Si Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Water (shuǐ)
Huai
Kangxi strokes: 12
Page 631, Entry 14
Pronounced huai. The name of a river.
Shuowen (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): This river originates at Mount Dafu in Tongbai, Ping-shi County, Nanyang, and flows southeast into the sea.
Fengsu Tong (Comprehensive Meaning of Customs and Traditions), Chapter on Mountains and Marshes: Huai means to make equal. It refers to the equalization of labor in that region.
Chunqiu Shuoti Ci (Explication of Themes in the Spring and Autumn Annals): Huai means to balance the force of the water.
Shiming (Explanation of Names): Huai means to surround. It encircles the territory of Yangzhou and flows east to the sea.
Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Summer Official, Office of Regional Administration: In Qingzhou, the rivers include the Huai and the Si.
Book of Documents (Shujing), Tribute of Yu: Dredge the Huai River starting from Mount Tongbai.
There is another river that originates in Hanzhong.
Book of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Treatise on Geography: In Fangling County, Hanzhong Commandery, there is Mount Huai, which is the source of the Huai River.
There is also Huai'an, which is the name of a commandery.
Guangyu Ji (Record of Vast Territories): During the Qin Dynasty, it belonged to Jiujiang Commandery and was called Huaiyin. In the Han Dynasty, it was called Linhuai; in the Jin Dynasty, Shanyang; in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Chuzhou; and in the Song Dynasty, Huai'an.
Also, according to the Rhyme Supplement (Yunbu), it is pronounced hui (rising tone).
Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), 12th Year of Duke Zhao: With wine as abundant as the Huai River, and meat piled like small hills. Our lord hits the target, becoming the leader of the feudal lords. One interpretation suggests the word Huai here is read as Wei for the sake of the rhyme.
Also, it is pronounced xi.
Poetry of Yan Yanzhi: It is a pity there is no omen of pheasants turning into jade, with what shall we fill the region of the Yangtze and Huai rivers. Leaving the capital to return home, planting mugwort and goosefoot before the gate of bewilderment.
