Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Enclosure (wéi) You Kangxi strokes: 9 Page 218, Entry 08 Pronounced you (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): Formed from the enclosure radical, with a phonetic element. An area with a wall. Another definition is a place for animals. Book of Odes (Shijing): The King is in the spirit park. Commentary: A park is a place enclosed by a wall where animals are kept. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Office of the Park Keeper: Oversees the prohibitions regarding the animals in the park. Annotation: In ancient times it was called a park, in the Han dynasty it was called a garden. Mencius: The park of King Wen. Annotation: In ancient times, hunting during the four seasons took place during the gaps in agricultural work to practice martial arts. They did not wish to ride horses through fields and vegetable gardens, so they measured out wild, open land to create a park. Chuxueji (Record for Early Learning): Park implies possessing. A place with a fence is a garden, a place with a wall is a park. Also refers to the Nine Parks. Tongjian Waiji (Outer Records of the Comprehensive Mirror): The Human Sovereign based his rule on the terrain of mountains and rivers, determining the nine provinces, which are called the Nine Parks. Also, Sima Xiangru, Fengshan Wen (Rhapsody on the Feng and Shan Sacrifices): Gathering from the garden of refined elegance, soaring in the field of ritual and music. Also, Zuo Si, Wei Capital Rhapsody: I will speak for you, my son, to again consider these virtuous words, to clarify for the two guests who are competing in the garden of debate. Also, to have limited or narrow knowledge is to be restricted. It is like being confined to a ruin. Shizi (Master Shi), Broad Selection Chapter: Liezi valued emptiness, Yangzi valued distinctions; to be confined to one aspect of learning is wrong, as all are obscured by personal bias. Also, pronounced you (rising tone). Meaning is the same. Also, pronounced you (entering tone). Book of Odes (Shijing): The King is in the spirit park, where does and deer lie. Also, Liu Xiang, Nine Laments: Sweetgrass and fragrant herbs are abandoned in the marsh, while gourds are packed in baskets. The unicorn runs to the nine marshes, while bears and brown bears are startled and escape the park. Also, rhyming with kui, pronounced wei. Zhang Heng, Eastern Capital Rhapsody: Leading all the hundred birds and gathering them in the spirit park. Where the beasts are gathered, this is called reporting completion. Also, rhyming with gui, pronounced wei. Sima Xiangru, Zouyu Hymn: The various animals enjoy the park of our ruler. With black bodies and white markings, their appearance is delightful.