Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Jì Kangxi Stroke Count: 20 Page 1063, Entry 08 Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun) state: pronounced jì. A sweet vegetable. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Bei: Who says that the sowthistle is bitter? Its sweetness is like the shepherd’s purse. Dong Zhongshu, Response on Rain and Hail: When shepherd’s purse and wheat first grow, it is because of the rising of the yang principle. Rhyme Collection (Yunhui) states: name of a plant. Classified Anthology (Leipian) states: pronounced jì. Meaning is the same. Also pronounced cí. Cai ji (Gathering Shepherd’s Purse) is the title of a lost poem from the Book of Odes (Shijing). Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Office of Spring, Music Master: Moving quickly to the tune of Gathering Shepherd’s Purse. Also written in a variant form (cí); see the annotation for the character cí.