Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Kangxi Strokes: 16 Page 456, Entry 15 Pronounced bo (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Graphs and Analysis of Characters) defines it as to plant. Another definition is to spread. Guangyun (Broad Rimes) defines it as to winnow or scatter. Book of Odes (Shijing): Its beginning is to sow the hundred grains. Book of Documents (Shangshu): The king published his proclamation of cultivation, not concealing his intentions. Also means to cast away or to abandon. Book of Documents (Shangshu): To cast away the old farmers. Also: To disregard the mandate of heaven. Also means to scatter. Book of Documents (Shangshu): To the north it scattered into the Nine Rivers. Book of Rites (Liji): To distribute the five elements across the four seasons. Sub-commentary: To distribute and scatter the energy of the five elements across the four seasons. Explanatory Text: To relax or extend. Also: To flee or to relocate. Book of Documents (Shangshu): I am with you, states of the many, in attacking the fugitive ministers of the Yin. Also a prefecture name. Located in the southwest beyond the frontiers, in the territory of Yelang and Jielan, the Tang dynasty established Bo Prefecture. Han Yu's Epitaph for Liu Zongyuan: Liu Yuxi was meant to go to Bo Prefecture, and Zongyuan wished to exchange his own place of exile with Bo. Also during the Ming dynasty Wanli era, after the pacification of Bo, the two prefectures of Zunyi and Pingyue were established. Also a surname. Bo Wu, a worthy of the Yin dynasty. Some say Bo Gui. Also pronounced bo (falling tone). Same meaning. Book of Documents (Shangshu): To sow the hundred grains at the proper time. Explanatory Text: Bo is pronounced bo. Also to shake. Interchangeable with the character for winnowing. Zhuangzi: Threshing grain and shaking the essence, enough to feed ten men. Annotation: Rice is called essence. Bo means to shake and move. Also pronounced bo. Name of a marsh. Located in Yu Province. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): When Ying and Bo were brought under control. Annotation: The ancient text of the Book of Documents uses the character for wave. Also Guo Pu's Praise for the Timber Grain: There is excellent grain, named timber grain. Not planted or cultivated, it is naturally and miraculously scattered. Also: Commonly written as a variant form (fan). Citing the Book of Documents, the king proclaimed his announcement. Today the Book of Documents uses the character for bo. Textual Research: Book of Documents (Shangshu): To cast away the old farmers. The character for old has been corrected to the character for farmers based on the original text. Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Graphs and Analysis of Characters): Book of Documents (Shangshu), to sow the hundred grains at the proper time. The original note suggested the pronunciation was bo. Upon examination, the Shuowen Jiezi contains no reference to sowing the hundred grains, and the mentioned pronunciation is not the original annotation. Based on the Explanatory Text, it has been corrected to: Book of Documents (Shangshu), to sow the hundred grains at the proper time. Explanatory Text: Bo is pronounced bo.