Si Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Cow (niú) Kangxi strokes: 11 Page 701, Entry 02 Ancient form: Qian (qiān) Tangyun: Pronounced qian. Jiyun and Yunhui: Pronounced qian. Shuowen: To lead forward. From cow, representing the reins used to lead a cow. Book of Changes (Yijing): Lead the sheep, remorse disappears. Book of Documents (Shujing): First, lead the cart and the cow. Book of Rites (Liji): When offering horses or sheep, hold them with the right hand. When offering dogs, hold them with the left hand. Zhou Rites (Zhouli): Oversees the prison rituals, the stores of food, and the livestock for guests and banquets. Commentary: Sun refers to the evening meal. Qian refers to livestock that can be led. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan): The dried meat, provisions, and live livestock have all been exhausted. Commentary: Qian refers to cows, sheep, and pigs. Yupian: To pull, to draw. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan): It drags this old man down to this state. Yupian: To link, to connect. Book of Changes (Yijing): Nine two, linked and returned, auspicious. Commentary: Qian means to be linked. Yupian: To urge, to compel. Book of Rites (Liji): The education of a gentleman lies in guidance, leading without compelling. Commentary: Qian means forcing someone. If they do not understand, one should not be overly impatient or force them to understand immediately. Guanzi: When orders are issued but not carried out, it is called qian. To be rigid, to be constrained. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): Scholars are constrained by their own limited knowledge. Cowherd star, name of a constellation. Book of Rites (Liji): At dawn, the Cowherd star is at the southern meridian. Name of a place. Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu): Duke Ding of Lu met with the Marquis of Qi and the Marquis of Wei at Qian. Commentary: There is a Qian City northeast of Liyang County in Wei Commandery. Name of a person. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan): Bao Qian saw him. A surname. Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu): It truly relied on the integrity and courage of Yan Province Inspector Qian Hao. Guangyun: Pronounced qian. Jiyun: Pronounced qian. Guangyun: To pull, to draw. Zengyun: Rope for pulling a boat, also known as bai zhang qian. Also rhymes with qian. Emergency Primer (Jijiuzhang): Robbers and prisoners are beaten on the buttocks, accomplices’ plots are exposed and they implicate one another, false accusations are investigated until the truth is finally revealed. Yunhui: Also written in a variant form (qian).