Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Gate (mén) Yue Kangxi stroke count: 15 Page 1336, Entry 07 Pronounced yue Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Characters and Phrases): To provide for within a gate. Xu Xuan says: The Grand Review (Da Yue) of the Spring and Autumn period refers to inspecting chariots and horses. Providing the count means counting and checking items one by one. Yupian (Jade Chapters): Refers to military materiel. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Summer Offices, Grand Marshal: In mid-winter, instruct in the Grand Review. Commentary: Grand Review means inspecting military materiel. Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu), Duke Huan, Year 6: In autumn, the eighth month, on the day of Renwu, the Grand Review took place. Commentary: Inspecting chariots and horses. Also, according to Shuowen Jiezi, another interpretation is to observe. For those exiting the gate, to observe and count them. Guangya: Yue means to calculate or count. Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), Year 9 of Duke Xiang: The merchant calculated the signs of his calamity and failure. Commentary: Yue means the act of calculating or counting. Also, according to Zheng Yun (Standard Rhymes), it means to inspect. Book of Documents (Shangshu), Many Regions: Able to inspect in your own city, planning to assist. Commentary: The meaning is to inspect those matters. Also, to verify the crimes. Commentary: The meaning is to verify the severity of crimes. Also, according to Zheng Yun, it means to experience. History of the Former Han (Qian Han Shu), Annals of Emperor Wen: He has experienced many of the principles of the world. Commentary: Yue is similar to experience or passage through life. Also, Biography of Che Qianqiu: Without the merit of official rank and experience. Commentary by Yan Shigu: Yue means experience. Also, according to Guangya, it refers to achievements and qualifications (fa-yue). Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Table of Merit for the Ministers of Gaozu: Accumulated days are called yue. History of the Later Han (Hou Han Shu), Annals of Emperor Zhang: Some arose from the fields, not bound by noble lineage. Commentary: The Records of the Grand Historian states: To manifest one's status is called fa, and to accumulate one's merit is called yue. This means that past generations selected talent by ensuring worthy individuals were chosen, without being restricted by family background. Also, according to Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes), it refers to a decrease in price or financial loss in trade. Xunzi, Book on Self-Cultivation: A good price does not cease trade due to a discount. Commentary: Zhe-yue means lowering the price of sold items (resulting in a loss). Also refers to to contain or accommodate. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Bei: My own person is not accommodated. Commentary: Yue means to accommodate. Also, Odes of Cao: Mayfly digging and moving in. Commentary: Yue means a place to accommodate or dwell. Commentary by Zheng Xuan: Digging and moving in refers to the mayfly digging out of the ground to find a place to stay. It speaks of the time when it is first born. Also refers to to receive an endowment or originate from. Laozi, Tao Te Ching: From ancient times to the present, its name has not departed, used to receive the myriad beginnings. Commentary: Yue means to receive an endowment. Fu means the beginning. This means the Tao bestows an endowment upon all things to initiate their existence, and all things receive their vital energy from the Tao. Also refers to to be clear or unobstructed. Erya, Explaining Houses: When the rafters are straight and continuous, it is called yue. Commentary: This describes the rafters of a five-frame house being straight and clear (aligned). Commentary: House rafters that are long, straight, and continuous, such as the rafters of a five-frame house (aligned), are called yue. Also, according to Zheng Yun, it means to look or watch. Also used as a personal name. Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), Year 30 of Duke Xi: In winter, the King sent Gongzi Yue to pay a visit. Also, Year 9 of Duke Xiang: Hua Yue. Commentary: Hua Yue was the son of the Song official Hua Yuan. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), House of Tian Jingzhong: Gongsun Yue said to Cheng Houji: Why does your lordship not plan to attack Wei? Textual Corrections: Shuowen Jiezi: To provide for within a gate. Note: In the original text, the character "shu" has been changed to "yu". Xunzi, Book on Self-Cultivation: A good price does not cease trade due to a discount. Note: In the original text, "silver price" has been changed to "good price". Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Bei: My own person is not accommodated. Note: In the original book, "Odes of Wei" has been changed to "Odes of Bei".