Yin Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Step (chì) Entry: Bian Kangxi Stroke Count: 12 Page 369, Entry 13 Guangyun: Pronounced bian (falling tone). Jiyun, Yunhui, Zhengyun: Pronounced bian (falling tone). Shuowen: To encompass. Guangyun: To circle or surround. Book of Documents (Shangshu): Encompassing all the spirits. Book of Odes (Shijing): The common people and the hundred surnames all take on your virtue. Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan): The music reaches the complete dance. Commentary states: This refers to the music being present and the dance being fully comprehensive. Also, Guangyun: Commonly written as the variant form bian. Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi): Jia Kui was very fond of the Spring and Autumn Annals and the Zuo Tradition; he tasked himself with reciting them, completing one full cycle every month. Also, Jiyun: Sometimes written in the variant form bian. Book of Rites (Liji): And then the offerings are presented. Commentary states: Bian is pronounced bian, and the meaning is the same. Also, Jiyun: Sometimes written in the variant form bian. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): To distinguish among all the spirits. Book of Documents (Shangshu): Written as bian. Also, interchangeable with the term bian (to limp). Jiyun: The term bian is sometimes written as bian. Also, interchangeable with the term bian (partial). Jiyun: The term bian is interchangeable with the character bian.