Wu Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Eye (mù). Kangxi stroke count: 13. Page 810, Entry 13. Pronounced jing. From Jade Chapters (Yupian): The eyeball. From Spiritual Pivot Classic (Lingshu Jing): When yang energy ascends, it arrives at the eye to become the eyeball. Guan Lu states: Those whose eyes have square pupils are for the most part long-lived. From Records of Wu (Wu Zhi), Biography of Sun Hao: The Marquis of Guiming viewed others with a sideways, inverted gaze. From Han Yu, Poem on the Lunar Eclipse: Consider the sun and moon to be the eyes of heaven. From Shi Kuang, Classic of Birds (Qin Jing): The jiaojing bird conceives when its eyes meet. Also, double-pupil, the name of a bird. From Record of Forgotten Matters (Shiyi Ji): During the reign of Emperor Yao, the Zhizhi kingdom presented the Chongming bird, also known as the double-pupil bird. It can drive away fierce beasts and prevents various evils from causing harm. People today, at the beginning of the year, carve wood, cast metal, or paint chickens upon their windows; this is the image inherited from that bird. Pronounced qing. From Character Forest (Zilin): Mingjing, the appearance of eyes being uncomfortable. Pronounced jing. Equivalent to the character for opening the eyes.