Wu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Vessel (mǐn) Kangxi stroke count: 14 Page 300, Entry 01 Pronounced jǐn (rising tone) Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): The interior of a vessel is empty. Xiao Erya (Small Er Ya): To stop. Yupian (Jade Chapters): To finish. Guangyun (Expanded Rhymes): To exhaust. Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes): Fully. Book of Changes (Yijing), Commentary on the Appended Statements: The written word does not exhaust all that is said; speech does not exhaust all that is intended. Zuo Zhuan (Commentary of Zuo), First Year of Duke Ai: To remove evil, there is nothing like exhausting it. Guliang Zhuan (Guliang's Commentary), Tenth Year of Duke Ding: Confucius ascended the steps, not finishing one level at a time. Book of Rites (Liji), Summary of the Rules of Propriety: The gentleman does not exhaust the joy of others. Doctrine of the Mean (Zhongyong): The way of heaven and earth can be exhausted in a single word. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Treatise on Rites: The enlightened person is the perfection of ritual. Xunzi, Rectification of Names: Though desires cannot be completely exhausted, one can come close to exhausting them. Note: This means to stop when appropriate. Also, Han E’s Record of Splendid Annual Events: Great and small ending of the lunar month. Note: A month with thirty days is a great ending, and twenty-nine days is a small ending. Also, a surname. See the Genealogy of All Surnames (Wanxing Tongpu). Pronounced jǐn (rising tone) Leipian (Categorized Chapters): To reach the limit. Zhengyun (Correct Rhymes): To exhaust something. Book of Documents (Shujing), Announcement to Kang: Go and exhaust your heart and mind. Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes: Very kind and very timely, he truly exhausts it. Zuo Zhuan (Commentary of Zuo), Second Year of Duke Min: The Marquis of Jin ordered the crown prince Shen Sheng to attack the Gaoluo clan of the Eastern Mountains, saying: Exhaust the enemy and then return. Book of Rites (Liji), Record of Music: The perfection of the Shang and Zhou dynasties. Also, Rhyme Collection (Yunhui): All. Zuo Zhuan (Commentary of Zuo), Second Year of Duke Zhao: Han Xuanzi said: The rituals of the Zhou dynasty are entirely contained in the state of Lu. Also, Leipian (Categorized Chapters): To rely on. Zengyun (Augmented Rhymes): To indulge. Zuo Zhuan (Commentary of Zuo), Fourteenth Year of Duke Wen: Prince Shangren exhausted his family assets to lend to the Duke. Book of Rites (Liji), Summary of the Rules of Propriety: When sitting, move back as far as possible; when eating, move forward as far as possible. Commonly written in a variant form. Also, jin jin, the appearance of looking intently at everything. Xunzi, Against the Twelve Philosophers: The scholars are high and lofty, looking wide-eyed. Pronounced jìn (falling tone) Also to exhaust. Discourses of the States (Guoyu): The speech of the state of Qi was exhaustive. Note: Exhausting one's heart and mind, whether praise or blame, without any concealment. A New Account of Tales of the World (Shishuo Xinyu): All things that can burden the heart are exhausted. Note: Exhausted, meaning empty.