Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) 咸 Kangxi strokes: 20 Page 187, Entry 19 Pronounced xián Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): All. Yupian: To know all, to be complete. Book of Documents (Shujing), Canon of Yao: All deeds are flourishing. Zuo Commentary (Zuo Zhuan), 24th Year of Duke Xi: The Duke of Zhou mourned the lack of harmony of the two uncles. Commentary: Xian means to be the same. Discourses of Lu (Luyu): Small gifts are not all-encompassing. Commentary: Xian means universal. Zhuangzi, Knowledge Wanders North: Zhou, bian, and xian are three different names for the same reality, their purpose is one. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Sima Xiangru: Above they matched the five, below they ascended the three. Commentary: Shigu says this means they were as flourishing as the Five Emperors. Also, the name of a hexagram. Book of Changes (Yijing), Xian Hexagram, Tuan Commentary: Xian means to feel. Also, Book of Changes (Yijing), Miscellaneous Hexagrams: Xian means fast. Also, Erya, Explaining Hills: A place that is high on the left is called a Xian hill. Also, the name of a musical composition. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Spring Officials, Grand Director of Music: The Great Xian. Commentary: The Great Xian is the Xianchi, the music of Emperor Yao. Also, a place name. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Qin: In the twelfth year of Duke Xiao, he created Xianyang. Also, the name of a star. History of the Former Han (Qianhan), Treatise on Astronomy: The Xianhan star appears in the northwest. Also, Wang Chong, Balanced Discourses (Lunheng): Reckless people are finally all the same, not considering others. Also, a surname. Surname Garden (Xingyuan): Descendants of Wu Xian; now they exist in Donghai. Also, pronounced jiān Book of Rites (Liji), Great Record of Mourning: In every burial, high officials and gentlemen use a jian. Commentary: Xian is read as jian. Today, the people of Qi call the ropes used to bind a coffin jian ropes. Xian is sometimes written as jian. Explanation of Texts (Shiwen): Xian, one version is written as jian. Also, pronounced jiǎn Equivalent to the character for reduction. To diminish. Another source says it is the name of a river; see the note under the water radical for the character jian. Also, a surname. History of the Former Han (Qianhan), Biography of Harsh Officials: Xian Xuan, a man from Yang. Commentary: Xian is pronounced like the jian in reduction. Also, pronounced jiǎn (same as above). Also, pronounced hàn Zuo Commentary (Zuo Zhuan), 21st Year of Duke Zhao: If it is delicate, it is not satisfying. Commentary: It does not fill the hearts of men. Explanation of Texts (Shiwen): Xian, the original version is also written as gan, pronounced like the word for regret. Note: gan is the same as hàn. Also, rhyming with zhēn, pronounced zhēn Zhang Heng, Rhapsody on Dancing: Songs are used to chant one's aspirations, dances are used to display the heart. When delicate, the sound is refined; when grand, it is not lacking.