Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Big (dà) Page 252, Entry 05 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun) states: pronounced yi. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun) state: pronounced yi. It means big. Book of Odes (Shijing) states: Liang Mountain is so grand; it was governed by Great Yu. It also means order. Book of Odes (Shijing) states: The myriad dances are performed in orderly ranks. It also means beautiful. Book of Odes (Shijing) states: The newly built temple is very magnificent. Yangzi Dialect (Fangyan) states: Yi and ye both refer to appearance. West of the pass, anyone with a beautiful appearance is called yi, or sometimes ye. According to the Erya: Explaining Teachings (Erya Shikun), yi yi describes sorrow. Book of Odes (Shijing) states: I have not yet seen my lord; my sorrowful heart is restless. According to Augmented Rhymes (Zengyun), yi ye refers to successive generations. Xi yi refers to a continuous connection without end. Ban Gu’s Preface to the Classic (Dianyin) states: Good omens arise and blessings flow, continuing for a thousand years. Additionally, the board game go is called yi. Yi refers to the placement of pieces on a board. Mencius states: Yiqiu is the most skilled go player in the entire kingdom. There is also the Youyi, which is the name of a deity. Han Mansion Famous Talks (Hanfu Mingtan) records: Yao Zi anchored his boat at Sanshanji, where an old man said that after noon on the Dragon Boat Festival, the boats would certainly capsize. Yao Zi followed his advice, and those who sailed that day all drowned. Later, he saw the old man again, and the old man said: I am the patrolling deity of this river. Your official rank will reach the pinnacle of a subject, which is why I specifically informed you. According to Seven Slips from the Cloudy Satchel (Yunji Qiqian), there is a description of the Four Brahma Heavens: Changrong Heaven, Yujiang Heaven, Fundu Heaven, and Jiayi Heaven. Note: Jiayi is written as Fuyi in Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang (Youyang Zazu). According to Rhyme Supplements (Yunbu), it is also read as yue. Book of Odes (Shijing) states: My sorrowful heart is restless, which rhymes with the preceding line of bo and the following line of yi. Note: In the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), the character yi is placed under the radical big, with a glyph derived from big. The Six Writings Unification (Liushu Tong) changed big to gǒng. The Compendium of Characters (Zihui) lists them separately, but naturally, the standard should be based on Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi). Equivalent to the character yi.