Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Kangxi stroke count: 7 Page 181, Entry 03 Pronounced lǚ. Shuowen Jiezi says: The spine bone, depicts its shape. Formerly, Taiyue was the minister who served as the heart and spine of Yu the Great, therefore he was enfeoffed as the Marquis of Lü. Book of Documents (Shangshu): Only the command of Lü. Commentary: This refers to the Marquis of Lü being commanded to serve as a minister. Discourses of the States (Guoyu): In the south there are the Jing Man, Shen, and Lü. Note: Shen and Lü are of the Jiang surname. History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu): In the commandery of Runan, in Xincai, there is the Dalu Pavilion. Note: This was the state of the former Marquis of Lü. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): In the table of lords and meritorious officials under Emperor Gaozu, Zhou Lü Hou was the elder brother of Empress Lü; he first joined as a retainer and entered the Han to become a marquis. Note: Both Zhou and Lü are names of states. In Jiyin there is the Lüdu County. See the History of the Former Han (Hanshu), Treatise on Geography. Also the name of a county, belonging to the State of Chu. Also seen in the History of the Former Han (Hanshu), Treatise on Geography. Also a surname. Guangyun dictionary: Taiyue was enfeoffed as the Marquis of Lü, and his descendants subsequently took this as their clan name. Also the Six Lü, which are the yin pitches. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli): Play the Huangzhong bell, sing the Dalu, play the Guxian, sing the Nanlü, play the Yize, sing the Xiaolü. Note: Xiaolü is also called Zhonglü. Also: Yin sounds, Dalu corresponds to Zhong, Nanlü corresponds to Hanzhong, Xiaolü corresponds to Jiazhong. History of the Former Han (Hanshu), Treatise on Harmonics and Calendars: The six yin tones are the Lü; the Lü acts to accompany the yang and disseminate the qi. Also Dalu means to travel; it implies that the yin travels in a great way to assist the Huangzhong in disseminating the qi to sprout all things. Also the name of a bell. Strategies of the Warring States (Zhanguoce): The Dalu was placed at Yuanying, therefore the tripod returned to the Moshi. Note: Dalu is the name of a bell from the State of Qi. Yanzi Chunqiu: Duke Jing’s Tailü was completed. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): To make Zhao seem as weighty as the Nine Tripods and the Dalu. Note: The correct interpretation says: Dalu is the great bell in the Zhou ancestral temple. Also Fangyan (Dialect dictionary by Yang Xiong): Shenlü means long; in eastern Qi it is called shen, and in Song and Lu it is called lü. Also Lost Book of Zhou (Yizhoushu): Struck it with the Qinglü. Note: This is the name of a sword.