂,枲實。枲,麻。
Fen (黂) is the fruit of the xi (枲) hemp. Xi is hemp (ma).
須,蕵蕪。
Xu (须) is the sui wu (蕵芜).
菲,蒠菜。
Fei (菲) is the xi cai (蒠菜).
蕢,赤莧。
Kui (蒉) is the red amaranth (chi xian, 赤苋).
蘠蘼,虋冬。
Qiang mi (蘠蘼) is the men dong (虋冬).
萹,苻止。
Bian (萹) is the fu zhi (苻止).
濼,貫眾。
Luo (泺) is the guan zhong (贯众), a fern.
莙,牛藻。
Jun (莙) is the niu zao (牛藻), ox algae.
蓫、{艹殤},馬尾。
Zhu (蓫) and shang cao (殇草, the latter character written in the base text with the grass radical over "shang") are both ma wei (马尾), horse-tail.
萍,蓱。
Ping (萍) is the ping (蓱), duckweed.
其大者蘋。
A large one among them is called pin (苹).
莃,菟葵。
Xi (莃) is the tu kui (菟葵).
芹,楚葵。
Qin (芹) is the chu kui (楚葵), water celery.
藬,牛蘈。
Tui (藬) is the niu tui (牛蘈).
藚,牛唇。
Xu (藚) is the niu chun (牛唇), ox lip.
蘋,藾蕭。
Ping (苹) is the lai xiao (藾萧).
連,異翹。
Lian (连) is the yi qiao (异翘).
