Mao Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Axe (jīn) Character: 断 Kangxi strokes: 18 Page 479, Entry 06 Ancient form. Pronounced duan (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi says: To cut off. Book of Documents (Shangshu), Pan Geng section: Then cut off and abandon you. Commentary: To cut off means to sever. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Shang: It is cut and it is moved. Sub-commentary: To sever and cut off. Also pronounced duan (falling tone). To sever. Qunjing Yinyi: That which is already severed is called duan. Shiming: Duan means a segment. To divide into different segments. Book of Changes (Yijing), Xici section: Its sharpness can cut through metal. Sub-commentary: Its sharpness can cut and sever metal. Also pronounced duan (falling tone). Meaning is the same. Also pronounced duan (falling tone). To decide. Book of Changes (Yijing), Xici section: To decide the doubts of the world. Sub-commentary: To resolve and decide the doubts of the world. Also, Book of Documents (Shangshu), Oath of Qin section: Sincere and single-minded, without other skills. Sub-commentary: Sincere and single-minded refers to the appearance of guarding goodness. Also, Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Ministry of Earth, Minister of Instruction: For all the ten thousand people who do not submit to instruction, those who have legal disputes, or those who have territorial governance, take them and adjudicate their cases. Also, rhyming variant pronounced juan (falling tone). Poem by Bai Juyi sent to Yuan Jiu: One sickness has lasted four years, letters from friends and family have ceased. Who is that person, whose heart does not turn like stone. Also, rhyming variant pronounced juan (falling tone). Bao Zhao, Imitating the Ancients: The resident covers the chamber and sleeps, the traveler eats in the middle of the night. The wild wind blows through autumn trees, the traveler's heart breaks.