You Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Walk (chuò)
Kangxi Strokes: 16
Page 1254, Entry 05
Pronounced yun (rising tone). The appearance of walking. An ancient variant of the character for transport.
Pronounced yun (falling tone).
In Jade Treatise (Yupian): To rotate or move.
In Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): To walk or to use.
In Book of Changes (Yijing), Appended Statements: The sun and moon move and revolve.
In Book of Documents (Shujing), Counsels of the Great Yu: The virtue of the Emperor is broad and enduring. Commentary: Meaning to move and operate without ceasing.
In Book of Rites (Liji), Lesser Rituals: The noble person gapes, stretches, and moves his court tablet. Commentary: The word for move here means to shift.
Also, in Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen): To migrate or shift.
In Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): To transport.
In History of the Later Han (Houhan Shu), Treatise on Officialdom: The marshal's office manages the transportation of soldiers and corvee laborers.
Also, in Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): The motion of celestial bodies is called movement.
In Armillary Sphere (Huntian Yi): The movement of celestial bodies is like the rotation of a carriage wheel.
Also, in Rhyme Collection (Yunhui): The Five Movements refer to the names of the circulating transformation of the Five Phases.
Also, movement and fate, referring to the numerical destiny of eras.
In Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Eulogy of Emperor Gao: The Han dynasty inherited the numerical destiny of Yao.
Also, in Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): The distance from north to south is called movement.
In Discourses of the States (Guoyu), Narratives of Yue: The breadth and movement extend for one hundred li. Commentary: East-west distance is called breadth, north-south distance is called movement.
Also rhyming with yun (level tone). In Cai Yong, Narrative of the Journey: Spent two nights before concluding the journey, thoughts winding and extending to the east. Seeing the sunlight bright and dazzling, my heart calmed slightly and felt joy.
Also rhyming with yuan (falling tone). In Ruan Yu, Lute Song: The lofty heavenly gates open wide, the Great Wei rises in accordance with the turning of fate. The green carriage canopy patrols the nine provinces, with people complaining in both the west and the east.
Textual Research:
In Book of Rites (Liji), Lesser Rituals, the entry regarding moving the court tablet has been corrected from the chapter on Qu Li to the chapter on Lesser Rituals.
In Discourses of the States (Guoyu), regarding the breadth and movement of one hundred li, the note concerning east-west and north-south distance has been added.
In the citations from Cai Yong, the title has been corrected from Distant Journey to Narrative of the Journey, and the specific phrases have been adjusted to match the original text.
