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Divined on Gui: Our lord should…1 198 The graph is composed of zhi 止+ mu 木, with shu 束, written sideways, as the sound element. In HYZ script it is written in two variant forms: (topped with 木) and (topped with 屮), and the latter is likely a simplification of the former; see Chen Jian 2004. It is used both transitively and intransitively; as a transitive verb, the only object it takes is the king, Ding 丁. This word occurs in the early Western Zhou bronze inscription Rongzhong fangding 榮 仲方鼎 (Wenwu 2005.9: 64): 榮仲 芮伯胡侯子 “Rongzhong invited the sons of Rui Bo (and) Hu Hou.” HYZ 92 | 151