Xu Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Fly (fēi)
Page 1415, Entry 28
Ancient form. Pronounced fei.
Yu Pian (Yu Pian): Birds taking flight.
Guangyun (Guangyun): To soar.
Book of Changes (Yijing), Qian hexagram: The flying dragon is in the heavens.
Book of Odes (Shijing), Beifeng: The swallows are soaring.
Also a government title.
History of the Former Han Dynasty (Qianhan Shu), Annals of Emperor Xuan: When the Western Qiang rebelled, soldiers were recruited for the Cifei archery unit.
Also, Shiming (Shiming): A multi-storied room on a boat is called a feilu. Because it is located in the upper part, it is called fly.
Also, Liufei, a name for horses.
History of the Former Han Dynasty (Qianhan Shu), Biography of Yuan Ang: Galloping with the six horses, racing across steep mountains. Commentary: The six horses were as fast as if they were flying. Also written in a variant form (fēi).
Also, Sangfei, an alternative name for the wren.
Also, Feilian, the name of a divine bird.
Three Auxiliary Capitals Illustrations (Sanfu Huangtu): It can summon the wind; its body is like a deer, its head like a sparrow, it has horns, a snake tail, and markings like a leopard. Guo Pu states: Feilian is the dragon-sparrow. People in the world therefore use Feilian as the name for the wind god; in reality, it is a type of bird.
Also, Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao): Loulu is also known as Feilian.
Also, Guangyun (Guangyun): In ancient times, it was used interchangeably with the character for cockroach (fěi).
Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Qin: Feilian was skilled at running.
Also, borrowed to be used as the character for not (fēi).
Eulogy of Master Chang Cai of the Han Dynasty: Apart from Yao and Shun, who could achieve this?
Shuowen Xu Zhu (Shuowen Xu Zhu): The upper part of the character fly resembles the neck of a bird.
Textual Research: Also borrowed to be used as not. Eulogy of Master Chang Cai of the Han Dynasty: Fly Taotang its walls, who could be like this. According to the original text, corrected to: apart from who could it be like this.
