Zi Collection, Page Position: Upper Radical: Shelter (guǎng) Kangxi Stroke Count: 4 Page 86, Entry 09 Pronounced hu (falling tone) Also: Pronounced gù (falling tone) Meaning: To alternate, to interweave. Also: To mutually interact. "Book of Rites (Zhouguan)" - The Minister of Records cross-checks the daily achievements. Also: "Book of Rites (Tianguan)" - The turtle-man is in charge of obtaining interweaving objects. Note: Turtles, soft-shelled turtles, clams, and oysters, their shells interlock. Also: "Book of Rites (Diguan)" - The cattle-man, for all sacrifices, provides the cattle and sacrificial animals' interweaving apparatus. Note: The interweaving apparatus is a type of yoke or crossbar, similar to what butchers use to hang meat. Also: "Book of Rites (Qiuguan)" - The wild dwelling official, for all roads where boats and carriages interweave, arranges them in order. Explanation: This refers to waterways and land routes where boats and carriages come and go, and in narrow places, they interweave like a loom. Also: "Book of Rites (Qiuguan)" - The Xiu Lu Shi is in charge of the capital's guards and interweaving vehicles. Note: Guards refer to the palace guards. Interweaving vehicles are horse-drawn chariots used for obstruction and to prevent people from passing. Also: "History of the Former Han Dynasty (Liu Xiang Biography)" - Xiang submitted a memorial stating that brothers held important positions, and the clans were intertwined. Also: "Odes of Wu (Zuosi)" - Long, winding, and connected, with flying roof ridges interlacing. Note: The roof beams are interlaced. Also: "History of the Later Han Dynasty (Cai Yong Biography)" - Initially, the court discussed how prefectures and counties formed factions. It was then decreed that families connected by marriage and people from two prefectures should not supervise each other. By this time, the "Three Interweaving Laws" were re-established. Note: The Three Interweaving Laws refer to families connected by marriage and people from two prefectures not being allowed to hold office together. A variant form exists. "History of the Northern Dynasties (Biographies of Literary Men Preface)" - The preferences of both sides differ, and their written forms are similar, thus the form changed, taking the form with "interweaving" as correct.