Shen Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Clothing (yī) Character: xi Kangxi stroke count: 22 Page 1127, Entry 01 Ancient form: zhe Pronounced xi. According to the Yupian (Dictionary of Characters), it means to wear layered garments. Book of Rites (Liji): A fur coat with an outer garment worn over it is to show its beauty; to wear it as a layered set is to manifest its beauty. Record of Music (Yueji): To turn and rotate, alternating between an outer garment and layered garments, is the refinement of ritual. Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government (Zizhi Tongjian): Lord Lie of Zhao bestowed upon Gongzhong Lian two sets of clothing. Commentary: A full set of upper and lower garments is called a xi. Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Characters): A robe with the left lapel overlapping to the right. To wear. Sima Xiangru, Rhapsody on the Shanglin Park: To wear court robes. To combine or coincide. Discourses of the States (Guoyu): My dreams coincide with my divination, matching the auspicious signs, and we shall surely defeat the Shang. To follow in succession. Book of Rites (Liji): Divination and lots should not be performed in succession for the same matter. To repeat. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan), tenth year of Duke Ai: Divination does not repeat the same auspicious result. To enter. Discourses of the States (Guoyu): When a large state enters a small state, it is called submission; when a small state is arrogant toward a large state and the large state enters it, it is called punishment. To receive. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan), twenty-eighth year of Duke Zhao: Therefore, they received heavenly blessings, and their descendants inherited them. To surprise or attack unprepared. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan), twenty-ninth year of Duke Zhuang: Military campaigns accompanied by bells and drums are called expeditions (fa); those without are called incursions (qin); swift, sudden attacks are called xi. Zaxi, meaning mixed or crowded together. History of the Former Han Dynasty (Hanshu), Biography of Kuai Tong: Like fish scales layered and crowded, arriving like a rising wind. A surname. Records of Clans (Shizu Lue): In the Jin state, there was a recluse named Xi Yuanzhi. History of the Southern Dynasties (Nan Shi): There was a person named Xi Wei. Yupian: The seal script form is written as shown in the original text. Pianhai: Also written as shown in the original text.