Hai Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Horse (mǎ) Entry: ju Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 1435, Entry 44 Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced ju. Jade Chapter (Yupian): Ju-xu, a beast resembling a mule. Account of Past and Present (Gujin zhu): The offspring of a female mule and a male horse is called a ju. History of the Tang Dynasty (Tangshu): Biography of Li He: Riding a ju-xu while accompanied by a young servant. Commentary: Resembles a mule but smaller. Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui): Also written in the variant form ju. Also, the name of a beast. Poetry of Han Yu: Throughout, like the ju-qiong. Commentary: Kongzi Jiayu (Family Sayings of Confucius) says there is a beast in the north named jue. When it finds sweet grass, it bites it to leave for the qiong-qiong and the ju-xu. When the two beasts see a person coming, they must carry the jue on their backs to escape. The two beasts do not love the jue; they do it because it provides them with sweet grass. The jue does not love the beasts; it does it because it borrows their legs.