Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Gate (mén) Kangxi Strokes: 16 Page 1337, Entry 13 Pronounced e. Shuowen Jiezi (Dictionary of Character Analysis): To obstruct or block. Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): To stop, to plug. History of the Former Han (Hanshu): Jing, Prince of Thirteen States Biography: Now the minister is blocked and obstructed, unable to be heard. Commentary: E, pronounced e. To stop. Songs of Chu (Chucheng): Nine Longings: My will is cut off and where can I go? Commentary: My hopes are exhausted; I do not know where to turn. Book of Liezi (Liezi): Yang Zhu Chapter: Guan Yiwu said: Just let it be, do not block it, do not obstruct it. Cai Yong: Song of Fan Hui Canal: I have a long-flowing stream; no one shall obstruct it. Commentary on Classics: Pronounced e. Also, in Erya (Approaching Elegance): Explaining Heaven: When the Grand Year is in the Jia year, it is called E-feng; when the Grand Year is in the Mao year, it is called Shan-e. Commentary on Classics: E, pronounced e. Huainanzi: Treatise on Astronomy: In the Yin year, when it is in Jia, it is called E-peng. Commentary: It means that all things are beginning to sprout, but are still blocked and not yet through, so it is called E-peng. Also a star name. History of the Former Han (Hanshu): Treatise on Pitch Pipes and Calendar: The Great Fire is the star of E-bo. Also a city name. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): Annals of Qin: Attacked Zhao at E-yu. Commentary: Located in Yi Prefecture, Heshun County, which is the ancient E-yu city. Prefecture and County Records: E-yu is in Ci Prefecture, Wu'an County. It now belongs to Zhangde Prefecture. Also in History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu): Treatise on Commanderies and Kingdoms: There is an E-yu settlement in Nie County of Shangdang. Also a person's name. Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan): Ninth Year of Duke Xiang: E-bo, the Fire Official of the Tao Tang clan, resided in Shangqiu. Also, in the Eleventh Year of Duke Yin: Gongsun E contested a chariot with Ying Kaoshu. Commentary: Gongsun E, an official of Zheng. Commentary on Classics: Pronounced e. History of the Former Han (Hanshu): Annals of Emperor Jing: E was made the Prince of Linjiang. Commentary: E, pronounced e. Also, pronunciations same as above, pronounced ye. Meaning is the same. Also, in Jiyun (Rhyme Collection): Sometimes written as a variant form (e). See the entry for the character e. Also, in Wuyin Jiyun (Five-Tone Rhyme Collection): Pronounced yu. E-yu, meaning an appearance of ease and leisure. History of the Former Han (Hanshu): Biography of Yang Xiong: Exhausted and hindered, ease and leisure. Commentary: Jin Zhuo says: E-yu is an appearance. Yan Shigu says: E-yu is the appearance of ease and leisure. Also, pronounced yan. E-zhi, the title of the Xiongnu Chanyu’s principal wife. History of the Former Han (Hanshu): Biography of Han Wang Xin: Then sent someone to present a rich gift to the E-zhi. Commentary: E, pronounced yan. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): Xiongnu Biography: Later, there was an E-zhi whom he loved. Commentary: E-zhi is the title of the Xiongnu empress. Xi Zuochi, in a letter to the Prince of Yan, wrote: At the foot of the mountains there is a safflower; people of the north gather its flowers to dye things red and yellow, plucking the fresh upper parts to make rouge, and women use it for makeup, thus naming the wife E-zhi. Also, in Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): Treatise on the Calendar: The name of the year is Yan-feng. Commentary: The Jia year is the male (yang) year. The Hanshu writes it as E-feng. E is also pronounced yan. Also, pronounced yan. Meaning is the same.