Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Gate (mén) Hun Kangxi strokes: 16 Page 1337, Entry 02 Pronounced hun Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): A low-ranking servant who closes the gates at dusk. Book of Rites (Liji): The gatekeeper is a lowly person who guards the gate. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli): The gatekeeper is in charge of guarding the prohibitions of the inner palace gates of the King. Commentary: This refers to the gatekeeper being tasked with guarding the inner palace gates of the King. Zhengzitong: Whenever officials or commoners have grievances and go to the palace gate to complain, it is called knocking on the gate. Zheng Yun: A palace eunuch. Book of Changes (Yijing): Acts as a palace eunuch. Commentary: This refers to his duty of restricting people. Yunbu: Also rhymes with xun (first tone); pronounced xun. Yang Xiong, Ganquan Fu: Selecting the shaman Xian to call out to the gate of the Emperor, opening the heavenly court to welcome the host of gods. Also rhymes with xuan. Su Zhe, Shangqing Ci: The Emperor is vast and without peer, dwelling in the deep heights of the nine palace gates. Looking back at the vast and dim earth, it is like common people gazing at the sky.