Zi Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Person (ren) Kangxi Stroke Count: 7 Page 97, Number 12 According to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and the Rhyme Assembly (Yunhui), the pronunciation is formed by the sounds qiu and jia. According to the Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), it is formed by the sounds ju and ya. It is pronounced the same as the character qie. Qielan is the name of a deity. Also, naqie refers to a dragon — Sanskrit Books (Fanshu). Jieqie refers to a rhinoceros. Sengqielan refers to a community garden. This is translated as a garden, taking the meaning of growth and cultivation, and now refers to the place where Buddhist monks reside. All Buddhist followers are called sengqie. Also, a person was proficient in the Buddhist classics Yogacara (Yujia) and the Great Treatise on the Perfection of Wisdom (Zhidulun), both of which were recopied — Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu), Biography of Liu Gongchuo (Liu Gongchuo Zhuan). There is the Yogacarabhumi-sastra (Yujialun) — Forest of Gems in the Garden of the Law (Fayuan Zhulin). Also, the herb atractylodes (shu) is called qiliqie in the Western Regions — Prospects of Southern Flora (Nanfang Caomu Zhuang). Also, the naqie flower has a shape with three ridges and no leaves; the flowers are white with yellow centers and six petals, and they come from ships — Miscellany of the Youyang Mountain (Youyang Zazu). Also, another name for raspberry is bilengqie — Materia Medica (Bencao). Also, qiena refers to an elephant — Lexicon of Parallel Expressions (Pianya). Also, moqie is the name of an exotic beast; among the beasts there is the moqie that attracts the worthy — Xu’s Rhapsody on Welcoming Guests (Binyuan Fu). Also, pinqie is a human-faced bird — Buddhist scriptures (Shidian). Also, in the eighteenth year of the Yuanhe era, the Kingdom of Kalinga (Heling) presented sengqi servants and two kalavinka (pinqie) birds — Old Book of Tang, Annals of Emperor Xianzong (Xianzong Ji). Also, this character is identical to the character qie; in the winter season, bamboo shoots are cultivated and old vegetables are supplemented with qie — Rhapsody on the Capital of Shu (Shudu Fu). The characters qie and qie were interchangeable in ancient times — Zhang Qiao’s Commentary (Zhang Qiao Zhu).