Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Character: Ji Kangxi Stroke Count: 20 Page 941, Entry 34 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced ji (falling tone). Explication of Writing (Shuowen): To continue. Jade Chapters (Yupian): To inherit or succeed. Book of Changes (Yijing): That which continues it is good. Doctrine of the Mean (Zhongyong): Skillfully continuing the will of others. Mencius (Mengzi): It is something that can be continued. Five Classics Text (Wujing Wenzi): The character ji should follow the standard, the alternative is erroneous. The common variant form (ji) is incorrect. Also in Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced xi (falling tone). To bind. History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Li Gu: The masses continued to look forward. Annotation: Liu Ban stated that ji implies continuation and cannot be applied here. It is likely that the original character was xi, meaning to bind or attach the hopes of the realm. Note that ji also has the pronunciation xi, with the definition of to bind, which is the meaning of xi. Liu’s attempt to change ji to xi is incorrect.