Zi Collection, Middle Volume
Radical: Person (rén)
价; Kangxi strokes: 15; Page number: page 94, line 20
Tangyun: gǔ bài qiè. Jiyun, Yunhui, Zhengyn: jū bài qiè. Pronounced jiè. It means good, kind. It also refers to tall, grand. In "The good people are a fence" from the Book of Odes (Shijing), Da Ya section, "good people" refers to kind or virtuous individuals. Furthermore, the character '价' in the compound '佋价' (shàngjià) is equivalent to 'jiè' when referring to an intermediary or introduction.
價
Tangyun: gǔ yà qiè. Jiyun, Yunhui, Zhengyn: jū yà qiè. Pronounced jià. Shuowen: Refers to the value of goods. The Family Sayings of Confucius (Kongzi Jiayu) records that after Confucius governed for three months, sellers of lambs and piglets no longer inflated prices. The Book of the Later Han (Houhanshu), Biography of Zhang Rang, records that those who were to be granted official positions all went to Xiyuan to discuss prices, referring to bribing for office. In ancient times, the character 'jiǎ' was often borrowed to express this meaning. When 'jiǎ' is pronounced with its ancient sound and shifts to the falling tone, it carries the same meaning.