Hai Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Nose (bí) Kangxi Strokes: 14 Page 1530, Entry 01 Ancient form of zi. Pronounced pi (level tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Words and Phrases): The nose is that which draws in breath to provide for the body. Shiming (Explication of Names): The nose is the sound of whistling, as the breath expelled creates a whistling sound. Guanzi (The Book of Master Guan), Water and Earth Chapter: Hair originates from the nose. Baihu Tong (Comprehensive Discussions in the White Tiger Hall): The nose is the messenger of the lungs. Yangzi Fangyan (Dialect Dictionary): Nose means beginning. When a beast is first born, it is called nose; when a human is first born, it is called head. In the Liang and Yi regions, nose is called beginning, or sometimes called ancestor. Ancestor means to dwell. Also, because in the human embryo the nose is the first part to take shape, the original ancestor is called the nose-ancestor. Yang Xiong, Fan Sao (Against Grief): Or the nose-ancestor at the corner of the Fen River. Also, hunters piercing the nose of a beast is called nose, just as holding a bow is called hand-bow. Zhang Heng, Xijing Fu (Rhapsody on the Western Capital): Piercing the nose of the red elephant, and penning the giant gibbon. Also, Chuibi, a place name. Zuo Zhuan (Chronicle of Zuo), 26th Year of Duke Zhao: The army and the Qi army fought at Chuibi. Du Yu’s Commentary: Chuibi is a place in the state of Lu. Also, Youbi, a name of a state. Located north of Yingdao County, Yong Prefecture. Book of Han (Hanshu), Biography of the Sorrowful King of Changyi: Shun enfeoffed Xiang at Youbi. Yan Shigu’s Commentary: Youbi is located in Lingling. Mencius (Mengzi): Written as Youbei. Also, nasal breath, a name of a Western country. See Fengsu Tong (Popular Customs). Also, Later Han (Houhan), Biography of Du Du: Countries where they drink through their noses together. Commentary: They are accustomed to drinking with their noses. Also, reversed-nose, another name for a viper. Also, leibi, a name of a plant. It grows in fields, with leaves like those of the tianmingjing plant. Li Shizhen says: It is the same as the xian plant. Also, Buddhist Canon: Abi, this means uninterrupted. Composed of the components zi and bi. The common form using the character for white is incorrect. Textual Research: Yang Xiong, Fan Sao: Or the nose-ancestor at the corner of the Fen River. Following the original text, Fen Yang has been corrected to Fen Yu.