You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Zi (18 strokes) Page 1178, Entry 26 Pronounced yi. Same as the character die. Any partition within a door, hall, terrace, or pavilion is called a yi. In the Zhou dynasty, there was a Yi Terrace. See the commentary on the character die for further details. Also, according to the Shilin Yanyu (Records of the Stone Forest), directly north of the Donghua Gate, there is a gate facing east, opposite the Inner East Gate, called the Yi Gate, which bears no plaque. Wang Bohou states that the Yi Gate only began to display a plaque in the tenth year of the Xining era. In the Book of Jin (Jinshu): Account of Liu Yao, it is written that the Yi Gate was empty in the morning. The commentary notes that this refers to an auxiliary gate. Also, in the Book of Tang (Tangshu): Biography of Wei Hongji, it is mentioned that the yi corridors arranged along the shore extend across the exterior of the royal city. Also, in Lu Yun: Letter to My Elder Brother, it says to demolish his yi hall. Also, Lord Cao had a yi pond. Liu Xiaochuo wrote in a poem, The evening sun reflects upon the yi pond. Also, in the Picang (Dictionary of Archaic Terms), it is defined as the name of a gate to an ice cellar. In Zhang Heng: Eastern Capital Rhapsody (Dongjing Fu), it describes yi gates and winding terraces and pavilions, slanting against the city walls and moats. The commentary to the Selections of Refined Literature (Wenxuan) identifies this as an ice cellar gate. The Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) states it is the same as the character with a mouth radical and a multi-component phonetic. It is also the name of a region for various barbarian tribes. According to the Book of Tang (Tangshu): Treatise on Geography, there was a Yiluo Prefecture in the Jiannan Circuit. It is also used as a personal name. In the Song History (Songshi): Table of the Imperial Clan, there is mention of the Right Imperial Guard Shi Yi. Pronounced chi. Pronounced chi. Same as the character die. In Lu Yun: Letter to My Elder Brother, it says to demolish his yi hall.