Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Qiu 15 strokes Page 931, Entry 06 Pronounced qiu. Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): A crupper for a horse. Yupian (Jade Chapters): A crupper for an ox or horse. Also written in a variant form (qiu). Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Winter Offices, Artificers Record: Do not pull on its base, but necessarily use a crupper on the rear of the ox. Also, in Jiyun (Rhyme Compilation), pronounced qiu. The meaning is the same. Textual Research: In the Rites of Zhou, Winter Offices, Artificers Record, the text previously read do not loosen its base, but necessarily use a crupper on the rear of the ox. According to the original text, the character for loosen has been corrected to pull.