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虚 / 虛 (xū, 1st tone) did not begin as ’emptiness’. Shuowen Jiezi, scroll 8, 丘部: 大丘也。崐崘丘謂之崐崘虛。古者九夫爲井,四井爲邑,四邑爲丘。丘謂之虛。从丘虍聲 — ‘a great mound; the Kunlun mound is called the Kunlun xū… a hill is called xū,’ Xu Xuan’s editors adding that the popu $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart