Wu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Tile (wǎ) Ping Kangxi strokes: 13 Page 750, Entry 03 Pronounced ping. Identical to the character for water jug (píng). Jade Chapters (Yupian): A tool for drawing water. Yangzi: Dialect (Fangyan): A container made of earthenware is called a bu. A small one is called a ping. Book of Changes (Yijing), Well hexagram: Nearly reaches the point where the water is drawn, but the water jug is broken. Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), Seventeenth Year of Duke Xiang: Sun Kuai of the State of Wei hunted at Caosui and watered his horses at Chongqiu, destroying the water jugs there. Ceremonial and Rituals (Yili), Rites for the Funeral of a Gentleman: New basins, plates, and water jugs, discarded food vessels, and stacked tripods. Commentary: A water jug is used for drawing water. Also a cooking utensil. Book of Rites (Liji), Vessels of Rites: The Aosacrifice is an offering made by elderly women. It is contained in a basin and presented in a water jug. Commentary: Both basins and water jugs are cooking utensils. Also a place name. History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Records of Commanderies and Kingdoms: There is a Pingqiu settlement in Henan Commandery. Also a surname. Comprehensive Customs (Fengsutong): During the Han dynasty, there was an Assistant Tutor to the Crown Prince named Ping Shou. Records of the Later Zhao (Houzhaolu): There was a person from Beihai named Ping Ziran. Textual research: In Zuo Tradition, Sixteenth Year of Duke Xiang, it should be the Seventeenth Year according to the original text.