Zi Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Person (rén) 僭 Kangxi strokes: 14 Page 117, Entry 26 According to Phonetic Compendium (Yunhui) and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), pronounced jian (falling tone), same as the character for sharp in the falling tone. According to Explanation of Script and Elucidation of Characters (Shuowen), it means to act falsely. According to Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun), it means to imitate. It also means to differ. Book of Documents (Shangshu), Tang Announcement: The mandate of Heaven is not false. Book of Odes (Shijing), Great Odes: Neither false nor harmful. Also pronounced zen (falling tone). Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes: At the beginning of the chaos, the falsehoods first took root. Commentary: The falsehoods are the origin of distrust. It is because slandering people introduce untrustworthy words, and the King tolerates them without distinguishing truth from falsity. Also pronounced qin (level tone). It means chaos. Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes: With the Ya and the Nan, with the flute, not in error. Textual research: In the Book of Documents, Great Announcement, it says the mandate of Heaven is not false. Corrected to Tang Announcement according to the original text. Note by Wang Hongyuan: The original character for the entry was written with the person radical.