You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Walk (chuò) 遷 Kangxi stroke count: 19 Page 1253, Entry 01 Ancient form: 拪 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced qiān Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced qiān Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): To ascend. Guangyun: To leave a lower place for a higher one. Book of Odes (Shijing), Minor Odes: Moving to the high tree. Also, to migrate. Book of Changes (Yijing), Yi Hexagram: When the superior man sees what is good, he moves towards it; when he has faults, he corrects them. Book of Documents (Shujing), Counsels of Yu the Great (Yiji): Encourage the movement of surplus and shortages to circulate goods. Commentary: Encourage the people to move surplus to areas of shortage, exchanging and transforming their accumulated goods. Also, to move an object is called qian. Book of Rites (Liji), Summary of the Rules of Propriety (Quli): When a teacher's writing tablets, zither, and lute are in front, one should kneel and move them aside. Commentary: When these items are in front, kneel and move them. Also, to change or alter. Zuo Commentary to the Spring and Autumn Annals (Zuozhuan), Fifth Year of Duke Zhao: You are in charge of state affairs; you have not yet reformed the rites, yet you have altered them. Also, to move a state is called qian. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Autumn Office, Lesser Official: Second, to consult on the moving of the state. Commentary: Refers to moving the capital or changing the city. Also, to transfer an official is called qian. History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Biography of Jia Yi: Yi was promoted rapidly, reaching the rank of Grand Master of the Central Palace within a year. Also, to demote in rank is called zuo qian. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of King Xin of Han: King Xiang made the various generals kings of nearby territories, but King Xin alone was sent far away; this is what is called zuo qian (left-demotion). Also, Biography of Zhang Cang: I am well aware of his demotion. Commentary: At that time, the right was honored over the left, so to demote in rank was called zuo qian. Also, Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): To banish; to exile. Counsels of Gao Yao (Gaoyao Mo): Why banish the Youmiao? Also, Junqian, a tree name. Zuo Si, Rhapsody on the Capital of Wu (Wu Du Fu): Pingzhong and Junqian. Also, a surname. Also, pronounced xiān. History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Biography of Wang Mang: Established An as the King of Xintian. Commentary: Fu said: Qian is pronounced xian. Shigu said: Qian is like immortal (xian); there is no need for borrowing. Also, rhyming with qiāng: Pronounced qīng. Lin, Rhapsody on the Great Heat (Dashu Fu): Happy enough to forget worries, spirits change and ambitions shift. Promptly summon distinguished guests, to feast and drink in abundance. Li Ao, Eulogy for Han Yu: Memorials submitted were immediately rejected; he was dismissed and then moved again. Whether promoted or demoted, he did not change, and his upright words were heard at the time. Textual Research: Book of Documents (Shujing), Counsels of Yu the Great (Yiji): "Why banish the Youmiao?" — Corrected according to the original text to read Counsels of Gao Yao (Gaoyao Mo). Zuo Si, Rhapsody on the Capital of Wu (Wu Du Fu): "Junqian Pingzhong" — Corrected according to the original text to read "Pingzhong Junqian."