Si Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Dog (quǎn) Kangxi Strokes: 7 Page 706, Entry 17 According to the Ocean of Texts (Pianhai), it is pronounced he. Meaning unknown. According to the Correction of Character Forms (Zhengzitong), it is pronounced jie (falling tone). The term Ge-lao refers to an ethnic minority. In his Records of the Southern Frontier (Yanjiao Jiwen), the Ming dynasty author Tian Rucheng writes: The Ge-lao are also called Ge-liao. There are five types; they have matted hair, go barefoot, are fearless, and value honor. They wrap a piece of cloth horizontally around their waists without pleats, which is called a tube skirt; the style is the same for men and women. Those who wear patterned cloth are the Patterned Ge-lao, and those who wear red cloth are the Red Ge-lao. Each has its own group and they do not intermarry. There are also the Tooth-Striking Ge-lao, who are especially fierce and valiant. There are also the Short-Haired Ge-lao, where both men and women wear their hair about an inch long. There are also the Pig-Feces Ge-lao, who enjoy filth, living in the same pens as dogs and pigs, and when they catch wild animals, they tear and eat them immediately like wolves. There are also the Mu-lao. Their customs are the same as the Ge-lao. They dig the ground to make stoves, light fires and sleep around them, using cow hides as bedding without mats or quilts. There are also four types: the Mao, the Ge, the Ling, and the Liao, all of whom are mountain stream dwellers. In Guilin, Guangxi, there are the Ge-zhuang.