Zi Collection, Page Position: Lower Radical: Right Hand (yòu) Page 166, Entry 04 Tangyun: Pronounced qu (rising tone) Jiyun, Yunhui, Zhengyun: Pronounced qu (rising tone) Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Means to capture or seize. The character structure is composed of the radical Right Hand and the component Ear. Yupian: Means to provide assistance or to collect. Guangyun: Means to receive or accept. Zengyun: Means to demand or obtain. Book of Rites (Liji), Confucian Conduct: Striving to practice in order to await attainment. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Lu Zhonglian: Resolving difficulties and settling disputes for others without seeking reward. Guanzi, Baixin Chapter: The Dao, when sought in small amounts, yields small fortune; when sought in large amounts, yields great fortune. Also, Yunhui: Generally, to defeat an enemy without employing troops is called qu. Also, Book of Han (Qianhan), Biography of Wang Mang: Investigating and discussing the Five Classics to establish the rituals for marriage. Note: Shigu states that qu is pronounced the same as marry (qu). Also, Jiyun, Yunhui, Zhengyun: Pronounced qu (level tone), same sound as to hasten (qu). Jiyun: Qulu is the name of a county located in Linhuai. Also, Jiyun: Pronounced qiu (level tone), same sound as autumn (qiu). Book of Han (Qianhan), Treatise on Geography: Mentioning the county of Qulu. Note: Shigu states that Qulu is a county name, pronounced qiu lu. The character qu is also pronounced as to hasten (qu). Also, Jiyun, Yunhui, Zhengyun: Pronounced qu (departing tone), same sound as interesting (qu). Du Fu, Poem on Drinking with a Farmer in the Mud: This year the community sacrifice is held on a large scale; can the Shiyi (Du Fu's self-reference) remain? Tell the woman to open the large wine jar and use a basin to fetch wine for me. Sensing this high-spirited atmosphere, one knows that transforming customs is the priority. Also, Zhengyun: Means to demand or obtain. Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes: Like pouring and measuring how much to take. Mao Commentary: This refers to estimating how much one can bear. Also, Six Scripts Original Meaning (Liushu Benyi): Usually used interchangeably with the character for extend (shen), and extend is also used interchangeably with fetch (qu). It is interpreted as to demand, and the pronunciation of the character shifts to be identical to the words for marry (qu) or interesting (qu). Also, Ancient Unusual Characters (Guwen Qizi): Zhu Mou states: For the ancient form of the character for fetch (qu), I suspect it should derive its sound from the character for give (yu). The meaning is that others give and I obtain.