Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Silk (mì) 约 Kangxi strokes: 9 Page 915, Entry 21 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced yue (falling tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Anthology (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced yue (entering tone). Explanation of Writing (Shuowen): To bind or tie up. Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes (Xiao Ya): Bound in layers. Commentary: To bind. Also, Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Spring Officials (Chunguan), Grand Scribe (Dashi): All states, capitals, and commoners who have binding agreements (yueji) shall store them here. Annotation: Binding agreements are the inscribed texts of essential covenants. Book of Rites (Liji), Summary of Propriety (Qu Li): To bind trust is called an oath. Sub-commentary: To mutually bind and constrain to establish trust. Also, Book of Rites (Liji), Record of Embodiments (Fangji): The noble man curtails his words. Sub-commentary: Meaning to simplify and curtail one's speech. Also, Analects (Lunyu): The inhumane cannot endure hardship for long. Book of Rites (Liji), Record of Embodiments (Fangji): The inferior man in poverty becomes constrained. Annotation: Constrained here means in poverty. Also, Analects (Lunyu): Those who err through being frugal are rare. He Yan Annotation: Frugal and without worry or trouble. Also, Strategies of the Warring States (Zhan Guo Ce): Su Dai restrained the King of Yan and said. Annotation: Restrained means to stop. Also, Zhuangzi, Free and Easy Wandering (Xiaoyaoyou): Delicate and graceful like a young maiden. Pronunciation and Meaning: Delicate and graceful is the appearance of being soft and weak. Also, Xunzi, Exhortation to Learning (Quanxue pian): The Spring and Autumn Annals are concise and not hasty. Annotation: The literary meaning is subtle and obscure. Also, Master Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals (Lvshi Chunqiu): The ornament of a yak tail. Annotation: Ornament means a decorative knot. Another source says it means beautiful. Also, Songs of Chu (Chu Ci), Summoning the Soul (Zhaohun): The Earth Duke has nine bends. Annotation: Bends means to yield or curve. Also, a surname. Yueshu, an ancient sage, mentioned in Han Feizi. Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced yao (falling tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced yao (falling tone). Rhyme Anthology (Yunhui): Pronounced yao (falling tone). Former Han History (Qian Han Shu), Treatise on Rites and Music (Liyue Zhi): Brilliant virtue governs the origin of essentials. Annotation: Shigu says: Read as important. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced yao (falling tone). Meaning: To yield. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced wo (entering tone). Alternative form of binding or tying up. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced ji (entering tone). Meaning: To wrap. Also, equivalent to the character for target center (di). Mei Cheng, Seven Stimuli (Qi Fa): With nine-fold pearl earrings used as a target. Annotation: This character is also the character for a target.