Xu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Leaf (yè) Head; Kangxi strokes: 16; Page 1404 Ancient form. Pronounced tou. Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Writing and Analysis of Characters): The head. Book of Rites (Liji): When the head is held straight. Shiming (Explanations of Names): Head, meaning alone; it is the highest part of the body and stands alone. Also, in ancient times, one person was referred to as one head. Chunqiu Yuanmingbao (Comprehensive Register of Spring and Autumn Annals): Among the Ten Epochs, the first is called the Nine-Head Epoch, which refers to the era of the Human Sovereign. This is because the Human Sovereign had nine brothers. Also, Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili): Regarding the presentation of gifts, in winter use a pheasant, in summer use a dried pheasant, holding it with the head to the left. Commentary: The head represents the principle of Yang. Sub-commentary: Those who hold birds must keep the head to the left. Since pheasants cannot be domesticated, they are killed; even in death, the left side is honored to follow the principle of Yang. Also, a personal name. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan): Duke Xi, 24th year: The servant Tousu of the Duke of Jin, who was the keeper of the treasury. Commentary: Shù is a minor official; his name was Tousu. Also, a medicinal name. Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu): Bāntóu (a type of fern), also known as Guànzhòng. Another name is Chītóu. Tao Hongjing said: Its leaves resemble large bracken, and the hairy awns resemble the head of an old owl. Also, pronounced tu (ancient pronunciation). Old Poem: A thousand riders from the east, the husband rides at the head. How can one identify the husband? His white horse follows a black foal. Wang Yanshou, Rhapsody on the Lingguang Palace of Lu (Lu Lingguang Dian Fu): Records the creation, at the beginning of the distant past. The five dragons fly side by side, and the Human Sovereign has nine heads. Also, interchangeable with dou. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): The Huantou Kingdom. Commentary: Huandou was a minister of Emperor Yao; he was guilty and was cast into the South Sea where he died. The Emperor pitied him and ordered his son to live in the South Sea and maintain ancestral sacrifices for him. Book of Diverse Matters (Bowuzhi): Recorded as Huandou Kingdom. Textual Research: According to Tang Rhymes and Correct Rhymes, the ancient pronunciation is tu. Checking Tang Rhymes and Correct Rhymes, there is no such pronunciation. This refers to the original text of Tang Rhymes and Correct Rhymes. Now corrected to Tang Rhymes and Correct Rhymes.