Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Kangxi stroke count: 19 Page 418, Entry 02 Pronounced rao (falling tone). According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it means to trouble. According to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), it means to disorder. Book of Documents (Shujing), Yinzheng chapter: To disturb the celestial order. History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu), Biography of Cao Can: With the Qi prison and market as the priority, do not cause disturbance. It also means to tame, to comply, and to settle. Book of Documents (Shujing), Gaoyao Mo chapter: Gentle yet resolute. Commentary: To be tamed and compliant, yet firm and resolute. Also in the Offices of Zhou (Zhouguan): The Minister of Instruction manages the teachings of the state, spreads the five constant virtues, and brings peace to the populace. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Earth Office, Great Minister of Instruction: To assist the king in pacifying and settling the states. Commentary: Here, to disturb also means to settle, referring to being abundant and prosperous. Also, in the Summer Office, Office of the Regional Director: Henan is called Yuzhou, and its livestock are suitable for the six tamed animals. Commentary: Horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, dogs, and chickens. Exegesis: The six tamed animals are the same as the six domestic animals in the Erya and the six sacrificial animals in the Rites of Zhou. Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), 29th Year of Duke Zhao: Dong Fu truly loved dragons and knew how to tame and raise them. Exegesis: He complied with what the dragons desired and raised them. Pronounced rao (level tone). The meaning is the same as the character meaning to poke or stir. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Six Tamed Animals, Explanation of Characters: Xu Miao and Liu Changzong read it as rao. History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu), Eulogy of the Records of Emperor Gao: Liu Lei learned how to tame dragons. Commentary: Shigu also reads it as rao. Pronounced nao (rising tone). Also means to trouble. Also, rhyming with the pronunciation jiu (rising tone), which is the sound of rou (rising tone). Li You, Rhapsody on the Pingyue Observatory: Flying pellets and leaping swords, boiling, surging, and swirling. The Bayu dance begins, movements crossing eyebrows and meeting. Originally derived from a different form. The Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi) records it as a different character. Also, a variant form. Textual research: Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), 29th Year of Duke Zhao: Dong Fu truly loved dragons and knew how to tame and raise them. Commentary: He complied with what the dragons desired and raised them. Updated according to the original text of the Exegesis.