Shen Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Clothing (yī) Kangxi Strokes: 10 Page 1112, Entry 28 Tang Rhymes: Pronounced zhong. Collected Rhymes, Rhyme Compendium, Correct Rhymes: Pronounced zhong. Jade Chapters: Good. Book of Documents (Shangshu): The August God on High bestowed an inner moral nature upon the common people. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan): Do not be overbearing or lack sincerity, so as to encourage those who cause disorder. Also, the middle. Discourses of Zhou (Zhouyu): When a state is about to flourish, its ruler is focused, bright, upright, sincere, refined, pure, kind, and harmonious. Rhyme Compendium: Sincerity. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan): The issuance of orders was not sincere. Also, to connect or settle. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan): One must assess the root and the tip before establishing a settlement. Augmented Rhymes: What is contained within one's heart and mind. Shuowen Jiezi: Inner undergarment. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan): Duke Ling of Chen, together with Kong Ning and Yi Xingfu, had illicit relations with Xia Ji, and all wore her undergarments. Also, a surname. Correct Character Compendium: After the Emperor Ai of Han, there was a man named Zhong Yu who served in the Tang dynasty and changed his surname to Ai. Guang Rhymes: Pronounced zhong (falling tone). To be appropriate or correct. Rhyme Compendium: To mediate, to make level or impartial. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): To mediate through the Master. Commentary: To fold means to judge; zhong means to be appropriate. Later Han History (Houhanshu): Thus regulating the people with impartiality. Zhong: Neither light nor heavy. Often written as the character for middle. Former Han History (Hanshu): If not for the Master's words, there would be no way to arrive at a fair compromise. Also pronounced in the level tone. Six Writings and Their Errors: The common form is written incorrectly. Textual Research: Later Han History (Houhanshu): Thus regulating the people with impartiality. Commentary: Neither light nor heavy. Following the original text, the character for volume/record has been corrected to zhong. The phrase neither light nor heavy is the original text and not a commentary. The note character has been changed to the character zhong.