Zi Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Person (rén) Entry: ren Kangxi Stroke Count: 4 Page Number: Page 91, Entry 07 Ancient form: ren (variant form) Pronounced ren (rising tone) Explanation: To endure. Book of Changes (Yijing), Qian Hexagram: The superior man embodies benevolence, which is sufficient to lead others. Book of Rites (Liji), Rites Conveyed: Benevolence is the foundation of righteousness and the substance of compliance. He who attains it is honored. Cheng Hao said: The heart is like a grain seed. The nature of life is precisely benevolence. Also, in medical texts: When the hands and feet become paralyzed, it is called lack of benevolence. During the Later Han dynasty, Ban Zhao, the sister of Ban Chao, seeing that her brother had grown old in the Western Regions, requested that he be allowed to return to the Han territories. In her petition, she wrote: My brother is seventy years old, and both his hands lack benevolence. Also: The substance within the pit of a fruit that contains the life force is also called ren. Also: A surname. Also, according to the Rhyme Supplement (Yunbu): Rhymes with yan (rising tone). Ouyang Xiu, Poem on Sending Off Wu Zijing on His Return to the South: I smiled and said to Mr. Wu, you should listen to my words. Yan Hui did not repeat his mistakes, and later generations praise his benevolence. Six Scripts Corrected (Liushu Zhenge): The character yuan (primordial) is composed of the character two and the character person. The character ren (benevolence) is composed of the character person and the character two. In heaven, it is called yuan; in human beings, it is called ren. That by which humans are more spiritual than all other things is benevolence.