Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) Page 1326, Entry 20 Pronounced lu. In the Shuo Wen Jie Zi (Shuowen Jiezi), it is defined as a square furnace. Xu Xuan states that the commonly used form, written with the fire radical, is incorrect. Guang Yun states it is a fire bed. Yun Hui states one theory is that it is a fire container. Zuo Zhuan (Zuozhuan) records in the third year of Duke Ding: Duke Zhuang of Zhu was abandoned to the furnace coals. Zhou Rites (Zhouli), Ministry of Heaven, Palace Attendants: To provide furnace coals. Former Han Dynasty (Qianhan), Biography of Jia Yi: Heaven and Earth serve as the furnace, creation as the craftsman, yin and yang as the coals, and all things as the copper. Also, per Zheng Yun, it is a vessel for wine. It also refers to a wine shop. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Sima Xiangru: Ordered Wenjun to tend the furnace. The commentary of Wei Zhao states: Furnace refers to a wine shop; made of earth, with high edges resembling a furnace. Also known as jialu, a name for an arrow. See the previous entry for the character jia. Also, per Yun Hui, an incense burner. Sometimes written in the variant form with the fire radical. Han Guan Dian Zhi: The Gentlemen of the Imperial Secretariat were provided with maidservants to hold incense burners. Also interchangeable with the character lu (phonetic lü). Zuo Zhuan (Zuozhuan), fourth year of Duke Ding: Lu, whose personal name was Jin, was first an official in the clan of Ziqi. Shíwén (Shiwen): In the original text, lu is also written as lü. The name of a metal. Pronounced lü. Textual Research: In Zuo Zhuan, fourth year of Duke Ding, the text states Lu, whose personal name was Jin, was first an official in the clan of Ziqi. Following the original text, the word official has been corrected from the preceding variant.