Zi Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Person (rén) 修 Kangxi Stroke Count: 10 Page 106, Entry 05 Pronounced xiu Pronounced xiu Pronounced xiu Meaning: to arrange, to organize. Also refers to decorating, repairing, and tidying up. Book of Documents (Shangshu): The six treasuries are all very complete. Also refers to distinguished people of ancient times, known as former worthies. Li Sao (Lisao): I emulate the worthies of the past; this is not what the common people wish to follow. Also, Li Sao (Lisao): Untying my girdle to bind the correspondence, I invite Jian Xiu to act as a matchmaker. Commentary: Jian Xiu was a famous matchmaker of ancient times. Also used as a surname. During the Han Dynasty, there was a Cavalry Colonel named Xiu Bing. Also refers to long or far-reaching. Book of Odes (Shijing): The four public horses are both long and large. Also used as an interchangeable character for you (a medium-sized ritual wine vessel). Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Spring Office, Officier of Sacrificial Wine (Changren): For ancestral temple sacrifices, use the "xiu" vessel. Zheng Xuan commentary: Xiu is read as "you." You is a medium-sized wine vessel. It refers to sacrificial vessels like the xian or the xiang. Those used to contain fragrant ritual wine are called "you," and those used for ordinary wine are called "xiu." Also, in rhyming verse, pronounced as xu. Lu Ji, Ode on Lamenting the Hill (Ganqiu Fu): Beauty and ugliness are mingled into one entity; who can discern their original appearance? One must transcend the dust of the world and look from afar; why sacrifice oneself for such trivial matters? Textual Research: Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Winter Office, Record of Artificers (Kaogongji): The potter makes earthenware vessels; for ancestral temple sacrifices, use the "xiu" vessel. Commentary: Xiu is read as "you." You is a medium-sized wine vessel. Note: In the Rites of Zhou, Winter Office, there is no text stating "temple use xiu." It has been corrected to the Spring Office in accordance with the Rites of Zhou. The Officier of Sacrificial Wine records that for ancestral temple sacrifices, one uses "xiu." Zheng Xuan commentary: Xiu is read as "you." You is a medium-sized wine vessel. It refers to sacrificial vessels such as the xian or the xiang.