Chou Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Big (dà)
Kangxi Strokes: 12
Page 253, Entry 05
Pronounced dian (falling tone). The meaning is to determine or to stabilize.
Book of Documents (Shangshu), Tribute of Yu (Yugong): To determine the boundaries of high mountains and great rivers.
Pan Geng: To stabilize their dwellings.
Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Heaven's Bureau (Tianguan), Official of Currency (Zhibi): To distinguish items and determine their records.
Commentary: Refers to distinguishing the categories of items and confirming their registration ledgers.
Also carries the meaning of offering, such as placing a wine vessel before a spirit.
Book of Rites (Liji), Hereditary Princes of King Wen (Wenwang Shizi): For all schools, in the spring, the school official performs the sacrificial rite (shi dian) to the former masters, as well as in the autumn and winter.
Also carries the meaning of to place.
Book of Rites (Liji), Inner Chapters (Neize): Place it on the ground and then take it.
Commentary: Between men and women, the transfer of objects must be done using a bamboo basket; if there is no basket, the giver places the object on the ground, and the receiver also comes to the ground to take it.
Also pronounced ding (falling tone).
Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Spring Bureau (Chunguan), Minor Scribe (Xiaoshi): The minor scribe manages the historical records of the feudal states, determines genealogies, and distinguishes the order of ancestral temples.
Also pronounced ting (level tone).
Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Winter Bureau (Dongguan), Records of Trades (Kaogongji), The Craftsman (Jiangren): Whenever diverting stagnant water, ensure the canal is bent like a stone chime at a one hundred thirty-five-degree angle, planning according to the terrain.
Commentary: Stagnant water refers to water that does not flow.
Explicating Characters and Explaining Phrases (Shuowen Jiezi): The character shape is derived from qiu. Qiu refers to wine, and below is the base (qi) upon which it is placed.
Textual Corrections:
Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Earth's Bureau (Diguan), Official of Currency (Zhibi): Corrected Earth's Bureau to Heaven's Bureau in accordance with the original text.
Book of Rites (Liji), Hereditary Princes of King Wen (Wenwang Shizi): For all schools, the spring and summer sacrificial rite to the former masters. Corrected spring and summer to spring and autumn in accordance with the original text.
