Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Gate (mén) Yan; Kangxi strokes: 16; Page 1337, Entry 01 Pronounced yan. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): A gate in a neighborhood or lane. Biography of Ban Gu in the Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu): The neighborhood gates were nearly a thousand. Note: The Zilin dictionary says: Yan is a gate in a neighborhood or lane. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Hereditary House of Goujian: Although Zhuang Sheng lived in a remote neighborhood, he was famous throughout the state for being incorruptible and upright. Also Yupian: A lane. Guangya: Yan is called a lane. Yangzi Fangyan: Yan-shan means to open. In the eastern Qi region, opening a door is called yan-shan. Also means to persuade. Yangzi Fangyan: Shi-yan means to persuade. In the Southern Chu region, whenever one is unhappy and others make one happy, or one does not want to be angry and others make one angry, it is called shi-yan. Or it is called songyong (inciting). Also Guangyan: A surname. Yan Zhi. Found in the Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), 18th Year of Duke Wen: Yan Ao, a grand official of the Chu state. Found in the 18th Year of Duke Zhuang. Also Jiyun, Leipian: Pronounced xun. Guiyan is a place name, located in Yingchuan. Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), 20th Year of Duke Zhao: Fighting occurred at Guiyan. Note: There is a Yan Pavilion northwest of Changping County in Yingchuan. Commentary: Yan is pronounced like lian. Also a county name. Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), 9th Year of Duke Zhao: The Gan people of the Zhou dynasty contested the Yan fields with Yan Jia of the Jin state. Note: Yan Jia was a grand official of Yan County in the Jin state. Commentary: Yan is pronounced like lian. Also Jiyun: Pronounced yan. Shuowen: Beautiful and long. Wuyin Jiyun: A beautiful appearance. Also refers to long clothing. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Sima Xiangru: Soft, light, and tailored to fit the body. Note: Yan-yi refers to the appearance of long clothing. Also Jiyun: Pronounced yan. Place name. Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), 20th Year of Duke Zhao: Guiyan. Commentary: Also pronounced yan. Jiyun: Sometimes written as a variant form (yan).