Mao Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Tapping (pū)
Page 468, Entry 16
Pronounced gong.
Shuowen Jiezi (Dictionary of Graphic Components): To strike.
Guangya (Classic of Broad Admonitions): To attack.
Book of Changes (Yijing): Mount the wall but do not succeed in attacking.
Book of Documents (Shujing): Began the attack from Mingtiao.
Also, according to the Lei Pian (Categorized Dictionary): One meaning is to regulate or manage.
Book of Documents (Shujing): Those on the left who do not manage their duties on the left. Commentary: To manage.
Analects (Lunyu): To engage in heterodox teachings.
Also, Book of Odes (Shijing): My carriages are already well-made. Commentary: Gong means good. Zhu Xi’s Commentary: Gong means sturdy.
Also, when the heart is invaded by material desires, it is called gong.
Old Book of Tang (Tangshu): Those who attack the mind with a single purpose are many.
Also, criticizing others' mistakes is also called gong.
Records of the Three Kingdoms (Shuzhi): If one diligently criticizes my shortcomings, then affairs can be settled.
Also, Book of Odes (Shijing): The common people work on it. Commentary: Gong means to build or create.
Also, Guangya (Classic of Broad Admonitions): Gong means to be finished.
Also, a surname. Heshi Xingyuan (Surname Garden of the He Family): There was a Gong Shengdan during the Han dynasty.
Also, pronounced gang. The meaning is the same.
Also, pronounced gong (falling tone).
Rites of Zhou (Zhouli): Favorable for attacking and defending. Commentary: Gong, read as written, Liu reads it as gong (falling tone).
Also, poetic rhyme: Pronounced guhuang.
Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): Entered the territory of Zhou, obtained Taigong Wang, gathered troops with the soldiers, and attacked each other with them.
Shuowen Jiezi (Dictionary of Graphic Components): Written with the Tapping radical. The character originally included the Tapping radical.
Textual Research Note: Guangya (Classic of Broad Admonitions) states gong means the skin below the garment (a type of leather preparation). Adjusted according to the original text.
