You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Xun Kangxi Stroke Count: 10 Page 1148, Entry 06 Ancient form of xun (to tame). Pronounced xun (falling tone) according to Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collection Rhymes (Jiyun), and Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui); pronounced xun (falling tone) according to Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun). Shuowen (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): To teach or explain. Xu says: To xun means to explain something by following its logical intent. Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): To instruct. Dictionary of Characters (Zihui): To guide. Book of Documents (Shujing), Yi Xun: Yi Yin then clearly spoke of the perfected virtues of the glorious ancestors to instruct the king. Commentary: Wrote the instruction to teach Taijia. Book of Odes (Shijing), Greater Odes: The four quarters will follow his instructions. Correct Meaning: Xun is an alternative term for instruction. Book of Rites (Liji), Qu Li: Teach and instruct to correct customs. Subcommentary: This refers to explaining principles and logic. Correct Character Penetration (Zhengzitong): Ancient speech that can serve as a model. Book of Documents (Shujing), Yue Ming: Learn from the ancient instructions. Book of Odes (Shijing), Greater Odes: Take the ancient instructions as a model. Commentary: Gu means ancient/past. Xun means to guide. Commentary: Ancient instructions refer to the legacy classics of the former kings. Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), Sixth Year of Duke Wen: Inform them of the instructive classics. Annotation: Instructive classics are the books of the former kings. Jade Chapters (Yupian): To admonish. Book of Wei (Weishu), Biography of Gao Yun: I received the imperial decree to compile the failed virtues caused by alcohol into the Alcohol Instructions (Jiu Xun). Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): For men it is called jiao (to teach); for women it is called xun. Er Ya (Approaching Elegance): To follow/comply. Book of Documents (Shujing), Kang Gao: The August Heaven used this to conform to their path and bestowed the four quarters. Commentary: Heaven used this to follow the path of King Wen and King Wu, and thus bestowed the world upon them. History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Fangshu: Below, let the five social relationships all conform to the auspicious time. Annotation: Xun means to follow or comply. Gu Xun is also an alternative name for annotations. Er Ya (Approaching Elegance), Preface by Guo Pu: The Er Ya is the means to communicate the essence of gu xun (glosses and instructions). Subcommentary: Xun means to guide. It is to describe the appearance of things and explain them to people. History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Biography of Yang Xiong: Do not engage in textual exegesis (zhangju) or glosses (xungu). Shigu Annotation: Xun refers to explaining the logic behind what is said. Dictionary of Characters (Zihui): Such as defining a certain word with a certain meaning, explaining it by following its inherent definition. Name of an official position. Book of Rites (Zhouli), Summer Office: The Xun Fang official, in charge of guiding the political affairs of the four quarters. Name of a bird. History of the Tang (Tangshu), Treatise on the Five Elements: The owl, also known as the xun hu (instruction fox). Name of a beast. Classic of Strange Anomalies (Shenyingjing): The Taowu, a beast in the western wilderness, also known as Nan Xun (Difficult to Tame). Name of a prefecture. History of the Tang (Tangshu), Treatise on Geography: There was a Xun Prefecture in the Jiangnan Circuit. A surname. There was a professor named Xun Jun during the Xuande era of the Ming Dynasty. Pronounced xun according to Five Sounds Collection Rhymes (Wuyin Jiyun). To guide. Book of Rites (Zhouli), Earth Office: The Tu Xun (Earth Instructor), read as such by Zheng Sinong. Rhyming with wen (the character following this) in the rhyme scheme. History of the Jin (Jinshu), Biography of Wei Heng: The Great Jin begins its era, expanding the Way and spreading instructions. Heaven hangs its omens; the Earth illuminates its writing.