Wu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Jade (yù) Rui Kangxi strokes: 14 Page 738, Entry 09 Pronounced rui (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): A token of faith made from jade. Yupian (Yupian): A token or seal. The gui jade tablet held by feudal lords. Book of Documents (Shujing), Canon of Shun (Shundian): Collecting the five tokens of faith. Shuowen Jingdian Shiwen (Shimen): Faith or trust. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Offices of Spring (Chunguan): Using jade to create the six tokens of faith to rank the states of the realm. Note: The jade tablets held by dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts, and barons. Also, Bureau of Ceremonial Tokens (Dianrui): In charge of the storage of jade tokens and jade ritual vessels. Note: That which a person holds when requesting an audience is called rui. Rui is a tally or token of faith. Also, Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui): Auspicious omens. When a ruler possesses virtue, Heaven grants signs of its mandate by bestowing a long reign and the five blessings; these tokens appear first to confirm the connection. Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu), Zuo Zhuan, Du Yu's Preface (Du Xu): The qilin and phoenix, the five numinous creatures, are the auspicious omens of a true king. History of the Tang (Tangshu), Treatise on Officials (Baiguanzhi): The Bureau of Rites and the vice directors were in charge of records and auspicious omens. The auspicious stars and festive clouds are great omens, of which there are sixty-four types. The white ape and red hare are superior omens, of which there are twenty-eight types. The azure bird and red wild goose are middle omens, of which there are thirty-two types. The grain of good fortune, fungi, and intertwining trees are lower omens, of which there are twelve types. Also, the name of a prefecture. Originally known as Jun Prefecture in the Tang Dynasty, named for the bamboo produced in its soil. Renamed Rui Prefecture during the Song Dynasty. Also, a surname. Textual Research: In Rites of Zhou, Offices of Spring, regarding the phrase using jade to create the six tokens of faith to rank the states of the realm, the character "yi" has been added before the character for jade in accordance with the original text.