Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Gate (mén) Kun Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 1335, Entry 01 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Standard Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced kun (rising tone). Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Threshold. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): A short wooden post in a doorway. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Feng Tang: Regarding matters within the threshold, the sovereign controls them. Commentary: This is the threshold of the outer gate; the short wooden post in the doorway is called kun. Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili), Master’s Capping Ceremony: Placing the mat in the middle of the gate, west of the doorpost and outside the threshold. Commentary: The threshold is the kun. Book of Changes (Yijing), Shi Hexagram Commentary: Affairs outside the state gate are decided by the general, who acts according to the situation and does not necessarily need to follow the commands of the sovereign. Also refers to the heavenly threshold. History of the Former Han (Qianhan), Biography of Yang Xiong: The heavenly threshold bursts and the earthly boundaries open. Commentary: Heavenly threshold refers to the threshold of the heavenly gate. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), Standard Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced kun (falling tone). The meaning is the same. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Originally written as kun.