You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Wine (yǒu) Kangxi Strokes: 20 Page 1288, Entry 09 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced yi (falling tone) Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced yi (falling tone) Sound: yi (falling tone) Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Sour wine. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Also defined as pure wine. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Heaven Official, Wine Administrator: The first type is known as business wine. Commentary: Business wine is wine brewed in winter and matured in spring; it is compared to the present-day yi wine. Sub-commentary: Business wine is brewed in winter and completed in spring; it is compared to the yi wine of the Han dynasty. Zuo Si, Rhapsody on the Capital of Wei (Weidu fu): To have yi wine in accordance with the seasons. Also, Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of the Marquis of Huaiyin: Within a hundred miles, oxen and wine arrived daily to feast the officers and soldiers with yi wine. Commentary: This refers to providing wine and food to nourish the soldiers. Alternatively, written as ze (marsh). Book of Rites (Liji), Suburban Sacrificial Animals: Old ze wine. Commentary: Ze should be read as yi. Old yi wine refers to aged wine. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced xi (entering tone). The meaning is the same. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced shi (entering tone). Meaning: Clear. Also, an ancient form of the character shi (to release). Strategies of the Warring States (Zhanguoce): If the King wishes for me to release (yi) my post and focus on what I do best, I request to return and release (yi) my duties. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Zhang Yi: They jointly seized Zhang Yi and whipped him hundreds of times, but he would not submit, so they released (yi) him. Commentary: The Search for Profound Meaning (Suoyin) states: Yi is the ancient form of the character shi (to release).