Zi Collection, Page Position: Lower Radical: Ice (bīng) Page 131, Entry 31 Pronounced yang (falling tone) according to Tang Yun, and yi (falling tone) according to Jiyun, Yunhui, and Zhengyun, with the same pronunciation as "ye". Explanation: "To melt." The character is composed of "仌" (ice) and "台", indicating a connection to ice. Explanation: "To melt." It flows when heated and solidifies when cooled, similar to ice, hence the character's composition from "ice". Explanation: "To melt, to smelt, to cast." Refers to smelting and casting as "ye". Quoting Shizi, Chi You once created nine types of smelting and casting tools. Also refers to the craftsman who casts as "ye". In the "Book of Han - Dong Zhongshu Biography", it is stated: "Metal in the furnace, entirely cast by the smelter." Also refers to "enchanting beauty". Explained in Shuowen as a woman's demeanor. The Book of Changes - Xi Ci states: "Enchanting beauty can lead to licentiousness." Zhengyun explains it as "adornment." Also used as a surname. Guangyun records that in Zuo Zhuan, there was a卫国 (Wei state) official named Ye Jin. Also, according to Yupian, there is a compound surname "Gongye". Also, a place name in Jiangnan is "Meigen Ye". The Book of Song - Treatise on Officials records two smelting and casting locations in Jiangnan: Meigen and Yetang. Xin Yu's "Ode to a Withered Tree" contains the line: "Nanling used Meigen as a smelting and casting site." Meng Haoran's poem describes: "Fire blazes at Meigen Ye." These were the residences of smelting and casting officials during the Jin Dynasty. Yang Shen believed that "Ye" is the same as the character "Ye", which is incorrect. Also, in Yunbu, the rhyme matches with yan (female) qie, pronounced the same as "yu". In the poem "Gu Ke Le" by Emperor Wu of Qi, it says: "In the past, during the Fan Deng campaign, I was blocked by the tide at Meigen Ye. Deeply I lament the past, my heart full but words unsaid." Also, the rhyme matches with wu (female) guo qie, pronounced the same as "wo". It means appearance. In Xie Huilian's poem, it says: "Li Sheng had no writings, Xi Shi adorned herself enchantingly. Why then be so upright, alas, your ambition is trivial."