Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Kangxi Strokes: 12 Page 924, Entry 02 Guangyun (Guangyun), Jiyun (Jiyun), Zheng Yun (Zheng Yun): Pronounced zong. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Tong means to record. Shiming (Shiming): Tong means a thread or beginning. It refers to the one who leads the thread of human generations, where categories follow one another like a continuous thread. Book of Documents (Shujing): To continue the rule of former kings and regulate their rituals and offerings. Commentary: To connect with the three sequences of rule of the current king. Subcommentary: Heaven has three sequences of rule, and the earth has three kings. These three kings are the means by which the world is unified. Gongyang Zhuan (Gongyang Zhuan): Great unification. Note: Tong means the beginning. It is a term for a comprehensive connection. Yunhui (Yunhui): Pronounced tong. Zheng Yun (Zheng Yun): Pronounced tong. Meaning is the same. Book of Changes (Yijing): Thus it governs Heaven. Explanation of Texts (Shuowen Shiewen): Tong means the root. Book of Documents (Shujing): The prime minister manages the governance of the state and governs all officials. Commentary: To manage and govern all officials. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli): Use the eight unifications to advise the king in governing the myriad people. Note: Tong is the means by which things are grouped and ranked. Discourses of Qi (Qiyu): To rank and order the hair of the people, using it as the standard and rule for the people. Note: Tong is equivalent to a regular warp or standard. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): Music unifies and brings together. Note: Tong means to lead. Guangyun (Guangyun): Also a surname. Zheng Yun (Zheng Yun): Pronounced tong. Meaning is the same.