Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Enclosure (wéi) Yin Kangxi stroke count: 6 Page 217, Entry 02 Ancient form. Pronounced yin (level tone). Shuowen Jiezi says: Formed from the enclosure radical and the character for big. It is a compound ideograph. Xu Kai states: That which can be big is that which the masses surround and approach. It also means to continue or to inherit. Analects (Lunyu): The Yin dynasty continued the rites of the Xia. Mencius: To build a high structure, one must rely on hills and mounds; to build a low one, one must rely on rivers and marshes. Book of Documents (Shujing), Yao Canon: When the day is longest and the star is Fire, one may verify mid-summer, and the people are settled accordingly. Annotation: This means to analyze and analyze again. Book of Rites (Liji), Ritual Vessels: One serves Heaven by relying on the ways of Heaven, serves Earth by relying on the ways of Earth, performs sacrifices to Heaven on famous mountains, and uses auspicious land to offer sacrifices to the Emperor in the suburbs. It also means to rely upon or to depend on. Analects (Lunyu): If one relies on those one does not lose, they may also be honored as masters. It also means to entrust or to seek mediation through. Mencius: Shi Zi sought mediation through Chen Zi to speak to Mencius. It also means to arise from or to be caused by. Zou Yang, Petition to the Prince of Liang: If one throws a night-shining pearl to someone on the road in the dark, no one who does not place their hand on their sword and glare at the thrower exists, because there is no reason to approach. It also means karmic cause or condition. Records of the Transmission of the Lamp (Chuandeng Lu): If you wish to know the causes of your past life, look at what you are experiencing now; if you wish to know the causes of your future life, look at what you are doing now. Also a surname. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan), Second Year of Duke Ding: Among the four clans of the Sui people, there is the Yin clan. Zhengzitong: In the Ming dynasty, there were people named Yin Li and Yin Gang. Also, according to The Six Writings Corrected (Liushu Zhenge), it is borrowed for the word for marriage, meaning that a woman has someone upon whom she depends. Also rhymes with yan (level tone). Lu Yun, Poem Presented to Minister Gu: Distinguished sounds play in harmony, the melodies are different yet the echoes are linked. Severing my joyful branches, connecting my thoughts of cause. Jiyun: Sometimes written as a variant form. Textual Research: In the Petition to the Prince of Liang by Zou Yang, the text reads: If one throws a night-shining pearl to someone on the road in the dark, no one who does not place their hand on their sword and glare at the thrower exists, because there is no reason to approach. Following the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji) and the Book of Han (Hanshu), the character for glare is corrected to the correct form.