Mao Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Square (fāng) Kangxi Strokes: 10 Page 483, Entry 02 Ancient script for the character Lu. Pronounced lu. Shuowen Jiezi says that in the military, a unit of 500 men is called a lu. Book of Documents (Shangshu): Organize the troops and conduct a review (zhen lu). Commentary: When an army returns, it is called zhen lu, meaning to reorganize the troops. Book of Odes (Shijing): Our armies, our units. Annotation: 500 men constitute a lu. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli): Five zuren units constitute a lu. Annotation: Lu means 500 men. Also, Guangya dictionary: Lu means a guest. Book of Changes (Yijing): Merchants and travelers do not move about. Also, Lü Hexagram Commentary: Lu is the term for living as a guest or staying in a foreign land. To leave one’s native place and dwell elsewhere is called lu. Book of Odes (Shijing): There they built huts for travelers. Annotation: Constructed dwellings to house guests and travelers. Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan): A minister who is a traveler in a foreign land. Annotation: Lu means guest. Also, Book of Documents (Shangshu): The mountains of Cai and Meng were leveled (lü ping). Commentary: To perform sacrifices at mountains is called lu. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli): The King performs the great sacrifice (lü) to the Supreme Deity. Annotation: The great sacrifice to the Supreme Deity is performed at the round mound. When the state faces significant affairs, sacrifices performed are also called lu. Also, Book of Documents (Shangshu): The junior officers (ya lu). Commentary: Ya means second or subordinate. Lu means multitude. These are the various high-ranking officials whose positions are below the ministers. Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan): Request to accept orders from the high-ranking officials (ya lu). Annotation: Ya lu refers to senior officials. Also, Book of Documents (Shangshu): The Western Lu offered their hounds. Commentary: The leader of the Western Rong tribes. Also, Book of Odes (Shijing): The strength of the many (lü li) is just reaching its peak. Commentary: Lu means many. Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili): The group divination is finished. Annotation: Lu means many. Also, Book of Odes (Shijing): Side dishes and nuts were arranged in rows (lü). Commentary: Lu means to display or arrange. Also, Book of Odes (Shijing): Serving as subordinates, serving as the many. Commentary: Lu refers to the sons and younger brothers. Also, Rites of Zhou (Zhouli): Managing official summons and commands, the fourth is lu, managing the routine duties of officials to handle administrative numbers. Annotation: Lu refers to the junior officials in charge of administrative tasks. Also, Rites of Zhou (Zhouli): Officer of the army (lü shi). Annotation: Lu is equivalent to the meaning of to dwell. Also, Rites of Zhou (Zhouli): Weighing the upper section and the lower section. Annotation: The upper lu refers to the part above the waist, and the lower lu refers to the part below the waist. Commentary: The scales of armor are called lu because they are numerous, thus lu is used to describe them. Also, Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili): The presiding officer ascends to assist in the sequence of toasts (lü), saying: So-and-so receives the return toast. Annotation: Lu means order or sequence. Also, Book of Rites (Liji): Erecting a screen and planting rows of trees (lü). Annotation: Lu means the path or roadside. Also, Book of Rites (Liji): Advancing together and retreating together. Annotation: Lu is equivalent to the meaning of together. Also, History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu): By then, wild grains grew spontaneously (lü sheng). Annotation: Grains that grow without being sown are called lü. Modern writing uses the character lü, pronounced lu. The ancient character is used interchangeably. Also, a surname. History of the Former Han (Hanshu): The Marquis of Changping, Lu Qing. Also, Jiyun dictionary: Pronounced lu. Means to display or arrange.