I. Basic explanation
Xun (Pinyin: xún) is a first-class Chinese character in the General Standard of Chinese. This word first appeared in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, which skillfully created the Shang Dynasty. Its ancient glyph looks like a person measuring with open arms. Its original meaning is a unit of length, that is, in ancient times, the length of his outstretched arms was eight feet. Shuowen Jiezi is also interpreted as taking out the silk thread and sorting it out, which is extended to treatment. Measurement is exploration, so "seeking" means searching, and it also means following, that is, continuous contact and time, that is, immediately and soon.
Second, the meaning should be broad and specific.
1, looking for
Look far and ask the teacher to learn. -Biography of Women in the Later Han Dynasty
Find what you want. -Tao Jin Yuanming's "Peach Blossom Garden"
Look for its profile. -"Xu Xiake's Travel Notes, Visiting Huangshan Mountain"
Look for its aspects. -"Zhang Hengchuan"
Another example is: looking for trouble (finding fault; Provoke); Can't find the way (can't find the way for help); Looking for defects (finding defects); Find fault and blame others (metaphor deliberately find fault and blame others); Find a loophole and get angry (find fault and get angry); Looking for accommodation (accommodation)
2. exploration; Research; survey
All these can be traced back to their source. -Su Shi's Map of Wang Daozi
Another example: looking for something (thinking; Consider); Looking for Zhu Shumo (only knowing to recite sentences, not understanding the truth); Looking for provinces (inference and inspection)
Step 3 use
Find and use. -"Little Erya"
Looking for war every day. -"Zuo Zhao Zhuan AD"
Will find an axe. -"Confucius' Family Language, Looking at the Zhou Dynasty"
It's good to look for food in the net in the dark night: so is this spider. -Romance of the Three Kingdoms
How to find a teacher in three years? -"Zuo Zhuan Xi Gong Five Years"