Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Evening (xī) Outside; Kangxi stroke count: 5; Page 246, Entry 02 Ancient script. Pronounced wai (falling tone). The opposite of inside, the exterior. Book of Changes (Yijing), Kun Hexagram Commentary: Righteousness is the method for the outside. Commentary on the Household (Jiaren) Hexagram: The man holds the correct position on the outside. Book of Rites (Liji), Meaning of Sacrifices (Jiyi): Rites are those things which move from the outside. Zhuangzi, Discourse on Making All Things Equal (Qiwulun): As for that which lies beyond the universe, the sage exists but does not discuss it. Liezi, Confucius Chapter: Far away beyond the eight wildernesses. Also, to distance or reject. Book of Changes (Yijing), Tai Hexagram Commentary: Within are the gentlemen, and outside are the small men. History of the Former Han, Biography of Huo Guang: Completely excluded my family. Also, beyond the scope, to disregard. History of the Later Han, Annals of Guangwu: Temporarily set these two sons outside of consideration. Also, beyond the worldly sphere, a recluse. Huainanzi, Response of the Way: I made an appointment with Hanman beyond the nine heavens. Also, according to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced wu (entering tone). Yellow Court Scripture (Huangtingjing): See through things clearly, perceiving no inside or outside; maintain the five teeth, and you will not be hungry or thirsty; the spirit flourishes, holding the center while the six dings visit. Also rhymes with zhi (falling tone), pronounced zhi. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Wei: Beyond the ten mu field. Rhymes with xie and shi. Shuowen Jiezi: Outside means far. Divination occurs at dawn; if one divines in the evening, it is outside the scope of the matter. An ideogram. Textual Research: Book of Rites (Liji), Meaning of Sacrifices (Jiyi): Rites are those things which move from the outside. Corrected from the original text Meaning of Sacrifices, adjusted moving at to moving from. Book of Changes (Yijing), Tai Hexagram Commentary: Within are the gentlemen, and outside are the small men. Corrected from the original text, changed Pi Hexagram to Tai Hexagram.