Wu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Jade (yù) Kun Kangxi Strokes: 13 Page 734, Entry 26 Pronounced kun. Shuowen Jiezi (Dictionary of Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): A beautiful stone. Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): Kun, a type of jade. Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes): One account says it is a stone resembling a pearl. Zhengyun (Correct Rhymes): Yao-kun, a beautiful jade. Book of Documents (Shangshu), Tribute of Yu: Yao and kun, small bamboo and large bamboo. Commentary: Yao and kun are both beautiful jades. Sub-commentary: Wang Su states: Yao and kun are beautiful stones that are inferior to jade. Explanation of Texts: Kun, the Ma edition uses the character transliterated as kuan. Also found in Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Sima Xiangru: Lin, min, kun, and wu. Book of Han (Hanshu), Sounds and Meanings: Kun-wu is the name of a mountain which produces high-quality metal. Also found in Yunbu (Supplement to Rhymes): Rhymes with jun. Su Shi, Inscription for the Li Family Qianzhen Pavilion: Dazzling like the hundred-foot ancient pool, containing ten thousand images within the yao-kun. The bright lunar essence lasts all night, reflecting the celestial appearance in the square of spring.