Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Jun Kangxi strokes: 11 Page 433, Entry 01 Pronounced jun (falling tone). Same as the variant forms (jun) and (jun). Historical Records (Shiji), Chronological Table of the Twelve Feudal Lords: Followers of Xun Qing, Mencius, and Han Fei often collected and gathered the writings of the Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu) to write their books. History of the Former Han (Hanshu), Treatise on Literature and Arts: During the time of Emperor Wu, the military official Yang Pu gathered and collected lost texts, yet they were still not complete. Commentary: To gather and collect means to pick up. Old Book of Tang (Tangshu), Biography of Li Xiao: The emperor, considering the wealth of Western Zhejiang, wanted to extract and collect remaining profits. Pronounced jun (rising tone). Same as the variant form (jun). Refer to the entries for those two characters for further details.