somewhat like its archaic form, over 貝 pei pearl-oyster, wealth, as radical; q.d. that which man relies upon, hence to rely upon, and later to bear on the back, to turn the back, to be ungrateful.
Hsin is composed of 艸 ts'ao vegetation as radical, with 新 hsin new as phonetic. It means firewood. [The reference is to 朱買臣 Chu Mai-ch'ên who died B.C. 116. He carried on his studies while engaged in work as a woodcutter.]
| 288. | 如 | 掛 | 角 | and anotner who used horns as pegs. | |
| Ju2 | kua4 | chio2 | |||
| Follow | hang | horn |
Kua is composed of 手 shou hand as radical, with 卦 kua diagram (line 135) as phonetic. Its original form was 挂, and it was said to mean to draw, a picture.
Chio is supposed to be a picture of an animal's horn. It further means angle, corner, and is also read chüeh2 and chiao3. [The reference is to 李密 Li Mi of the 3rd cent. A.D., who when riding his buffalo afield, read from one book and hung the others on the buffalo's horns.]
| 289. | 身 | 雖 | 勞 | Although they toiled with their bodies, | |
| Shên1 | sui2 | lao2 | |||
| Body | although | toil |
Shên see line 90.
Sui see line 285. Again Eitel has "indeed."
Lao is composed of 力 li strength as radical, and a contraction of 熒 jung or ying blazing as phonetic (line 283). It is explained as using strength to put out a fire, toilsome, laborious.
