Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Bamboo (zhú) Yue; Kangxi strokes: 23; Page 905, Entry 18 Pronounced yao. Guangyun (Comprehensive Rhymes): A musical instrument, similar to a flute. Erya (Approaching Elegance): The Great Yue is called chan, the medium-sized one is called zhong, and the small one is called yue. Commentary: The yue is like a flute; it has three holes and is short. Guangya (Broad Elegance): The yue has seven holes. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Wei: Holding the yue in the left hand. Commentary: The yue has six holes. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Spring Officials: The yue master is responsible for teaching the princes to hold feathers and play the yue while dancing. Commentary: In civil dances, there are those who hold feathers and blow the yue; this is what is called the yue dance. Book of Rites (Liji), Hereditary Prince of King Wen: In the autumn and winter seasons, they study the feather and yue dance. Commentary: The yue is a flute. The sound of the yue is produced during the middle of winter, symbolizing that all things are stored within. Also, Mingtang Wei: Earth drums, grass mallets, and reed yue are the music of the Yiqi clan. Shiming (Explication of Names): Yue means to leap. The breath leaps out from within it. Also, Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): A bamboo slip used by school children for practicing calligraphy. Also, the same as the character for key (yue). Book of Documents (Shangshu), Metal Bound Coffer: Opened the yue and saw the document. Commentary: The yue is a tool for opening a tube used to store objects. Book of Rites (Liji), Monthly Ordinances: In the first month of winter, one must cautiously guard the tube and key. Also, the name of a star. Classic of Stars (Xingjing): The Celestial Yue consists of seven stars, located near the second star of the Dipper handle, governing the opening and closing of locks. Celestial Grand Image Fu (Zhentian Daxiang Fu): The Celestial Yue governs their opening and closing.