Yin Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Corpse (shī) Ping Kangxi Strokes: 11 Page 302, Entry 25 Pronounced ping. Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Characters and Writing): To conceal. Formed from the radical Corpse (shī) with phonetic component bing. Erya (Approaching Elegance): A screen is called a shu. Commentary: A small wall situated in the center of a doorway. Guangya (Broad Refinement): A fur-si (a decorative screen or wall) is called a ping. Liwei (Apocrypha of the Rites): The Son of Heaven uses an outer screen, while the feudal lords use an inner screen, positioned inside and outside the road gate. Zheng Sinong (Zheng Zhong): According to its form and structure, it functions like a folding screen. Sanli Tu (Illustrations of the Three Rituals): An yi (ceremonial screen) is eight feet wide and painted with axe-shaped floral patterns. Modern folding screens are remnants of this style. Book of Odes (Shijing): The great state is a screen. Commentary: Ping is used for concealment. Book of Documents (Shangshu): Thereupon he commanded the establishment of feudal lords to set up a screen. Commentary: To stand up as a screen or barrier. Also, pingfeng is a common name for water mallow (shui kui). Bowuzhi (Record of Investigations into Things): North of Taiyuan, there is screen-grass (pingfeng cao) that grows along the riverbanks. Another theory suggests it is actually fangfeng. Also, Pingyi is the Rain Master (Yu Shi). Pronounced bing. Guangya (Broad Refinement): Pingying is the appearance of being anxious and uneasy. Discourses of Wu (Wuyu): Pingying is the act of wandering in the mountains and forests. When it is used in memorials to the throne today to mean urgent and anxious, it carries this meaning. Zhengzitong (Comprehensive Compilation of Characters): Written with the rising tone. Pronounced bing. Book of Odes (Shijing): The noble man is happy, he is the screen of the ten thousand states. Rhymes with the character ling in the preceding line. Book of Rites (Liji): Those officials stationed at the borders are called the screen of a certain place. Also means to remove, discard, or exclude. Book of Documents (Shangshu): I then set aside the jade bi and the jade gui. Book of Rites (Liji): Banished to a distant place. Commentary: Ping means to banish and send away. Also refers to withdrawing. Book of Rites (Liji): When sitting in attendance with a noble man, if someone reports that there is a matter to discuss later, those on the left and right withdraw to wait. The collection and rhyme books classify this as the departing tone. Reference: Book of Rites (Liji), "Attending a noble man." Based on the original text, the word "sit" has been added after "attending."