You Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Shell (bèi) Character: Pin Kangxi strokes: 11 Page 1205, Entry 03 Ancient form. Pronounced pin. According to the Shuowen Jiezi, to have a small share of wealth. Erya, Explanation of Words: Ju means poor. Commentary: Refers to poverty and baseness. Subcommentary: The poor are those without wealth. Classic of History (Shangshu), Great Plan (Hongfan): The six extremes, the fourth is poverty. Commentary: Distressed by lack of wealth. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Bei (Beifeng): Finally impoverished and poor. Discourses of the States (Guoyu), Discourses of Jin (Jinyu): Han Xuanzi worried about poverty, and Shu Xiang congratulated him. Also, in the Rhyme Supplement (Yunbu), rhyming with pian, pronounced pian. Ouyang Xiu, Poem Sending off Registrar Wei: A scholar wishes to demonstrate what he upholds, look at his life of humble poverty. How to comfort those in separation? I present you with this short poem.