You Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Carriage (chē)
Kangxi Strokes: 13
Page 1243, Entry 01
Pronounced lù
Jade Chapters (Yupian): A large carriage.
Explanation of Names (Shiming): That which the Son of Heaven rides is called a jade carriage. It is called a carriage because it refers to traveling upon the road.
Also, the bindings of a shaft.
Ceremonial Rites (Yili): The guest presents silk, stands before the carriage, and conveys the message.
Commentary: The carriage is the shaft binding used to attach the pulling straps.
Sub-commentary: This refers to binding wood onto the shaft to attach the pulling straps for pulling the carriage.
Also, great.
History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Zhang Zhan: In ceremony, when one descends at a public gate, one bows to the carriage horse.
Commentary: Carriage means great. That in which a lord resides is called a carriage; a carriage for sleeping is called a carriage.
Also, Yilu, the name of an insect.
Master Zhuang (Zhuangzi), Chapter on Supreme Joy: The Yilu insect is born from consuming vinegar.
Pronounced hé
Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Lou Jing: To remove the pulling straps of the carriage.
Commentary: A piece of wood placed horizontally across the front of the carriage, where two men pull it and three men push it.
Pronounced yà
Zuo's Commentary (Zuozhuan), 15th Year of Duke Xi: To intercept the Earl of Qin and intend to stop him.
Commentary: Carriage means to welcome.
Also interchangeable with road. In the classics, the carriage character is often written as the road character.
Textual Research:
Ceremonial Rites (Yili), 15th Year: The guest presents silk, stands before the carriage and conveys the message.
Commentary: Carriage refers to the shaft binding used to attach the pulling straps.
Sub-commentary: This refers to binding wood onto the shaft to attach the pulling straps for pulling the carriage. (Adjusted to reflect the original text, changing the word for pull to pulling strap.)
History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Zhang Zhan: In ceremony, when one descends at a public gate, one bows to the carriage horse.
Commentary: Carriage means great. That in which a lord resides is called a carriage; a carriage for sleeping is called a carriage. (Adjusted to reflect the original text, changing the word for bow and the term for carriage.)
