Yin Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Mountain (shān) 崩 Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 315, Entry 06 Archaic form. According to Broad Rimes (Guangyun), pronounced beng. According to Collected Rimes (Jiyun) and Rime Compilation (Yunhui), pronounced beng. According to Explanation of Writing (Shuowen), it refers to a mountain collapsing; composed of mountain and the sound peng. According to Jade Compendium (Yupian), it means to destroy or ruin. According to the commentary on the Book of Rites (Liji) by Xing Bing: Falling from a high place to a low place is called beng. Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes (Xiao Ya): Like the longevity of the southern mountain, never failing, never collapsing. Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu), fourteenth year of Duke Xi: In autumn, the eighth month, on the day of xin-mao, the Shalu Mountain collapsed. Commentary: Shalu is the name of a mountain. Also refers to the death of an emperor. Guliang Commentary (Guliang Zhuan), third year of Duke Yin: The death of someone of high status is called beng; the death of someone with great virtue is called beng; the death of someone noble is called beng. Also a surname. According to Rectification of Characters (Zhengzitong): During the Zhengde era of the Ming dynasty, there was a man named Beng Yujian, who served as an assistant magistrate in Gushi County and was a native of Qianshan. According to Collected Rimes (Jiyun), also written in a variant form. Also written in a variant form.