You Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Speech (yán)
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Page 1173, Entry 05
Pronounced ji. Meaning: harmonious, or to argue. Also used as a personal name. During the Tang dynasty, there was an official named Ji, as recorded in the Table of Prime Ministers in the Book of Tang (Tangshu).
According to the Collection of Characters (Zihui), pronounced xu. Meaning: to plot or plan.
From the Yangzi: Great Mystery (Taixuanjing), seventh position of the Rebellious section: If a woman does not act like a woman, her mind will yield to overturning her husband's plans. Commentary: Meaning to plot or plan. Explication of Texts (Shiwen): This is a term for wisdom.
Originally written as the variant form (qi).
Textual Research: In the citation from Yangzi: Great Mystery (Taixuanjing), seventh position: If a woman does not act like a woman, her mind will yield to overturning her husband's plans. Note that this refers to the seventh position of the Rebellious section; the word Rebellious must not be omitted. The text has been corrected to include the word Rebellious before the seventh position in accordance with the original source.