Wu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Stand (lì) Kangxi brush strokes: 19 Page 873, Entry 22 Pronounced jing. To be strong. Book of Documents (Shangshu): There are those who are excessively competitive. Erya (Erya): Jing means to be strong. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan), Seventh Year of Duke Xi: If the heart is not competitive, why fear distress? Also means to contend, to pursue, to be high, or to be hurried. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Shang: Neither competing nor hurried. Commentary: Jing means to pursue. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan), Tenth Year of Duke Xiang: Will Zheng suffer a disaster? The army is overly competitive. Commentary: Competitive rivalry. Twenty-third Year of Duke Ai: My humble state has matters of the altars of soil and grain, causing Fei to contend for office with him. Commentary: Jing means hurried. Also in Augmented Rhymes (Zengyun): To be flourishing. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan), Third Year of Duke Zhao: The two kindnesses are equally flourishing. Also in Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes written as a variant form. Also written as the variant form jiang. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Spring Officials, Commentary on Bell Master: To interrupt and strictly contend. Supplement to Rhymes (Yunhuibu): Also written as the variant form liang. Text of the Five Classics of the Kaiyuan Era (Kaiyuan Wujing Wenzi): Book of Odes (Shijing): Holding the heart without being arrogant. Also used as a loan for the character jing (border). Curse of Qin against Chu (Qinzu Chuwen): Raising troops and flourishing forces to press upon the border. Also rhymes with liang. Yellow Court Classic (Huangtingjing): The soul guards within and does not compete; the spirit is born in the abdomen holding a jade vessel. Also rhymes with liang. Book of Odes (Shijing), Greater Odes (Daya): With nowhere to stop or doubt, where does one go? The noble man is substantial, holding the heart without competition. Commonly written as the variant form. Verification: Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan), Tenth Year of Duke Xiang: Will Zheng suffer a disaster? The army is overly competitive. The character you has been added before disaster according to the original text. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan), Twenty-third Year of Duke Ai: My humble state has matters of the altars of soil and grain, causing Fei to contend for office with him. Note that this is a passage from the Twenty-third Year of Duke Ai, thus the text has been corrected to reflect this year, and the character you has been added before the word for office.