Zi Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Person (rén) Bin (bìn) Kangxi Strokes: 16 Page 119, Entry 24 Pronounced bin (falling tone). Meaning: to guide or assist. The Book of Rites (Liji) records: A high official acts as the primary guide, a grand master acts as the secondary guide, and a scholar acts as an introducer. Additionally, according to etiquette, receiving guests is called bin, and this is also used when receiving spirits or deities. The Book of Rites (Liji) states: Mountains and rivers are used to honor spirits. Note: Using the rite of bin to treat spirits refers to the sacrifice to mountains and rivers. In the Stone Classics (Shijing), it is written with the hand radical (pin), and it is also abbreviated as bin (bīn). It also has the meaning of to present. The Rites of Zhou (Zhouli) records: When the Son of Heaven invests a feudal lord, the rite of bin is used. It also means to arrange or display. The Book of Odes (Shijing) says: Arrange your bamboo and wooden offering vessels. Also pronounced bin (level tone). Meaning: to respect. It is also the same as the character pronounced pin (bìn), meaning to reject or exclude. The Strategies of the Warring States (Zhan Guo Ce) states: The six states formed an alliance to align with each other and exclude the State of Qin. It is also the same as pin (pín), referring to knitting the brows. Mei Cheng’s Rhapsody on the Rabbit Garden (Tuyuan Fu) describes: Knitting brows and smiling faces alternate. Textual Research: The original text in the Book of Rites (Liji) reads: The host has three guides, and the guest has three attendants; because it refers to the guest, it follows the guest character. Receiving a guest with etiquette is called bin; receiving spirits is also the same. I respectfully note that this passage does not exist in the Pinyi chapter of the Book of Rites; the text appearing in the commentary is: The guest sees the host arrange the guides. The commentary says: regarding this, some versions are written as bin. The following text and its commentary are the same. The so-called following text refers to the three phrases beginning with A high official acts as the primary guide, showing that in the classic text, the original character is also written as bin. Based on this, I have amended the fourteen characters starting with The host has three guides to read: A high official acts as the primary guide, a grand master acts as the secondary guide, and a scholar acts as an introducer. The subsequent text regarding receiving guests with etiquette and the same for spirits has a different meaning, so I have added the word again to distinguish them.