Yin Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Broad (guǎng) Kangxi Strokes: 19 Page 352, Entry 01 Pronounced lu Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Writing and Analysis of Characters): To lodge. To leave in autumn and winter, and dwell in spring and summer. Book of Odes (Shijing): In the middle of the field there is a hut. Annotation: The middle of the field is the center of the field. Farmers build huts there to facilitate agricultural work. Also, Yu Pian (Jade Chapter): A house or dwelling. Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes): A general term for a crude house. Book of Changes (Yijing), Bo Hexagram: The petty man peels away his hut. Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), Year 23 of Duke Xiang: There still remains the dilapidated hut of my ancestors; the ruler should not demean himself by ordering its demolition. Also, a lodging. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Earth Offices: Every ten li there is a hut; the huts have food and drink. Annotation: A hut is like the temporary shelters in the fields today, sometimes called a shed. Also, a place for guard duty, a station. History of the Former Han Dynasty (Qian Han Shu), Biography of Jin Midi: Suffering a minor illness, he lay in the station. Annotation: The place where one resides within the palace is called a lu. Ban Gu, Western Capital Rhapsody (Xidu Fu): Rows of guard stations are arranged in the thousands. Annotation: Places where one stands guard are called lu. Also, the name of a state. Discourses of the States (Guoyu): Lu was caused by Jinggui. Annotation: Lu was a state with the Gui surname; Jinggui was a woman from Lu who became the wife of the ruler of Jing. Also, the name of a town. Discourses of the States (Guoyu): To accompany the king to Lu. Annotation: Lu, a town in the state of Chu. Also, the name of a prefecture. Book of Sui (Suishu), Treatise on Geography: Lujiang Commandery was changed to Luzhou at the beginning of the Kaihuang reign period. Also, the name of a mountain. Lushan Record (Lushan Ji): During the time of King Wei of Zhou, there was a man named Kuang Su, also known as Master Lu; the mountain takes its name from him. Also, pronounced lu. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Winter Offices, Artificer's Record: In Qin there is no lu. Annotation: Lu is read as lu, referring to the bamboo binding on the handle of a spear or halberd. Some say it is a tool for polishing. Also, identical to the character for a type of vessel. Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes): The character for a type of vessel is sometimes written in the variant form lu.