Pinyin: dú

shù

yī

zhì

Interpretation: shu: to stand; banners: flags. To raise a flag alone. It is a metaphor for being unique and novel, forming a family of one's own.

Source: Qing Dynasty, Yuan Mei's "Poems from the Garden", Volume 3: "The reason why Yuan and Bai could be unique in the Tang Dynasty was that they did not follow the pattern of the Tang Dynasty."