Shen Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Clothing (yī)
Kangxi stroke count: 13
Page 1117, Entry 12
Ancient form
Pronounced ye (falling tone)
Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): The edge or hem of a garment. Also refers to remote, border regions.
School Sayings of Confucius (Kongzi Jiayu): Captives from the border tribes.
Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of the Five Emperors: Thus he exiled the four wicked clans, moving them to the remote regions of the four directions.
Jia Kui Commentary: The lands of the four borders, four thousand li away from the royal city.
Also refers to descendants or offspring.
Rhyme Anthology (Yunhui): Seedlings and descendants, referring to posterity or offshoots.
Book of Documents (Shujing), Charge to Weizi: Virtuous conduct flows down to later descendants.
Qu Yuan, Li Sao (Encountering Sorrow): I am a descendant of the ancient Emperor Gaoyang.
Also yiyi: Describing a manner of walking.
Sima Xiangru, Rhapsody on Sir Vacuous (Zixu Fu): Continuing without interruption, walking in a leisurely and slow manner.
Zuo Si, Rhapsody on the Capital of Shu (Shudu Fu): Waving long sleeves to dance repeatedly, with an appearance light and elegant.
Also describing a fluttering or flowing appearance.
History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu), Treatise on Rites and Music: First like rain falling in profusion.
Also rongyi: Describing a manner of indulgence or extravagance.
Also rongyi: Describing a sound that is long and lingering.
Pan Yue, Rhapsody on the Sheng (Sheng Fu): The sound is grand and lingering.
Also a surname.
General Treatises (Tongzhi), Epitome of Clans: Found in the Garden of Surnames (Xingyuan). The Table of Ancient and Modern People (Gujin Renbiao) contains Yi Kuan.
Also pronounced ye (falling tone). The meaning is the same.
Zuo Si, Rhapsody on the Capital of Wu (Wudu Fu): High gates and prominent nobility, tall and heroic figures. The descendants of the Yu and Wei surnames, the progeny of the Gu and Lu surnames.
Classified Chapters (Leipian): Also written in a variant form.
