Shen Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Walk (xíng) Character: 術 Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 1109, Entry 01 Pronounced shu. According to the Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): technique or skill. According to the Records of Characters (Renwu Zhi): One whose thoughts communicate with the creative forces of nature and whose plans and strategies are extraordinary is called a practitioner of arts. Also, mental disposition. According to the Commentary on the Book of Han (Hanshu Zhu), Shigu says: It means a path or route, that which the mind follows. According to the Record of Music in the Book of Rites (Liji), the mental disposition manifests itself. Also, a method or way. According to the Master Yan (Yanzi), Miscellaneous Chapters Part Lower: Speech has patterns, and methods have systems. Also, a profession or occupation. According to the Confucian Conduct in the Book of Rites (Liji): Managing the Way with the same methods. Also, according to the Shuowen Jiezi: A road within a city. According to the Guanzi, Chapter on Measuring the Land: One hundred households constitute a li, ten li constitute a shu, and ten shu constitute a zhou. According to Zuo Si’s Rhapsody on the Capital of Shu (Shu Du Fu): There are also grand mansions, facing the thoroughfare and the city streets. Also, according to the Boya: Traces or vestiges. Also, interchangeable with the character meaning to narrate (shu). According to the Meaning of Sacrifices in the Book of Rites (Liji): Accumulated in the heart, manifested in the countenance, and reflected upon (shu) in one’s actions. The commentary notes: Shu should be written as the character meaning to narrate. Also, interchangeable with the character for the Shu River (shu). According to the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Table of Marquises Since the Jianyuan Era: The Marquis of Shuyang, Jiande. The Suoyin commentary states: Located in Xiapi. Also, according to the Jiyun: Pronounced sui. Land outside the six districts. One definition is a road; it is commonly written as the character for a suburban district (sui). According to the Record of Learning in the Book of Rites (Liji): Schools were established in the suburban districts (shu). The commentary notes: Shu should be written as the character for a suburban district (sui). According to the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Offices of Earth: Twelve thousand five hundred households constitute a suburban district (sui). Textual Research: In the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Table of Marquises Since the Jianyuan Era, it reads Marquis of Shuyang, Jiande. We have followed the original text to correct it to the Table of Marquises Since the Jianyuan Era in the Records of the Grand Historian.