You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: See (jiàn) Kangxi Strokes: 12 Page 1134, Entry 01 Ancient forms: shi (眡), shi (眎) Pronounced shi. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): To gaze or look. Guangya: To observe clearly. Book of Changes (Yijing): To examine footprints carefully to investigate good and bad fortune. Book of Documents (Shangshu): Only with long-term foresight can one observe clearly. Also: To treat or deal with. Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan): A Zheng merchant traveled to the Jin state, and Xun Ying treated him with great kindness. Also: To emulate or imitate. Book of Documents (Shangshu): Emulate your ancestors. Commentary: The meaning is that one should emulate the conduct of one's ancestors. Also: To compare or match. Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan): Ji Wuzi sent an envoy in the name of the ruler to speak to Shusun: Compare with the states of Zhu and Teng. Commentary: Wishing to draw a comparison with small states. Book of Rites (Liji): The rituals of the ducal house were compared to those of the Feng state. Commentary: Saying "shi" does not mean to look directly, but is a way of saying to compare with one another. Also: Similar to accepting. Book of Rites (Liji): If a gentleman receives a gift from someone he cannot meet, he does not accept the gift. Commentary: Not to "shi" is equivalent to not accepting. Also: Similar to instructing. Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili): Ordered the one releasing the target to set up the central vessel, then instructed him. Commentary: To "shi" him means one should instruct him. Also: Shiming: To "shi" is to affirm, to observe right and wrong clearly. Also: Book of Rites (Liji): The rabbit is called "mingshi" (clear-sighted). Commentary: When a rabbit is fat, its eyes open wide and it sees clearly. Also: Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili): Mingqi (clear wine) and soujiu (fermented wine). Commentary: Mingqi should be "mingshi," referring to dried rabbit meat. Also: Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): In Mount Di there is "shirou" (vision flesh). Commentary: Accumulated flesh shaped like a cow's liver with two eyes. If one eats it, it is never exhausted; it grows back soon as it was before. Also: Name of a mountain and a river. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): Fifty miles southeast of Mount Dikun is Mount Shi. Also: Mount Zhen, the Shi River originates here. Commentary: Some say Shi should be Qin. The Qin River is currently in Nanyang. Also: A personal name. Tao Qian, Qunfu Lu: Among the six assistants to Fuxi, one was named Shimo, in charge of disasters and evil. Also: A surname, found in Xingyuan. Also: Interchangeable with shi (示). Book of Odes (Shijing): To show the people not to be frivolous. Commentary: "Shi" (视) is the ancient character for "shi" (示). History of the Former Han (Hanshu): To show Xiang Yu there was no intention to march east. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): Uses the character "shi" (示). Commentary: The Hanshu often uses "shi" (视) for "shi" (示); the ancient characters were interchangeable. Pronounced shi (rising tone). The meaning is the same. Also: Yupian: To look. Book of Documents (Shangshu): Of the five matters, the second is to look. Commentary: Shi, pronounced chang zhi fan. Also: Book of Odes (Shijing): What petty people fix their gaze upon. Rhymes with "shi" (矢) and "lv" (履) in the preceding line.