Xu Collection, Middle Volume
Radical: Green (qīng)
Kangxi stroke count: 13
Page 1381, Entry 28
Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), Collection Rhyme (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced jing (falling tone).
Shuowen (Explaining Graphs): Standing quiet. Another theory says it is the appearance of something small and fine.
Jade Chapters (Yupian): To scheme or plan.
Book of Documents (Shangshu), Pan Geng chapter: Did not bring peace to oneself. Commentary: Jing means to plan.
Book of Odes (Shijing), Minor Odes: Carefully manage your position.
Book of Odes (Shijing), Zhou Eulogies: Daily bringing peace to the four directions.
Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): To think or reflect.
Yangzi, Dialect (Fangyan): Jing means to think. Between the sea and the Tai mountains in Eastern Qi, it is called jing.
Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): To govern or rule.
Book of Odes (Shijing), Minor Odes: Allow me to govern it. Commentary: Jing means to govern.
Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), Ninth Year of Duke Xi: The ruler should strive to pacify chaos and not exert oneself in travels.
Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Harmonious.
Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui): Stable and peaceful.
Book of Odes (Shijing), Zhou Eulogies: Extend the peace to it. Commentary: Jing means harmonious.
Notes (Jian): Ultimately, one can make it harmonious and stable.
Posthumous Titles Law (Shifa): To stabilize the people through gentle virtue is called jing; to be respectful, self-disciplined, and soft-spoken is called jing; to be broad-minded, happy, and have a peaceful end is called jing.
Surname.
Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Descendants of Lord Jingguo of Qi. Popular Customs (Fengsutong) states: Descendants of Duke Jing of Dan.
Also written in a variant form as qing (clean).
Book of Documents (Shangshu), Weizi chapter: Bringing peace to oneself and presenting oneself to the former kings.
Explication of Texts (Shiwen): Jing, the Ma edition uses qing. Meaning: pure and clean.
Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced jing (falling tone). The meaning is the same.
Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Sufficient.
