Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Yong Kangxi strokes: 22 Page 662, Entry 25 Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun) state the pronunciation is yong. According to the Explanation of Script (Shuowen), it refers to the Yong River, located in the State of Song. According to the Literary Expositor (Erya), in the section Explaining Water (Shishui), it refers to a river that flows backward into another. It also describes water flowing out of a river as yong. The commentary notes that this refers to river water that bursts out and then flows back in; the existence of a yong in a river is comparable to the existence of a si in the Yangtze River. In the Book of Documents (Shujing), specifically the Tribute of Yu (Yu Gong), it is mentioned that the Yong and Ju rivers meet. It is sometimes written in the variant form yong, and it is also commonly used interchangeably with yong. It is also used interchangeably with wei. In the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), specifically the Summer Offices (Xiaguan) and the Office of the Regional Commissioner (Zhifangshi), regarding the Yanzhou region, it mentions the Luwei River. The commentary notes the pronunciation as gong. It also refers to the name of a lake. According to Fan Zhiming’s Records of Local Customs in Yueyang (Yueyang Fengtu Ji), Yong Lake is located south of the prefecture. According to the Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), it is also pronounced yong (departing tone). The meaning is the same.