Shen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Insect (chóng) 蛩 Kangxi strokes: 12 Page 1082, Entry 25 Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui): Pronounced qiong. Jade Chapters (Yupian): A giant void. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanjinhai): Within the Northern Sea there is a white beast, shaped like a horse, named qiongqiong. Commentary: This refers to qiongqiong, which is a giant void, capable of running one hundred miles in a single sprint. Guo Pu states: Giant void is the same as qiongqiong; they are mutually explanatory terms. Han Poetry Outer Commentary (Hanshi waizhuan): In the west there is a beast called jue; when it finds sweet grass, it must hold it in its mouth to give to the qiong. The qiong is a giant void. Garden of Stories (Shuoyuan): When the qiongqiong sees a person approaching, it must carry the jue on its back to run away. The nature of these two beasts is not one of affection for the jue; they value it only because of the sweet grass it obtains. Ruan Ji, Poems of Chanting Thoughts (Yonghuaishi): The qiongqiong also ponders hunger. Supplement to the Collection of Characters (Zihuibu): Qiongqiong, the appearance of worried contemplation. Liu Xiang, Nine Sighs (Jiutan): My ambition is anxious and filled with backward glances; I drift alone, attached and longing. Also, a locust. Huainanzi, Explaining the Roots (Benjingxun): Flying locusts fill the fields. Also, Shuo Wen: In the Qin state, the molted skin of a cicada is called qiong. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced gong. An insect name, a centipede. Erya, Commentary and Sub-commentary (Erya zhushu): The you (house centipede) is called qiong by the people of Jiangdong. Pronounced gong.