Shen Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Clothing (yī) Character: 襃 Kangxi strokes: 17 Page 1123, Entry 27 Tangyun (Tang Dynasty Dictionary of Sounds), Jiyun (Collected Rhymes), Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes), Zhengyun (Correct Rhymes): Pronounced bao (level tone). Yupian (Jade Chapters): To praise goodness. Leipian (Classified Chapters): To reward and praise. Gongyang Zhuan (Gongyang Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals): Why use the courtesy name? It is to praise him. Baihu Tong (Comprehensive Discussions in the White Tiger Hall): It is the way of a subject that there is no desire not to magnify his ruler, concealing faults and promoting virtues. Also, baoming, referring to a long padded robe. Yangzi Fangyan (Yang Xiong’s Dialect Dictionary): A baoming is called a pao. Also refers to wide, loose lapels. Hanshu (History of the Former Han): A Biography of Juan Buyi: Wearing wide robes and broad sashes. Also, Baozhong, a county name. Jinshu (Book of Jin): Geography Treatise: Belongs to Hanzhong Commandery. Also, Baoxie, a name of a mountain valley. Ban Gu, Xidu Fu (Rhapsody on the Western Capital): The western border is Baoxie, the precipitous heights of the Long Mountains. Annotation: The Liangzhou Ji (Record of Liang Province) states: Wanshi City, seven li upstream against the Han River, has the Baoxie Valley; the southern mouth is called Bao and the northern mouth is called Xie. Also, a surname. Tongzhi (Comprehensive Treatises): Clan and Tribe Record: The Bao clan, a state of the Si surname, descendants of Yu; the present Xingyuan Prefecture Baocheng is that very place. Also, pronounced bao. Zhouli (Rites of Zhou): Spring Officials: Grand Invocation: Distinguish the nine types of bowing ceremonies; the eighth is called bao. Annotation: Zheng Sinong stated: A bao-bow is what is now called bowing while holding a tally. Also, Jiyun: Pronounced pou. Meaning to gather together. Also, Yunbu (Rhyme Supplement): The bao in to praise (baomei) also rhymes with pou. Ouyang Xiu’s Inscription: Internal essence is abundant, and external reputation is beautiful. Expressed in speech, it is praised by the Emperor. Shuowen (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): Written as the character with clothing radical and bao, commonly written as the current character. Leipian: Also written as the character with clothing radical and bao. Jiyun: Sometimes written as the character with clothing radical and bao, and commonly written as the character with clothing radical and pou.