Yin Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Shoot (yì) Page 355, Entry 01 Pronounced yi (rising tone). Jade Chapters (Yupian): To shoot with a string-attached arrow. Rhyme Collection (Yunhui): Yi means shooting flying birds with a string-attached arrow. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Summer Offices, Director of Bows and Arrows: Arrows with strings and feathered arrows are used for shooting in this manner. Winter Offices, Record of Examination of Artificers (Kaogongji): A bow-maker makes a bow; when the forward-curving part is long and the rear-curving part is short, it is called a jia-yu type, suitable for shooting at targets or for string-shooting. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Zheng: I shoot the wild ducks and geese. Commentary: Yi means to tie a string to an arrow and shoot it. Book of Master Lie (Liezi), Tang Questions Chapter: Puqiezi’s skill in string-shooting. With a weak bow and fine string, he caught the wind and vibrated it, binding two orioles in the blue clouds. Note: Puqiezi was an ancient master of string-shooting. Also, Left Yi, a title for an official. History of the Former Han (Qianhan), Table of Officials: Under the Privy Treasurer were the Left Yi. In the first year of the Taichu era, the name was changed to Cifei, responsible for string-shooting. Also, Rhyme Collection (Yunhui): Yi means to take. Book of Documents (Shujing), Many Officers: It is not that our small state dares to seize the mandate of the Shang dynasty. Note: Yi means to seize. Commentary: Yi means to shoot. By shooting, one takes possession, therefore yi means to seize. Also, Jade Chapters (Yupian): A peg. It is used for hanging objects. Erya, Interpretation of Dwellings: A chicken roosting on a peg is called a jie. Commentary: Yi means a stake. Jade Chapters (Yupian): Also written as a variant form (yì). Interpretation of Dwellings: A wooden stake is called a yi. Note: A stake. Also, black color. History of the Former Han (Qianhan), Praise to the Biography of Emperor Wen: He wore clothes of black coarse silk. Note: Ru Chun says: Yi means black. Yan Shigu says: Yi means black color. Also, the name of a river. Book of Sui (Suishu), Treatise on Geography: Poyang Commandery, Yiyang County, formerly called Geyang, has the Yi River. Also, a county name. Book of the Later Han (Houhanshu), Treatise on Geography and Kingdoms: Beidi Commandery, Yiju County. Also, a country name. History of the Former Han (Qianhan), Biography of Tang: To the south, one encounters the Yuezhi, Shanli, and Wuyi. Note: Shanli and Wuyi are twenty thousand li away from the Middle Kingdom. Yang Xiong, Rhapsody on the Changyang Palace: Ascending the southern mountain to overlook Wuyi. Also, Book of the Later Han (Houhanshu), Treatise on Western Regions: Liyi is a country subject to Kangju; it produces famous horses and grape wine, for which it is especially known. Also, Wuyi, the name of a Qiang tribe. Book of the Later Han (Houhanshu), Biography of the Western Qiang: The Wuyi Yuanjian of the Qiang was captured by the Qin during the time of Duke Li of Qin and made a slave. Later, he escaped and returned. The Qiang people call a slave wuyi, and because Yuanjian was once a slave, they named him accordingly. Also, a surname. Garden of Surnames (Xingyuan): Originates from Hedong. Today in Puzhou there is the Yi clan. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Yong: Beautiful is the eldest lady of the Yi clan. Note: Yi is a surname. Also, interchangeable with the character meaning a female official. Often written as Yi. During the Han dynasty, there was Lady Gouyi. History of the Former Han (Qianhan), Biography of Consorts: Lady Gouyi, Zhao Jieyu, of Emperor Wu. When Emperor Wu was on an inspection tour passing through Hejian, he sent an envoy to summon her. When she arrived, both of her hands were clenched into fists; the Emperor pulled them apart himself, and her hands immediately straightened. She was known as the Fist Lady and resided in the Gouyi Palace.