Yin Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Step (chì)
Entry: Bian
Kangxi Stroke Count: 12
Page 369, Entry 13
Guangyun: Pronounced bian (falling tone). Jiyun, Yunhui, Zhengyun: Pronounced bian (falling tone).
Shuowen: To encompass.
Guangyun: To circle or surround.
Book of Documents (Shangshu): Encompassing all the spirits.
Book of Odes (Shijing): The common people and the hundred surnames all take on your virtue.
Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan): The music reaches the complete dance. Commentary states: This refers to the music being present and the dance being fully comprehensive.
Also, Guangyun: Commonly written as the variant form bian.
Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi): Jia Kui was very fond of the Spring and Autumn Annals and the Zuo Tradition; he tasked himself with reciting them, completing one full cycle every month.
Also, Jiyun: Sometimes written in the variant form bian.
Book of Rites (Liji): And then the offerings are presented. Commentary states: Bian is pronounced bian, and the meaning is the same.
Also, Jiyun: Sometimes written in the variant form bian.
Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): To distinguish among all the spirits.
Book of Documents (Shangshu): Written as bian.
Also, interchangeable with the term bian (to limp). Jiyun: The term bian is sometimes written as bian.
Also, interchangeable with the term bian (partial). Jiyun: The term bian is interchangeable with the character bian.