Wei Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Meat (ròu) Kangxi Strokes: 17 Page 981, Entry 06 Tangyun: Pronounced jiao Jiyun, Yunhui, Zhengyun: Pronounced jiao Shuowen: To stick together. Made from animal hide. Xu states: To stick is to adhere. Yupian: Boiled and used as glue, sometimes made from horn. Guangyun: Glue and lacquer. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Winter Offices, Record of Artificers (Kaogongji), Wheel Maker: When applying glue, it must be thick. Also, Bow Maker: When assessing glue, one desires a vermilion color and a luster. Luster refers to deep cracks that are glossy, dense, and rounded at the edges. Deer glue is bluish-white; horse glue is reddish-white; ox glue is fire-red; rat glue is black; fish glue is soft; rhinoceros glue is yellow. All such adhesive substances are not perfectly square. Commentary: The sound of luster (xi) is similar to that of jagged (cuo). Pure red with intersecting patterns. Glossy means the surface has patterns and is lubricated. Dense means fine and close. Rounded (tuan) means circular. Edges refers to sharpness. The term for glue was originally written with the character for adhere. It is not square because of its flexibility and resilience; it is not meant to be rigid. Erya, Explanations of Words (Shigu): Glue means to solidify. Commentary: Glue is that which solidifies objects. Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes (Xiaoya): Virtue and reputation are very firm. Commentary: Glue means firm. Guangya: To deceive. Also, to be perverse. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Sima Xiangru: Twisted and perverse. Commentary: Perverse means crooked or wicked. Guangyun: The Great Learning (Taixue). Zhengzitong: Eastern Academy (Dongjiao) was the name of a school in the Zhou dynasty. The schools of Zhou included the Central Academy (Chengjun) in the middle, the Eastern Hall (Dongxu) on the left, and the Blind Masters' Hall (Guzong) on the right. Eastern Academy is the same as the Eastern Hall. Jiyun: To bring together. Book of Rites (Liji), Royal Regulations (Wangzhi): Raise the elders of the state at the Eastern Academy. Commentary: Glue implies bringing together. Zhengyun: Sticky and blocked. Zhuangzi, Free and Easy Wandering (Xiaoyao You): If one places a cup there, it sticks. Jiaoge (a term for atmospheric energy). History of the Former Han (Qianhan), Biography of Yang Xiong: Clashing with the energy of the upper heavens, leaping through nine gates. Commentary: Jiaoge is the energy of the upper heavens. Yunhui: Harmony. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Zheng: The roosters crow in harmony. Commentary: Harmony is like the sound of many voices. To deceive. Yangzi, Regional Speech (Fangyan): Glue means to be crafty or deceitful. In the southwest region of Liangzhou, it is called glue. Yunhui: Name of a river. There is a Glue River in Laizhou. Place name. Strategies of the Warring States (Zhanguoce): To cede Eastern Glue to Yan. Surname. History of the Former Han (Qianhan), Table of Ancient and Modern People: Jiao Ge. Guangyun: Pronounced jiao Jiyun: Pronounced jiao. Meaning is the same. Yunhui, Zhengyun: Pronounced jiao. Appearance of movement and agitation. Zhuangzi, The Way of Heaven (Tiandao): Agitated and disturbed. Sound and Meaning: Pronounced jiao. Jiyun: Pronounced rao. Chaotic appearance. Pronounced hao. Perverse. Songs of Chu (Chuci), Nine Arguments (Jiubian): How much more so for the affairs of a country, which are many and twisted. Commentary: Twisted means perverse. Pronounced hao. Wuyin Jiyun: Pronounced qiao. A face that is uneven.