Zi Collection, Page Position: Lower Radical: Knife (dāo) Stroke count: 6 Page 137, Entry 26 Pronounced liáng xuē (entering tone) in Tang Yun and Zheng Yun, and lì xiè (entering tone) in Ji Yun and Yun Hui. Pronounced the same as "lie" (to split). Explains as to decompose. Explains as rows and order, positions and sequence. Mentioned in "Xu Wo Jiu Lie" in the "Biography of Wei Xuancheng" in the Book of Han (Qian Han). Refers to the positions of the Nine Ministers. Also refers to military formations. Recorded as "Bu Gu Bu Cheng Lie" in the twenty-second year of Duke Xi in the Zuo Zhuan. Also has the meaning of distribution and arrangement. Describes "Bi Ji Bai Zhong, Zhou Lu Qian Lie" in the "Ode to the Western Capital" by Ban Gu. Also recorded in "Yi Lie She Shui" in "Daoren" of "Diguan" in the Rites of Zhou (Zhou Li). Explains "lie" as field ridges and furrows, which must be leveled to retain water. Also a surname. Recorded in Guang Yun that the state of Zheng had Lie Yu. Also pronounced lì zhì (entering tone) in Ji Yun, pronounced the same as "li" (example). Means comparison.