How to write 藍

藍 1. **Liao Lan**: A plant from the knotweed family, herbaceous and annual. The leaves resemble knotweed but are not bitter and turn dark blue when dried; they can be processed into indigo and used as dye. The leaves also have medicinal uses. This term broadly refers to plants that contain blue sap and can produce blue indigo for dyeing, such as wood indigo, pine indigo, horse indigo, etc. "Shuo Wen" says: "Lan, dyeing grass." "Xunzi" states: "Qing is derived from lan, and it is bluer than lan." "Li Ji" says: "In the month of mid-summer, the people should not cut lan for dyeing." Zheng Xuan notes: "It damages the long growth. This month, lan should be distinguished." "Qi Min Yao Shu" quotes "Zhong Chang Zi": "What differs from the insects in the knotweed, and not knowing the sweetness of lan?" 2. **Deep Blue Color**: Such as sky blue or azure. "Lun Heng" states: "The most evil things do not change from lan and vermilion." Jiang Yan from the Southern Liang Dynasty says in "Miscellaneous Poems": "Like the mixing of lan and vermilion, the changes are infinite." Tang poet Meng Jiao in "Lan Xi Yuan Ju Shi Cao Tang" states: "Blue banks stretch quietly, and blue peaks rise high." 3. **Excessive, Unrestrained**: "Da Dai Li Ji" states: "To be immersed in profit to observe one's greed; to be indulged in pleasure to observe one's unrest." Wang Pinzhen explains: "Lu (Bian) notes: 'Lan is like lan (excessive).' Pinzhen states: Pleasure refers to sound and color. Ning means wildness." 4. **End**: "Tang Bai Juyi" in "Sui Ri Jia Yan Xi Shi Di Zeng Deng" states: "At the end of the year, the blue tail wine is served, and the spring plate is first offered to gum-chewing guests." 5. **Buddhist Temple**: An abbreviation of the Sanskrit "Jialan." "Wu Deng Hui Yuan" says: "To the left of the county lies the Tianhuang Temple, named Lan, which was abandoned due to fire." Jin Dong Jie Yuan in "Xi Xiang Ji Zhu Gong Diao" states: "More than ten miles east of Puzhou, there is a temple named Pu Jiu, founded by Zeng Tian and established with funds from the Imperial Court, to support the monk lan, which is not beautiful here." Yuan Nai Xian in "Cheng Nan Gu Yung Bamboo Forest Temple" states: "Nobles and kings depart, the essence is dedicated to the Emperor of Heaven." 6. **Surname**: "Tong Zhi Di Zu Lue" mentions the Lan family, originating from Zhongshan. "Zhan Guo Ce" records the Zhongshan governor Lan Zhu. 7. **[Stem Blue]**: See "Stem."