Yin Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Step (chì) 待 Kangxi strokes: 9 Page 366, Entry 05 Pronounced dai (falling tone) Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Graphs and Analysis of Characters): To wait. Book of Changes (Yijing): A gentleman keeps his potential hidden within himself and waits for the right moment to act. Book of Rites (Liji): A scholar possesses treasures in his household, awaiting a summons. Also: to meet or to treat. Analects (Lunyu): Treated him as a person between the Ji and Meng families. Also: to guard or defend against. Discourses of Lu (Luyu): If one leads a great enemy to terrorize small states, who would be able to defend against it? Also rhyming with zhi (falling tone): Cao Pi (Wei Wendi): Floating Sea Rhapsody (Fuhai fu): The sails are spread and the oars are raised, contending to be first and racing ahead, no one is able to wait for the others. Also rhyming with shi (falling tone): Xunzi (Chengxiang pian): Governing with a vision for future wealth, the gentleman is sincere in this, keeping it as he waits. (Note: Wealth is pronounced fei). Also rhyming with dui (falling tone): Ouyang Xiu (Jilong wen): Collecting and storing the rain to support the year; if there is a drought, they come to report, otherwise they must wait. Also rhyming with ti (rising tone): Qu Yuan (Lisao): The road is long and full of difficulties, I send the multitude of troops to wait on the path. The road does not circle, so I turn left, pointing toward the Western Sea to set a time. Zhu Xi commentary: Dai, pronounced qi (rising tone). Textual Research: In Xunzi, Chengxiang pian: Governing with a vision for future wealth, the gentleman is sincere in this, keeping it as he waits. Carefully corrected to match the original text.