Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Gate (mén) 12 strokes Page 1331, Entry 05 Ancient form. Guangyun: Pronounced kai. Jiyun, Yunhui: Pronounced kai. Shuowen: To open or expand. Guangyun: To untie or release. Yunhui: To reveal or start. Erya (Erya): To open or unseal. Also, Wuyin Jiyun: To communicate or pass through. I Ching (Yijing), Commentary on the Qian Hexagram: To prosper and circulate. It gathers all things together, allowing them to open and circulate, hence prosperity. Also, to initiate or provoke. Book of Rites (Liji), Record on Education (Xueji): Therefore, the teaching of the superior man is to provide guidance. He initiates but does not force understanding. Commentary: To initiate refers to guiding the initial thoughts. Sub-commentary: To provide the scholar with an opening to understand the fundamental meanings. Also, to explain or interpret. I Ching (Yijing), Commentary on the Wenyan of Qian and Kun: All hexagrams and lines emerge from Qian and Kun; therefore, the Wenyan was written specifically to explain and interpret them. Book of Documents (Shujing), Numerous Regions (Duofang): To execute the many criminals is also to encourage the virtuous; to release the innocent is also to encourage the virtuous. Also, Yunhui: A category or article. Also, to begin or commence. History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Feng Yan: The year begins and spring arrives; the hundred flowers contain their blossoms. Commentary: Development and initiation both mean to begin. Book of Rites (Liji), Tangong: Previously, your heart was perhaps opened to me. Commentary: Opened means to provide advice or initiate reflection. Also, name of a star. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Treatise on the Celestial Offices, Commentary on the Seven Stars of the Northern Dipper: The Chunqiu Yundouji says: the sixth star of the Dipper is Kaiyang. Also, Jiyun: Name of a prefecture. Originally the territory of Qu County during the Han dynasty; the Northern Wei established Kaizhou Town. Also, name of a county. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Emperor Gao: He joined in the attack on Kaifeng. Also, Annals of Meritorious Officials: The Marquis of Kaifeng, Tao She. Commentary: The name of a county, belongs to Henan. Also, Jiyun: Name of a person. Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), Twenty-third Year of Duke Xiang: Cao Kai drove the chariot for the leader. Commentary: A minister of Qi. Also, Yunhui: A surname. Also, Jiyun: Commonly written as the variant form (kai). Refer to the entry for that character. Also, Jiyun: Pronounced qian. Name of a mountain, located in Yongzhou. Commonly written as the variant form (qian). Also, Yunbu: Rhymes with kui. Xie Huilian, Poem on Beating Clothes: It fills the chest from my hands, hidden and sealed, you open it. The waist belt is exactly as it was before, I do not know if today is right or wrong. Also, rhymes with qi. Zuo Si, Rhapsody on the Capital of Shu: The gates for proclaiming transformation, the chambers for honoring ritual. The magnificent towers are double and distant, the heavy doors open wide. Shuowen: This is the original form of the character. Correction: Jiyun states it is pronounced qian, name of a mountain in Yongzhou, commonly written as the variant form (qian). We have corrected the original text from the variant (yi) to (qian).