Zi Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Person (rén) 儡 Kangxi strokes: 17 Page 120, Entry 16 Pronounced lěi. Kuilei, a puppet show. Liezi (Liezi), Yin Tang Chapter: During the time of King Mu of Zhou, there was a clever man named Yanshi who made a wooden figure capable of singing and dancing; this was the beginning of the puppet show. Comprehensive Institutions (Tongdian): Kuléizǐ, also known as kuilei. Commonly read as huìlěi. Also, Huainanzi (Huainanzi), Shuzhen Xun: The disciples of Confucius and Mozi, by teaching benevolence and righteousness to the world, could not avoid ruining (lěi) themselves. Also, Pan Yue, Western Expedition Rhapsody (Xizheng Fu): Official positions ruining (lěi) their rise and fall. Annotation: Lěi, appearance of decay. Also, a type of tree. Pian Ya (Pian Ya): The silěi tree does not rot, the glossy privet does not wither. Guihai Yuheng Zhi (Guihai Yuheng Zhi): The silěi tree grows in Liangjiang Prefecture. Also, pronounced wěi. Lěirán, the appearance of a restless mind. Shuowen (Shuowen): Lěi, read like léi. To defeat one another. Chang Jian (Chang Jian): Lěi should be a variant form of lěi (mounds), meaning a wall, therefore it is derived from lěi. Fighting against one another is called duìlěi. Commonly written as duìlěi (using the variant character).