Wu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Field (tián) Page 761, Entry 01 Pronounced bi. Broad Compendium of Rhymes (Guangyun): To finish or complete. Book of Documents (Shangshu), Great Announcement (Dagao): How can I dare not inherit the enterprise of my ancestors and complete the blessings they received? Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan), Year 29 of Duke Zhuang: It ends on the day of the winter solstice. Commentary: The day of the winter solstice is when the yang qi begins to sprout, thus earth and wood construction works are concluded. Also means to do something completely; to exhaust. Classic of Poetry (Shijing), Lesser Odes of the Kingdom (Xiaoya): All have arrived, and have already ascended the hall. Book of Rites (Liji), Monthly Ordinances (Yueling): In the second month of mid-spring, repair the gates and doors; the ancestral temples are all completely prepared. Commentary: Bi means everything. Also, from Suburban Sacrificial Rituals (Jiaotesheng): Only for the field hunts held to sacrifice to the god of the soil, the people of the state go out to work. Commentary: Bi means to finish. Also, the name of a month. Erya, Explaining the Heavens (Shitian): When the moon is in the day of jia, it is called Bi. Also, the name of a star. Classic of Poetry (Shijing), Lesser Odes of the Kingdom (Xiaoya): There is that curved Heavenly Bi star. Zhu Xi Commentary: The Heavenly Bi is the Bi constellation. Its shape resembles a net (bi) for catching rabbits. Book of Rites (Liji), Monthly Ordinances (Yueling): In the fourth month of early summer, the sun is in the Bi constellation. Also refers to a small net. Classic of Poetry (Shijing), Lesser Odes of the Kingdom (Xiaoya): The mandarin ducks fly in pairs; use a Bi net and a capture net to catch them. Commentary: A net with small eyes and a long handle is called a Bi. Book of Rites (Liji), Monthly Ordinances (Yueling): During hunting, set up nets for beasts, nets for rabbits, as well as catching nets, small nets, and equipment used for concealment while shooting. Yang Xiong, Rhapsody on Inspecting the Hunt (Jiaoliefu): Carrying a net as large as the sky. Also refers to wooden tablets. Erya, Explaining the Tools (Shiqi): Wooden tablets are called Bi. Commentary: This refers to the wooden tablets of the present day. Book of Rites (Liji), Record of Education (Xueji): The teachers of the present day only recite their books. Commentary: Zhan means to look. Bi means wooden tablets. Not understanding the meaning of the classics, they merely elongate their voices while reciting, looking only at the wooden tablets. Also refers to a wooden fork used for piercing sacrificial animals. Book of Rites (Liji), Miscellaneous Records (Zaji): The Bi is made of mulberry wood. Commentary: When the host raises the sacrificial meat, they use a Bi to assist. For ancestral temple sacrifices, mulberry wood is used; for joyous sacrifices, thorny wood is used. The shape of the Bi resembles a fork, three inches wide, eight inches long, with a handle two feet and four inches long, with red lacquer at both ends. Ceremonial Rites (Yili), Ritual of Offering Food at the Special Sacrifice (Tesheng Kuishi Li): The clan officer enters first holding the Bi. Commentary: The shape of the Bi is like a fork; it is likely named this because it resembles the Bi constellation. Also, Ceremonial Rites (Yili), Ritual of the Grand Archery (Dashe Yi): The Sima faces east, using a bow as a Bi. Commentary: The Bi is a tool used to assist in teaching the attendants. Commentary: The Bi is a tool used to help load sacrificial offerings from the tripod; thus the Sima holds a bow as a Bi to gesture and arrange. Yangzi, Dialects (Fangyan): The iron parts under a carriage are called Bi in the states of Song, Huai, and Chu. Dictionary Supplement (Zihuibu): The Bi gate is the Road Gate. Also a place name. Erya, Explaining the Earth (Shidi): Bi is the wall of a hall. Commentary: It is the name of a road at Zhongnan Mountain; Bi is its edge, resembling the wall of a hall. Classic of Poetry (Shijing), Odes of Qin (Qin Feng), Zhongnan: Referring to the note on the road of Zhongnan Mountain, where the edge resembles the wall of a hall. Also a state name. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan), Year 24 of Duke Xi: Bi, Yuan, Feng, and Xun were sons of King Wen. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Chronological Table of the Princes of the House of Liu Since the Jianyuan Era: Marquis Biliang Liu Ying. Also a surname. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan), Year 1 of Duke Min: Bi Wan served as the right-hand officer in the carriage. Discourses of the States (Guoyu), Discourses of Jin (Jinyu): Obtained Bi Yang. Commentary: Bi Yang was a gentleman of the state of Jin. Also the name of a god. Broad Compendium of Rhymes (Guangyung): The tree god is called Bifang. Zhang Heng, Rhapsody on the Eastern Metropolis (Dongjingfu): How much more so for the spirits Zhi and Bifang. Commentary: Bifang is the god of old fathers; it resembles a bird with two legs and one wing, often carrying fire in its beak to cause strange disasters in people's homes. Also a bird name. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): On Mount Zhang'e there is a bird; its shape is like a crane, with one leg, red patterns, a blue body, and a white beak; its name is Bifang. Same as the character bi (bì). Guicang Zhengmu Jing: Formerly, Yi was skilled in archery; he shot ten suns and truly brought them down. Same as the character bi (bì). Ceremonial Rites (Yili), Ritual of Audience (Jianli): The cap is made of six-sheng cloth and gathered outward. Commentary: Outer bi refers to the front and back ends of the cap being folded back and sewn at the cap ring (wu). Commentary: Outer bi refers to the front and back pieces being gathered outward at the ends. Note: In the Ritual of the Day After (Jixi Li), bi is written as bi (縪). Same as the character bi (bì). Xunzi, Correct Discourses (Zhenglun): Wearing knee-pads of wormwood color.