You Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Speech (yán)
Kangxi Strokes: 12
Page 1153, Entry 11
Jade Chapter (Yupian): Pronounced ling.
Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced ling.
Classified Chapters (Leipian): To display or sell off.
Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): The pronunciation of ling follows the sequence, originating from a different character sound.
Also, a personal name. With ling, found in History of Song (Songshi), Table of the Imperial Clan.
Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced ling (falling tone). Same meaning.
Also, Extensive Sophistry (Boya): To sell.
Family Instructions of Master Yan (Yanshi Jiaxun): I have seen people in the world who, lacking talent and thought, claim to be refined, circulating their ugly and clumsy work, which is common. In the Jiangnan region, this is called the Lingchi Charm (Lingchifu).
Correct Meaning Guide (Zhengzitong): The Song dynasty Censor Li Geng of Linhai compiled the Lingchi Charm (Lingchifu) in twenty volumes. The common people who sell goods in the market boastfully call it ling. These three characters originally come from the Family Instructions of Master Yan (Yanshi Jiaxun); Geng used this for his collection title as a humble term.