You Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Badger (zhì) Kangxi Strokes: 13 Page 1201, Entry 13 Gathering of Rhymes (Jiyun), Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui), and Rectified Rhymes (Zhengyun) state it is pronounced he. Originally written as a variant form (hé). Rectification of Characters (Zhengzitong) states: The badger resembles a raccoon dog, with a pointed head and pointed nose. Its fur has patterns and is thick, dense, warm, and smooth, suitable for making fur garments. Ink Guest’s Hui-Rhino (Mokehuixi) states: The badger resembles a rabbit in appearance and has a natural fondness for paper. If a person strikes one, it will run several dozen paces and then fall asleep. Only when one strikes bamboo to frighten it will it wake up, but after walking a short distance, it sleeps again. Book of Odes (Shijing): In the first month, hunt the badgers. The commentary (Jian) states: Capture badgers to use their fur for clothing. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Winter Official, Artificer's Record (Kaogongji): The badger will die if it crosses the Wen River. Huainanzi, Training for Training (Xiuwuxun): The badger and the raccoon dog dig curved dens. Also, the name of an insect. Erya, Explanation of Insects (Shichong): The nation-badger insect is called the xiang. The commentary notes: Currently known as the pupa insect. Broad Dictionary of Rhymes (Guangyun) states it is pronounced he. The meaning is the same. Tang Dictionary of Rhymes (Tangyun), Gathering of Rhymes (Jiyun), and Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui) state it is pronounced mo. Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen) states: A tribe of the northern badger type. Five Classics Text (Wujingwenzi) states: The character for badger, as passed down through the classics, is written as the barbarian-badger (mò). Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Summer Official, Office of Regional Administration (Zhifangshi): The four barbarian tribes, the eight southern tribes, the seven Min tribes, and the nine northern badger tribes. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Autumn Official, regarding the commentary on the badger servants: Those captured while campaigning against the northeastern tribes were selected to serve as laborers. Gongyang Commentary (Gongyangzhuan), 15th Year of Duke Xuan: Being less than one-tenth is the practice of the large badger and small badger. Mencius: Your practice is the practice of the badger. The commentary notes: The badger refers to people in remote and wild regions. The tax of the badger is to take one part in twenty. Erya, Explanation of Words (Shigu): The badger refers to shrinking or gathering a cord. The commentary notes: A cord is a rope. It means to pull, restrain, shrink, or bind. Gathering of Rhymes (Jiyun) states it is pronounced mo. Erya, Explanation of Words (Shigu) defines it as meaning peaceful or quiet. Gathering of Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rectified Rhymes (Zhengyun) state it is pronounced ma. Equivalent to the character for the field sacrifice (mà). Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Spring Official, Master of Sacrificial Rites (Sishi): Whenever there is seasonal hunting, when performing the field sacrifice, the deity's position is established. The commentary notes: The field sacrifice is a rite performed before a military expedition. Erya, Explanation of Heaven (Shitian): This is the sacrifice to the ancestors and the field sacrifice. The commentary explains: The field sacrifice is written as badger in the Rites of Zhou. The badger is also written as the variant form (mò), which represents the difference between ancient and modern usage. Textual Research: In the Rites of Zhou, Summer Official, Office of Regional Administration, it originally listed eight badger tribes. It has been corrected to nine badger tribes in accordance with the original text.