You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Kangxi Strokes: 15 Page 1166, Entry 08 Pronounced tiáo. According to Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), collected rhymes, and official phonetic standards, the pronunciation is the same as the word for distant (tiáo). Shuowen Jiezi: Harmonious. Yupian: To reconcile or combine. Book of Odes (Shijing), Minor Odes: The bows and arrows have all been properly coordinated. Book of Rites (Liji), Monthly Ordinances: In the middle of summer, tune and adjust instruments such as the yu, sheng, chi, and huang. Also, according to the Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui): To tame or domesticate. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Qin: Da Fei assisted Shun in domesticating and training birds and beasts. Also, according to True Meaning of Characters (Zhengzitong): To mock or ridicule. New Account of Tales of the World (Shishuo): Chancellor Wang often mocked him. Also, according to Guangya: To deceive, to tease, to interrogate, or to sell out. Also, Zhuangzi, Discussion on Equality of All Things: Have you not seen how the branches of the trees sway? Commentary: The appearance of the branches and leaves on the tree swaying. Also, an official title. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Earth Officer: The official position of the Harmonizer (tiaoren) is responsible for resolving disputes among the people and bringing them into harmony. Also, a surname. Guangyun: In the Rites of Zhou, there is the official position of the Harmonizer; his descendants adopted this as their surname. Also, pronounced zhōu. Morning. Book of Odes (Shijing), Zhou Nan: Not seeing the gentleman, I am as anxious as if it were the morning hunger. Mao Commentary: The word means morning. Also written in a variant form (zhōu). Also, pronounced tiào (falling tone). Yupian: To select or mobilize. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of the First Emperor of Qin: Issued an order to mobilize the commanderies and counties to transport grain and fodder. Commentary: Issued an order to conscript and collect. History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Treatise on Food and Money: There were tens of thousands of horses, but there were not enough staff to manage them, so people from neighboring counties were mobilized. Shigu Commentary: This means to select and dispatch. Also, Biography of Zhang Shizhi: For ten years, he did not receive a promotion or reassignment. Shigu Commentary: To select. Also, Biography of Yuan Ang: Because Yuan Ang often spoke frankly in his remonstrances and could not remain at court for long, he was reassigned as the Chief Commandant of Longxi. Shigu Commentary: A transfer or reassignment. Also, Yupian: To calculate. Expanded Rhymes (Zengyun): To calculate. History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Biography of Chao Cuo: Plan the establishment of city-states so that they are not smaller than one thousand households. Shigu Commentary: This means to calculate and plan. Also, Yupian: To seek. Also, Leipian: Taxation. True Meaning of Characters (Zhengzitong): Taxes levied on the people are called diao; after the Jin dynasty pacified the state of Wu, the household tax system was established. See Book of Jin (Jinshu). Also, the taxation system of the Tang dynasty consisted of four types of levies on the people; the second was called diao. See Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu). Also, Guangyun: Musical tone or style. Expanded Rhymes (Zengyun): Musical pitch, referring to the tone and rhythm of music. Talent or style, referring to elegance and temperament. Also, Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui): A genre of poetry. Also, rhyming with the following: Pronounced tóng. Qu Yuan, Li Sao: I struggled, searching up and down, exploring the standards of the law. Shang Tang and Xia Yu earnestly sought those who shared their goals, and by obtaining Yi Yin and Gao Yao, they were able to harmonize the government.