You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Kangxi Strokes: 12 Page 618, Entry 01 Pronounced zhu In the Comprehensive Rhymes (Guangyun), pronounced zhu. In the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and the Rhyme Collection (Yunhui), pronounced zhu. In the Jade Chapters (Yupian), it means to explicate or to explain. In the Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), it means to provide an interpretation or commentary. In the Sub-commentary to the Mao Odes (Maoshi Xu Shu), it is stated that to comment is to clarify; it means to provide an explanation for the text so that its meaning becomes clear and bright. In the Sub-commentary to the Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili), it is said that the term for comment means to anchor meaning beneath the classic, like water flowing onto an object, which is also called manifesting. In the Book of Jin (Jinshu), Biography of Xiang Xiu, it is recorded that when Xiang Xiu intended to write a commentary on the Zhuangzi, Xi Kang remarked: Does this book truly require a commentary? In the Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu), Record of the Ancestors, it is noted that the Emperor provided an interpretation and commentary on the Classic of Filial Piety (Xiaojing) and distributed it throughout the realm. Also, in the Broad Elegance (Boya), it means to record or recognize. In the General Language (Tongsuwen), recording items is called zhu. In the Guliang Commentary to the Spring and Autumn Annals (Guliang Zhuan), it states: One event recorded in the annals, which is why the Viscount of Chu was censured. In the History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Treatise on Calendrical Laws, it mentions the records and notes by Zhongli. Also, in the Categorized Chapters (Leipian), it means to grasp or hold. In Yangzi’s Regional Dialects (Fangyan), lianlou means to grasp; in the southern Chu region, some call this zhuzhu. Also, in the Comprehensive Rhymes (Guangyun), pronounced zhu. In the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced zhu. The meaning is the same. Also, in the Categorized Chapters (Leipian), it means to narrate. In the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is sometimes written in a variant form (zhù).