Xu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Eat (shí) Kangxi Strokes: 16 Page 1420, Entry 13 Pronounced bu. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Evening meal time, specifically the meal taken during the Shen period (mid-afternoon). Master Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals (Lüshi Chunqiu): From dawn until the morning meal, from the morning meal until the sun passes the meridian. From the sun passing the meridian until the afternoon meal, from the afternoon meal until the late afternoon meal, from the late afternoon meal until sunset. Also refers to eating in general. Songs of Chu (Chuci): Eating the dregs and sipping the thin wine. Also used interchangeably with the character for feeding. Biography of Zhao Yi in the History of the Later Han (Houhan Shu): His younger brother Ji went out, encountered a commander of the Red Eyebrow rebels, and was fed by him. Pronounced bu (falling tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): A type of sweet cake or dumpling. Sometimes written in a variant form. Correct Characters (Zhengzitong): Thickened maltose is called bu. Also the name of a bird. Erya (Erya): The bird known as die is also called bu chu. Commentary: Not yet clearly understood. Explanation of Text (Shiwen): Pronounced bu. Pronounced bu (falling tone). Means to feed. Annals of Emperor Gao in the History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu): The old man requested food, and he therefore fed him. Shigu (Yan Shigu) states: To provide food to someone is called bu. Textual Research: In the Erya entry regarding birds, the text previously read zhi bu chu. According to the original text, zhi has been corrected to die. The citation regarding the History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu) by Yan Shigu was previously attributed to the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji). It has been corrected to the Annals of Emperor Gao in the History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu).