Si Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Dog (quǎn) 14 strokes Page 717, Entry 02 Ancient script. Pronounced yu. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): To be firm. Derived from speech and dog. The two dogs are for the purpose of guarding. Shiming (Shiming): Prison, meaning firm. To determine the truth or falsehood of a person's situation. Yupian (Yupian): In the time of the two kings, prisons were first established. The Shang dynasty called it Youli, and the Zhou dynasty called it Lingyu. It is also called a pen, and also called a round earth. Guangyun (Guangyun): Created by Gaoyao. Book of Changes (Yijing), Hexagram of Ornament (Bi Gua): The image says: Fire beneath the mountain is ornament. The superior man uses this to clarify minor government matters and dare not decide legal cases. Book of Documents (Shangshu), Establishing Government (Li Zheng): King Wen did not dare to ignore the many words, the many legal cases, and the many cautions. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Shao (Shaonan): Who says you have no home? Why do you hasten our lawsuit? Also a star name. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Treatise on the Celestial Offices (Tianguan Shu): The prison star appears directly to the north, in the territory of the north. The star is about six zhang from the ground, large and red, frequently moving, and greenish in the center when examined.