You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) 16 strokes Page 1171, Entry 09 Pronounced hui (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): To censure. Guangyun: To avoid. Yupian: To hide; to consider taboo. Preface to the Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu Xu): To hide or avoid due to fear of calamity. Gongyang Commentary (Gongyang Zhuan), First Year of Duke Min: The Spring and Autumn Annals prescribes taboos for the honored, taboos for the kin, and taboos for the virtuous. Strategies of the Warring States (Zhanguo Ce): Penalties did not spare the powerful. Commentary: To taboo means to avoid. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Qin Shi Huang: The customs of Qin included many prohibitions and taboos. Also means to fear. Records of the Grand Historian, Biography of Lord Shang: Huayang and Jingyang struck decisively without fear. Zengyun: To hide one's shortcomings is called taboo. Also, while alive it is called a name, while dead it is called a taboo. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan), Sixth Year of Duke Huan: The people of Zhou used taboos when serving the spirits; when a person dies, their name becomes a taboo. Sub-commentary: Prior to the Shang dynasty, there were no laws regarding taboos; the practice of taboos began with the Zhou dynasty. Book of Rites (Liji), Tan Gong chapter: After the completion of the crying rites, the name is treated as a taboo. Sub-commentary: In ancient times, there were no taboos while the person was living; upon the completion of the crying rites, the name of the deceased became a spirit taboo. Also, "not taboo" refers to death. Records of the Grand Historian, Biography of Lord Shang: Gongshu was ill, and said, if the unavoidable should happen, what will become of the altars of the state? Book of the Later Han (Houhan Shu), Biography of Huan Rong: If the unavoidable should happen, do not worry about your family. Commentary: Death is a common occurrence for humanity, therefore it is referred to as the unavoidable. Also rhymes with hui (level tone). Dongfang Shuo, Seven Admonitions (Qi Jian): Wishing to find an opportunity to fulfill my ambition, but fearing to violate taboos and commit an offense. In the end, I suppress my feelings and remain in silence, melancholic and sorrowful by myself.