Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Gou Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 931, Entry 01 Pronounced gou Shuowen Jiezi (Dictionary of Explaining and Analyzing Characters): The binding of a sword hilt. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Lord Mengchang: Master Feng was very poor and possessed only a single sword. There was also what is called kuai-gou. Note: Kuai is the name of a type of grass, and gou refers to the material used to wrap the sword hilt. It describes a sword that lacks ornamental coverings and is instead wrapped with kuai grass rope, hence the term kuai-gou. Pronounced kou Goushi, a place name. Strategies of the Warring States (Zhan Guo Ce): Block the passes of Huanyuan and Goushi. Note: Goushi is named after the mountain. Book of Han (Hanshu), Annals of Emperor Wu: Intending to visit Goushi. Note: It is a district in Henan. Also a surname. Biographies of Filial Sons (Xiaozi Zhuan): A woman of the Goushi family from Chenliu. Textual Research: Strategies of the Warring States, Goushi pass. According to the original text, the two characters sai and huan have been added before yuan.