Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Enclosure (wéi) Kangxi Strokes: 11 Page 219, Entry 11 Pronounced yu (rising tone). Pronounced yu (rising tone). Pronounced yu (rising tone). Pronounced yu (rising tone). The pronunciation is the same as the character for language (yu). Shuowen Jiezi states: Originally written as such. A yu-person is one who manages horses. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Office of Summer, Master of the Stables: For a team of four horses, there is one master and four yu-persons. Commentary: Four horses constitute a team; those who raise the horses are called yu, and one team of horses is divided among four yu-persons to feed, all managed by one yu-master. Also, yu-master: manages the instruction of yu-persons in horse husbandry. Also, yu-person: responsible for tasks such as raising horses, feeding grass, and pasturing, taking orders from the yu-master. Commentary: Service refers to being dispatched by the yu-master. Also, Erya, Explanation of Words: It means frontier. Commentary: Defending the frontier at the outer perimeter. Book of Odes (Shijing), Greater Odes: I have encountered many hardships, and the situation at the frontier is urgent. Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), Year 11 of Duke Yin: Also temporarily used to consolidate our frontier. Also, Year 28 of Duke Xi: If there are no people traveling, who will defend the grazing frontier. Also, a month name. Erya, Explanation of Heaven: When the moon is in the ding position, it is called yu. Also, Mencius: The appearance of being anxious and ill-at-ease when first released. Commentary: Yu-yu means to be in a state of exhaustion without being able to stretch out. Also, a surname. Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), Year 16 of Duke Ai: Yu Gongyang of the State of Chu dug a hole in the palace wall and carried the King of Chu on his back to reach the palace of Lady Zhao. Also, Yu Gate, the gate of the Zhou royal city. Discourses of the States (Guoyu), Zhou Discourses: The King of Zhou entered through the Yu Gate. Also, Yuyang, a place name. Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), Year 24 of Duke Zhao: The King of Chu used his navy to harass the border of the State of Wu, and returned upon reaching Yuyang. Also, Zhu-Yu, a mountain name. Book of Documents (Shangshu), Tribute of Yu: Mount Xiqing, Mount Zhu-Yu. Former Han History (Qian Hanshu), Treatises on Geography Commentary: The mountain is located in Wuzhongju, south of Ji County. Also, an administrative district name. Later Han History (Hou Hanshu), Treatise on Commanderies and Kingdoms: Yu belongs to Chenliu Commandery in Yu Province. Also, there is Yu Village in Luoyang. Also, identical to the character for prison (yu). See the detailed annotation for that character above. Also, interchangeable with the wooden percussion instrument (yu). A type of musical instrument. Book of Odes (Shijing), Zhou Hymns: Stone chimes, wooden percussion (zhu), and wooden percussion (yu). Book of Documents (Shangshu), Benefits of Succession: Written as zhu and yu. Also, Rules of Posthumous Titles: Majesty and virtue that are firm and martial are termed yu. Pronounced yu (falling tone). The pronunciation is the same as the character for defend (yu). It means to prevent or to resist. Zhuangzi, Maintaining Nature chapter: Its arrival cannot be resisted. Commentary: The same as the character for defend (yu). Guanzi, Great Rectification chapter: We surrounded them on three sides, how could they resist us. Also, Former Han History (Qian Hanshu), Preface to the Biography of Jia Yi: Establish barriers to guard the powerful frontier. The union of Wu and Chu was mitigated thanks to the strategy of Jia Yi. Verification: Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), Year 16 of Duke Ai: Yu Gongyang of the State of Chu dug a hole in the palace wall and carried the King of Chu on his back, to enter the palace of Lady Zhao. I respectfully note that in the original text, enter (ru) should be corrected to reach (ru). Guanzi, Great Rectification chapter: We surrounded them (wei). I respectfully note that in the original text, the character (yu) should be corrected to (wei).