Xu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Page (yè) Kangxi Strokes: 14 Page 1402, Entry 23 Pronounced ling (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): The nape of the neck. Derived from the radical page (page) with ling (ling) providing the phonetic. Shiming (Explanation of Names): Ling means neck. It refers to the part that encircles the throat. It is also described as the main body of a garment that covers the neck, serving as the top portion of the clothing. Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes of the Kingdom: The mulberry-bird chirps, its collar is bright. Commentary: It is bright and patterned. Ling means neck. Xunzi (Master Xun), Exhortation to Learning: Like pulling a fur coat by its collar. Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): To govern or manage. Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes): The Fang family says: To accept the command from above and transmit it below is called ling. Book of Rites (Liji), Meaning of Sacrifices: The former kings established their teachings and did not alter them, for this is how they governed the empire and the state. Classic of Music (Yueji): To govern the proprieties of father, son, ruler, and subject. Commentary: Ling is like managing. Zhongni Yanju (Confucius at Leisure): Yan You stepped forward and asked: Does the concept of ritual mean to regulate the bad and make perfect the good? Commentary: Ling is like correcting or regulating. Yunhui: To oversee or lead. Book of Han (Hanshu), Biography of Wei Xiang: To oversee all administrative duties. Guangyun: To record. Poems by Liu Gonggan: Sinking into the fast records of official registers. Commentary: Ling means to record. Also a title of an official in the state of Chu. Zuo Zhuan (Chronicle of Zuo), 27th Year of Duke Zhao: Yan Jiangshi served as the Right Commander. Also a title of an official in the state of Jin. Book of Jin (Jinshu), Treatise on Official Posts: The General of the Central Command was a post from the state of Wei. Also a place name. Zuo Zhuan, 22nd Year of Duke Zhao: Fan Qingzi followed the King to pursue the Viscount of Shan as far as Ling. Commentary: Ling is a place in the Zhou territory. Book of Han, Table of Princely Marquises: The Marquis of Puling, Jia. Also a mountain pass, interchangeable with ling (mountain ridge). Book of Han, Biography of Yan Zhu: Traveling in sedan chairs to cross the mountain pass. Zhengzitong (Comprehensive Dictionary of Correct Characters): To receive. Also rhyming with lin (level tone). Han Yu, Temple of the Tian Family: The land of Wei is towering, infants play with weapons. Officials and soldiers are full of sorrow and poison, unable to protect their heads and necks. Editorial Note: In the citation from the Book of Rites, Meaning of Sacrifices, the original text states do not alter instead of do not change; the text has been corrected to match the original.