Yin Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Tiny (yāo) Kangxi Strokes: 4 Page 341, Entry 13 Ancient form. Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Pronounced huan (falling tone). Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen): Composed of the character for reversed and the character for give, meaning to mutually deceive or confuse. Book of Documents (Shangshu): The people must not be mutually deceptive, playing tricks to create illusions. Also, Wide Rimes (Guangyun): Transformation. Diamond Sutra (Jingangjing): All conditioned phenomena are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, and shadows. Also, Expanded Rimes (Zengyun): Magic or sorcery. Sometimes written as a variant form (xuan). History of the Former Han Dynasty (Qianhanshu): Biography of Zhang Qian: The people of Liqian were masters of illusion. Commentary: Xuan is pronounced the same as huan. This refers to modern arts such as swallowing blades, spitting fire, planting melons or trees instantly, or dismembering people and horses. Also, Tang Rimes (Tangyun) and Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Pronounced xian (falling tone). Same meaning. Also, rhyming with xuan: Pronounced yuan (falling tone). Lu Ji, Rhapsody on the Water Clock (Keloufù): The approach seems divine, the departure remains a ghostly illusion. Following the momentum, they invite one another; the spirits arrive and present themselves.