150. | 存 | 治 | 體 | and thus gave a settled form to the government. | |
Ts'un2 | chih4 | t'i3 | |||
Keep | govern | body |
Ts'un was originally composed of 子 tzŭ child as radical and 才 ts'ai (line 49), and meant to ask compassionately after. It is now used in the sense of to preserve, to put on record.
Chih see line 130.
T'i is composed of 骨 ku bones (line 162) as radical, and a common phonetic (line 32). It means the body, to embody, form, shape, style, etc. [Eitel is wide of the mark with, "And preserved the rules of controlling personal conduct," thus making chih govern t'i. The idea of course is that the promulgation of a definite system put an end to anomalies by securing fixity of procedure.]
151. | 大 | 小 | 戴 | The Elder and the Younger Tai | |
Ta4 | hsiao3 | tai4 | |||
Great | small | tai |
Ta see line 127.
Hsiao see line 113.
Tai was originally composed of 異 i strange, with a phonetic pronounced ts'ai, and meant to increase things by dividing them. It now means to uphold, to wear on the head, and is classed under radical 戈 ko a spear, but is here a surname. [The two Tai were cousins, and both of them distinguished scholars of the 2nd and 1st centuries B.C.]
152. | 註 | 禮 | 記 | wrote commentaries on the Book of Rites. | |
Chu4 | li3 | chi4 | |||
Annotate | ceremonies | record |
Chu is composed of 言 yen words with 主 chu master as phonetic. The latter character originally meant the wick of a candle, now