Yin Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Mountain (shān) Xian Kangxi strokes: 10 Page 312, Entry 01 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced xian (rising tone). Jade Chapters (Yupian): A mountain name, located in present-day Xiangyang. Book of Jin (Jinshu): Yang Hu and Deng Runfu ascended Xian Mountain; shedding tears, Hu said, Since the universe began, this mountain has existed, and I shall pass away. Later generations named it Fallen Tears Mountain. Also, Great Xian, a mountain name in Qing and Qi. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): A small and steep mountain. One source states it refers to flat ground on a mountain ridge. Xie Lingyun, Mountain Stream Travel (Lingxi Xing): Reaching the distant and steep ridge and mountain pass. Commentary: A small, high ridge. Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui): Xian was originally written as xian (variant form).