You Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Wine Vessel (yǒu)
Kangxi Strokes: 25
Page 1289, Entry 28
Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Standard Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced jiao.
Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen): The wine is finished.
Broad Elegant Expressions (Boya): Jiao means to finish.
Book of Rites (Liji), Songs of the Ritual: If an elder raises a cup but has not finished it, the junior dare not drink.
Commentary: To finish the wine in the cup is called jiao.
History of the Former Han Dynasty (Qianhan Shu), Biography of the Wandering Knights: Guo Jie's son relied on his father's influence; when drinking with others, he would command them to finish their cups even if they were unable, forcefully pouring the wine down their throats.
Commentary: To finish the cup is called jiao. If a person does not wish to drink, forcing them to finish the cup is called forceful pouring.
Zhang Xie, Seven Commands (Qi Ming): Wine carts arrive at the fragrant carriage, a thousand cups are drained like lightning.
Also found in Rhyme Supplement (Yunbu), pronounced jue.
Ban Gu, Western Capital Rhapsody (Xidu Fu): Arraying light cavalry to prepare the roast, driving forward the wine carts to pour the drinks. Cutting fresh meat for a wild banquet, lighting the beacons to command the drinking.
Textual Research: In the Western Capital Rhapsody (Xidu Fu) by Ban Gu, the original text used the character for arraying; the dictionary has corrected this to the character for arranging. The character for preparing has been corrected to the character for proceeding. The character for drinking has been corrected to the character for wild.