Zi Collection, Page Position: Lower. Radical: Divination (bu). Lu. Kangxi Dictionary Strokes: 11. Page 158, Row 10. This is the zhouwen form of the character for west (xi), and is also a simplified writing of the character lu — Tang Rhymes (Tangyun). Lu. Pronounced the same as lu — Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Lang-gu cut; Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Collective (Yunhui): Long-wu cut. Refers to salt-bearing land in the west. The east is called lu (written in its variant form), and the west is called lu — Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen Jiezi). Refers to salt marshes. Those formed naturally are called lu, while those produced by human labor are called yan — Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun). The nature of water is originally sweet, but after soaking in the earth for a long time, the water becomes salty lu — Sub-commentary to the Great Plan (Hongfan Shu) in the Book of Documents (Shangshu). The Dui trigram symbolizes hard, salt-bearing land — Classic of Changes (Yijing), Explanation of the Trigrams (Shuogua). Also refers to chunlu. Zimu of the State of Chu sent people to mark out the chunlu lands — Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), Twenty-fifth year of Duke Xiang. Note: Chunlu refers to barren land, marked out to reduce taxes. Also refers to a place name. Xun Wu of the State of Jin led an army to defeat the Di people at Dalu — Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu), First year of Duke Zhao. Note: Dalu is Jinyang County in Taiyuan. Also, Anding Commandery has Lu County — Book of Han (Hanshu), Geographic Records. Also, Dai Commandery has Lucheng County. Also refers to lubu. The ceremonial retinue of the Emperor's carriage is called lubu. Armed guards carrying armor and shields stand outside as a vanguard, and all are recorded in a register, thus it is called lubu — Ceremonial Protocol of Han Officials (Hanguanyi). Also refers to lumang, meaning reckless, hasty, or careless. In the past when I planted crops, I treated the plowing with lumang, and the harvest in turn rewarded me with lumang — Zhuangzi, Zeyang Chapter. Also refers to the name of a fragrant herb. Du, also named tulu — Erya, Explaining Grasses. Note: This is duheng, which is shaped like a mallow and has a fragrance. Sub-commentary: Another name for du is tulu. Lu refers to xuncao — Expanded Dictionary of Refined Usage (Guangya). Also interchangeable with lu (a large shield), referring to a large shield. Blood flowed in rivers, enough to float a lu — Book of Han, Biography of Xiang Ji. Note: Lu is a shield. Shields, large shields (lu), spears, and clubs — Zuo Si, Rhapsody on the Wu Capital (Wu Du Fu). Also interchangeable with lu, meaning to plunder or seize. Lu means to seize — Yangzi, Regional Dialects (Fangyan). One must not plunder or seize — Book of Han, Annals of Emperor Gao. Carriages, livestock, and property were all seized as war lu — Biography of Wei Qing in the Book of Han. Also a surname. Lu Gongru of Taiyuan — Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biographies of Wandering Knights. Also, pronounced the same as lu (furnace) — Collected Characters (Zihui): Long-du cut. Interchangeable with lu (furnace). Xuanhezi said: The tripod and the lu (furnace) symbolize the image of Heaven and Earth — The Pivot of the Dao (Daoshu). Note: Lu is a furnace. Land that does not grow plants is called lu. Lu is lu (furnace), appearing like a place where a furnace fire has burned — Explanation of Names (Shiming). Textual Research: Salt-bearing land in the west. The east calls it lu — Analytical Dictionary of Characters. Corrected the character to its variant form according to the original text. Also interchangeable with lu, meaning to obtain. Corrected the character for shu to the character for lu according to the original text.