Yin Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Step (chì) 復 Kangxi Strokes: 12 Page 369, Entry 22 Ancient form. Pronounced fu (rising tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Writing and Analysis of Characters): To come and go. Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): To return. Book of Documents (Shangshu), Canon of Shun: When the five types of ritual vessels are completed, then return them. Commentary: To return means to come back. Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes of the Kingdom: I speak of returning and think of coming back. Also, from Rhyme Collection (Yunhui): To answer. Book of Documents, Charge to Yue: Yue answered the King. Also, from Rhyme Collection: To report. Book of Rites (Liji), Summary of the Rules of Propriety: I wish to have a report. Also, from Rhyme Collection: To report back on a mission. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Officers of Heaven: The reports of the various ministers. Note: To report means to reply or to return. Sub-commentary: This refers to when various ministers receive the King's commands and, after executing them, return to report to the King. Also, calling back the soul is called fu. Book of Rites, Tan Gong: Calling back the soul is the way to exhaust one's love. Note: Fu means to call back the soul, hoping that the vital essence will return. Also, to restore or revive. Zhuge Liang, Memorial on the Expedition: To restore the Han imperial house and return to the old capital. Also, a surname. Zhengzitong (Correction of Character Comprehension): During the Yuan Dynasty, there was a person named Fu Jianxin. Also, name of a prefecture. Book of Sui (Suishu), Treatise on Geography: The Northern Zhou established Fu Prefecture, which was changed to Mian Prefecture at the beginning of the Daye era. Also, Futao, a title of an official. Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), Thirtieth Year of Duke Xiang: He was appointed to be the ruler's Futao. Note: Futao is the official in charge of clothing. Also, name of a garment. Zuo Tradition, Twelfth Year of Duke Zhao: The King wore a leather cap and a Qin Futao. Note: A feather garment sent by the state of Qin. Also. Pronounced fu. Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun): To repeat or double. Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): To repeat or overturn. Book of Changes (Yijing), Return Hexagram: Repeatedly follow its path. Book of Odes, Lesser Odes of the Kingdom: Looked after me and turned to me. Note: This means to turn around repeatedly. Also, from Correct Rhymes: To exempt. Book of Han (Hanshu), Annals of Emperor Gao: From the seventh rank of grand masters downwards, all were exempted from service for themselves and their households. Note: Exempting their bodies and the interior of one household means they were not subject to corvee labor. Also, interchangeable with the character for complex or multiple. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Qin Shi Huang: Constructed a covered path from the Efang Palace, crossing the Wei River to connect with Xianyang. Book of Han, Annals of Emperor Gao: The Emperor was on the covered path and saw the various generals whispering in pairs. Note: There is a path above and below, hence it is called fu. Also, interchangeable with the character for cover or overturn. Book of Odes, Greater Odes of the Kingdom: Molded the mounds and excavated the pits. Sound and Meaning: Fu means to pile earth upon the ground. Shuowen Jiezi: Written as the character for cover. Also. Pronounced fu (falling tone). Collection of Rhymes: Also, again. Supplementary Rhymes (Zengyun): Twice. Book of Odes, Greater Odes of the Kingdom, Preface to Great Brightness: King Wen had brilliant virtue, so Heaven again bestowed its mandate upon King Wu. Also, rhyming with fa (level tone). Han Yu, Poem Inviting to Zhifu: Ritual says that solitary learning is narrow, the Book of Changes values not wandering far from the path of return. I write this poem to invite you to Zhifu, while morning and night I embrace hunger and thirst. Thirst rhymes with lie (entering tone).