Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Kangxi Strokes: 17 Page 935, Entry 03 Broad Rimes (Guangyun), Collected Rimes (Jiyun), Rime Collection (Yunhui), Standard Rimes (Zhengyun): Pronounced su (falling tone). Explanation of Characters (Shuowen): Disorderly. Also, to tread or kick. Approaching Refinement (Erya), Explanation of Ancient Words (Shigu): To loosen or shrink; this signifies disorder. Commentary: Loosening, releasing, pulling, or shrinking all refer to the disruption of regulations. Ceremonial Rites (Yili), Village Drinking Rites: Between the stone steps, stretch the eaves facing north to beat the drum. Commentary: Stretch means longitudinal. The eaves, taking the east as the longitudinal orientation. The ancient script for stretch is written as the character for pucker. Rites (Liji), Tan Gong: In ancient times, caps were sewn longitudinally, but today they are sewn transversally. Commentary: Longitudinal means the vertical orientation. Approaching Refinement (Erya), Explanation of Implements (Shiqi): To measure with a cord is called to stretch. Commentary: Stretching refers to binding and restraint. Book of Odes (Shijing), Greater Odes (Daya): To tighten the earth-ramming frames to transport them. Ceremonial Rites (Yili), Suburban Sacrifice (Jiaotesheng): To use thatch to filter the wine. Commentary: To filter means to remove the dregs. Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), Year 4 of Duke Xi: Without the means to filter the wine. Mencius: To reflect upon oneself and be upright. Zhao Qi commentary: Upright means righteous. Zhu Xi commentary: Upright means straight. Strategies of the Warring States (Zhanguoce): If resources are restricted, then supplies will be exhausted. Commentary: This means scarcity; the opposite of surplus. Explanation of Names (Shiming): People of Qi refer to the part of the carriage forward of the bolster as the stretch, implying it is contracted or compressed. Jade Chapters (Yupian): To retreat or to cease. Broad Rimes (Guangyun): To gather or to shorten. A surname. Strategies of the Warring States (Zhanguoce): A man from Anling named Su Gao. Rime Supplement (Yunbu): Rhymes with the pronunciation lu (entering tone). Ban Gu, Rhapsody on Dark Understandings (Youtong fu): The spirit precedes the heart to settle fate, and fate follows conduct to expand or contract. It revolves and shifts, never remaining stagnant, thus encountering both surplus and scarcity. Textual Research: Zuo Tradition, Year 4 of Duke Xi: Without the means to filter the wine. According to the original text, the reference to Year 1 has been corrected to Year 4.