Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Entry: min Kangxi strokes: 13 Page 637, Entry 25 According to the Sound Anthology (Jiyun), pronounced min (third tone). According to the Correct Pronunciation Guide (Zhengyun), pronounced min (third tone). This is a posthumous title. It is interchangeable with the character pronounced min (third tone). Examples include Duke Min of Song and Duke Min of Lu during the Spring and Autumn period (Chunqiu). In the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), in the biographies of the Houses of Song and Lu, it is written as Duke Min. Also, according to the Sound Anthology (Jiyun), pronounced min (second tone). The meaning is the same. Also, pronounced mian (fourth tone). Yuan min, meaning to mix or blend. Sometimes written as the character pronounced hun. Also simplified to the character pronounced min (third tone). In the Great Man Rhapsody (Daren Fu) by Sima Xiangru: Red and dim, vast and yuan min. The commentary notes that this refers to lights shining upon one another, deep and flourishing, sparkling and disordered. Also, pronounced hun (first tone). Hua min, referring to an uncertain or chaotic state. In the Zhuangzi chapter titled Discussion on Making All Things Equal (Qiwulun): Set aside its chaotic state and establish mutual respect. Concerning the character min, the scholar Xu Miao notes the pronunciation as hun (first tone).