Wu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Jade (yù) Yao Kangxi Strokes: 15 Page 739, Entry 14 Pronounced yao. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it is a beautiful type of jade. Book of Documents (Shujing): Carrying jade, beautiful stones, bamboo, and reeds. Commentary: Yao and kun are both beautiful jades. Exegesis: Wang Su states that yao and kun are beautiful stones that are close to jade. Book of Odes (Shijing), Weifeng: They threw me a papaya, I repaid them with qiongyao (a type of beautiful jade). History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Treatise on Rites and Music: Looking everywhere at the jade hall. Commentary: Yao is a stone that resembles jade. Also, in the Book of Odes (Shijing), Daya: Only jade and yao. Annotation: Jade and yao are pendants for a ceremonial knife. Also, the name of a mountain. Mountain and Sea Classic (Shanhaijing): There is the Yaobi Mountain. Also, the name of a pool. Liezi, Zhou Mu Wang Chapter: Eventually feasted with the Queen Mother of the West, drinking at the Yao Pool. Also, the name of a star. Songs of Chu (Chuci), Nine Laments: Mounting a flock of cranes to the Yaoguang star. Annotation: Yaoguang is the star at the tip of the Northern Dipper. Also, a personal name. Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), 23rd Year of Duke Ai: Xun Yao of Jin attacked Qi. Annotation: Xun Yao is the grandson of Xun Li. Discourses of the States (Jin Yu): Zhi Xuanzi intended to make Yao his successor. Annotation: Yao is Zhi Bo.