You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Kangxi brush strokes: 17 Page 1175, Entry 01 Pronounced gang (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Graphs and Analysis of Characters) defines this as to reconcile. Xu Kai notes that the ancients used this term to mean mutual reconciliation. Record of the Grand Historian (Shiji) - Strategies of the Warring States (Zhanguo Ce): If you forbid it now, and Qin has not yet reached a reconciliation with Wei. Also, Guangya (Expanded Elegance) defines this as to discuss. Guangyun (Broad Rhymes) defines this as to announce. Book of Rites (Liji) - Ritual Operation (Liyun): To discuss trust and cultivate harmony. The commentary notes this means to speak and explain. Also: To discuss benevolence. The commentary notes this is synonymous with to clarify. Also, Yupian (Jade Chapter) defines this as to practice. Zengyun (Expanded Rhymes) defines this as to research. Book of Changes (Yijing) - Joyous Hexagram (Duigua): The superior man, by friends, discusses and practices. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan) - Fifth Year of Duke Yin: Therefore, the spring hunt, summer weeding, autumn field-inspection, and winter hunting, were all conducted in the context of agricultural work to practice affairs. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli) - Summer Official - Equerry: In winter, offer horses and practice with the carriage drivers. The commentary notes that practice is synonymous with study. Also, Guangyun defines this as to plan. Zuo Commentary - Fifth Year of Duke Xiang: The Book of Odes (Shijing) says: When the planning of affairs is not good, gather men to settle them. Du Yu's commentary notes: This is a lost ode. It means that when planning is not good, one should gather virtuous men to settle the situation. Also, a name for an official post. Book of Tang (Tangshu) - Treatise on Officials: The Directorate of Education had four direct instructors, whose duty was to lecture on the classics. Also, Old Book of Tang (Jiutangshu) - Treatise on Official Posts: The Jixian Academy had scholars in attendance to lecture. Also, a mountain name. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): Thirty li north of Mount Taishi lies Mount Jiang. Also, used interchangeably with the character pronounced jiang (falling tone). History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu) - Biography of Cao Can: Xiao He established laws, and the discussions were as if drawn with a single stroke. The Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji) uses the alternative character. Also, Zihuibu (Supplement to the Collection of Characters) notes: Pronounced gou (falling tone). To harmonize. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji) - Biography of Gan Mao: Chu-li Zi and Wei negotiated to cease military actions. The commentary notes: The term is read as gou. In Shuowen Jiezi, the original form of this character is written as [variant form].