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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 桀 U+6840 |  Seal script | 㘶 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 木+ 6 strokes = 10 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.497#22 Kangxi: p.524#15 Cihai: p.693r1c02 GSR: 284.a Hanyu: v2,p1203#05 |
| Composition: | Top: 舛, bottom: 木. Compositionally related: 桝 . Component of: 𠓲 𣔕 杰 椉 𠹳 𡏝 𡩣 𢞼 嵥 搩 滐 㻧 𤌴 𮌪 𣩊 𦵴 榤 𥠹 磔 𧎩 [More] |
| Mandarin: | jié ㄐㄧㄝˊ |
| Cantonese: | git6 |
| Shuowen: | 《桀部》桀：磔也。从舛在木上也。凡桀之属皆从桀。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·入声·薛·杰》桀：磔也，又夏王名。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·木部·六》桀：〔古文〕㘶《唐韵》渠列切《集韵》巨列切，𠀤音杰。磔也。《周礼》谓磔爲疈辜。古人称桀黠者，其凶暴若磔也。又《諡法》贼人多杀曰桀。又担也。《左传·成二年》齐高固桀石以投人。又借爲隽桀字。《辨名记》千人曰英，万人曰桀。又桔桀，形貌。《张衡·西京赋》焘奡桔桀。又鸡栖杙也。《诗·王风》鸡栖于桀。古作㘶。俗作榤。又姓。《姓苑》汉桀龙，宋桀路分。又《集韵》其谒切，音竭。义同。又《韵会》巨列切《正韵》古屑切，𠀤音结。桀桀，秀貌。《诗·齐风》维莠桀桀。 考证：〔《左传·成二年》齐高国桀石以投人。〕谨照原文国改固。〔《张衡·西都赋》〕谨照原文都改京。 |
| Fanqie: | 渠列 (《广韵·入声·薛·杰》) |
| Unihan definition: | chicken roost; ancient emperor |
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[Show proper names]Example usage
| 《论语·微子》: | 长沮、桀溺耦而耕，孔子过之，使子路问津焉。 |
| Chang Zu and Jie Ni were at work in the field together, when Confucius passed by them, and sent Zi Lu to inquire for the ford. | |
| 《孟子·告子下》: | 君不乡道，不志于仁，而求富之，是富桀也。 |
| If a sovereign follows not the right way, nor has his mind bent on benevolence, to seek to enrich him is to enrich a Jie. | |
| 《扬子法言》: | 绍桀之后，纂纣之馀，法度废，礼乐亏，安坐而视天下民之死，无为平？ |
| But as for those who inherited the throne after Jie and Zhou, when laws were abandoned and ritual and music were lost, to sit quietly and watch the death of all people under Heaven—would this have been wuwei? | |
| 《墨子·亲士》: | 桀纣不以其无天下之士邪？ |
| Was it not because they would not employ the scholars, that Jie and Zhou lost their empire and their lives? | |
| 《庄子·人间世》: | 且昔者桀杀关龙逢，纣杀王子比干，是皆修其身以下伛拊人之民，以下拂其上者也，故其君因其修以挤之。 |
| And formerly Jie killed Guan Long-feng, and Zhou killed the prince Bi-gan. Both of these cultivated their persons, bending down in sympathy with the lower people to comfort them suffering (as they did) from their oppressors, and on their account opposing their superiors. On this account, because they so ordered their conduct, their rulers compassed their destruction | |
| 《商君书·赏刑》: | 汤与桀战于鸣条之野，武王与纣战于牧野之中，大破九军，卒裂土封诸侯，士卒坐陈者里有书社，车休息不乘，从马华山之阳，从牛于农泽，从之老而不收，此汤武之赏也。 |
| Tang fought a battle with Jie in the fields of Ming-tiao, Wu-wang fought a battle with Zhou in the fields of mu, and utterly defeated the "nine armies", and finally split up the land and gave fiefs to the feudal lords. The officers and soldiers, who retired from the ranks, all received land, with the peasants belonging to it, in hamlets of 25 families; the chariots were given a rest, and were no longer mounted; the horses were set at liberty on the southern slopes of Mount Hua; the oxen were set at liberty in the meadows, and they were allowed to grow old without being reassembled (for war). This was the way of Tang and Wu of giving rewards. | |
| 《史记·夏本纪》: | 帝发崩，子帝履癸立，是为桀。 |
| Emperor Fa died, and his son Emperor Lu Gui, that is Jie, came to the throne. | |
| 《礼记·月令》: | 命太尉，赞桀俊，遂贤良，举长大，行爵出禄，必当其位。 |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 虽桀纣不能去民之好义。 |
| 《说苑·杂言》: | 使舜居桀纣之世，能自免于刑戮固可也，又何官得治乎？ |
| 《春秋繁露·王道》: | 桀纣皆圣王之后，骄溢妄行。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷一》: | 天下举忠而士不与焉，举信而士不与焉，举廉而士不与焉，三者存乎身，名传于世，与日月并而息，天不能杀，地不能生，当桀纣之世不之能污也，然则非恶生而乐死也，恶富贵好贫贱也，由其理，尊贵及己而仕也不辞也。 |
| 《大戴礼记·保傅》: | 昔者禹以夏王，桀以夏亡。 |
| 《白虎通德论·京师》: | 谓桀也 |
| 《新书·大政下》: | 故汤以桀之乱氓为治，武王以纣之北卒为强。 |
| 《新序·善谋下》: | 周之先自后稷，尧封之邰，积德累善十馀世，公娇避桀居邠，大王以狄伐去邠，杖马策居岐国，人争归之，及文王为西伯，断虞芮讼，始受命，吕望、伯夷自海滨来归之，武王伐纣，不期而会孟津上八百诸侯，灭殷，成王即位，周公之属傅相，乃营成周雒邑，以为天下中，诸侯四方，纳贡职道里均矣。 |
| 《中论·亡国》: | 昔桀奔南巢，纣踣于京，厉流于彘，幽灭于戏，当是时也，三后之典尚在，良谋之臣犹存也。 |
| 《孔子家语·致思》: | 对曰：“回闻薰、莸不同器而藏，尧、桀不共国而治，以其类异也。” |
| 《潜夫论·论荣》: | 夫桀、纣者，夏、殷之君王也，崇侯、恶来，天子之三公也，而犹不免于小人者，以其心行恶也。 |
| 《论衡·逢遇》: | 故遇，或抱洿行，尊于桀之朝：不遇，或持洁节，卑于尧之廷。 |
| 《风俗通义·正失》: | 孟轲云：“尧、舜不胜其美，桀、纣不胜其恶。” |
| 《孔丛子·对魏王》: | 是为虚自居于忠正之地，而暗推君主使同于桀纣也。 |
| 《申鉴·时事》: | 桀、纣不易民而乱，汤、武不易民而治，政也。 |
| 《新语·术事》: | 故说事者上陈五帝之功，而思之于身，下列桀、纣之败，而戒之于己，则德可以配日月，行可以合神灵，登高及远，达幽洞冥，听之无声，视之无形，世人莫覩其兆，莫知其情，校修《五经》之本末，道德之真伪，既□其意，而不见其人。 |
| 《独断·卷下》: | 帝谥：违拂不成曰隐，靖民则法曰黄，翼善传圣曰尧，仁圣盛明曰舜，残人多垒曰桀，残义损善曰纣，慈惠爱亲曰孝，爱民好与曰惠，圣善同文曰宣，声闻宣远曰昭，克定祸乱曰武，聪明睿智曰献，温柔圣善曰懿，布德执义曰穆，仁义说民曰元，安仁立政曰神，布纲治纪曰平，乱而不损曰灵，保民耆艾曰明，辟土有德曰襄，贞心大度曰匡，大虑慈民曰定，知过能改曰恭，不生其国曰声，一德不懈曰简，夙兴夜寐曰敬，清白自守曰贞，柔德好众曰靖，安乐治民曰康，小心畏忌曰僖，中身早折曰悼，慈仁和民曰顺，好勇致力曰庄，恭人短折曰哀，在国逢难曰愍，名实过爽曰缪，壅遏不通曰幽，暴虐无亲曰厉，致志大图曰景，辟土兼国曰桓，经纬天地曰文，执义扬善曰怀，短折不成曰殇，去礼远众曰炀，怠政外交曰携，治典不敷曰祈。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·独断》: | 帝谥：违拂不成曰隐，靖民则法曰黄，翼善传圣曰尧，仁圣盛明曰舜，残人多垒曰桀，残义损善曰纣，慈惠爱亲曰孝，爱民好与曰惠，圣善同文曰宣，声闻宣远曰昭，克定祸乱曰武，聪明睿智曰献，温柔圣善曰懿，布德执义曰穆，仁义说民曰元，安仁立政曰神，布纲治纪曰平，乱而不损曰灵，保民耆艾曰明，辟土有德曰襄，贞心大度曰匡，大虑慈民曰定，知过能改曰恭，不生其国曰声，一德不懈曰简，夙兴夜寐曰敬，清白自守曰贞，柔德好众曰靖，安乐治民曰康，小心畏忌曰僖，中身早折曰悼，慈仁和民曰顺，好勇致力曰庄，恭人短折曰哀，在国逢难曰愍，名实过爽曰缪，壅遏不通曰幽，暴虐无亲曰厉，致志大图曰景，辟土兼国曰桓，经纬天地曰文，执义扬善曰怀，短折不成曰殇，去礼远众曰炀，怠政外交曰携，治典不敷曰祈。 |
| 《列子·黄帝》: | 夏桀、殷纣、鲁桓、楚穆，状貌七窍，皆同于人，而有禽兽之心。 |
| 《鶡冠子·近迭》: | 故知百法者桀雄也，若隔无形，将然未有者知万人也。 |
| 《文子·道德》: | 使桀纣循道行德，汤武虽贤，无所建其功也。 |
| 《列仙传·务光》: | 殷汤将伐桀，因光而谋。 |
| 《韩非子·十过》: | 昔者桀为有戎之会，而有缗叛之。 |
| 《申不害·大体》: | 桀之治天下也，亦以名，其名倚，而天下乱。 |
| 《慎子·知忠》: | 曰：父有良子而舜放瞽叟，桀有忠臣而过盈天下。 |
| 《管子·轻重甲》: | 桓公问管子曰：“夫汤以七十里之薄，兼桀之天下，其故何也”？ |
| 《吴子·图国》: | 故成汤讨桀而夏民喜悦，周武伐纣而殷人不非。 |
| 《淮南子·齐俗训》: | 其遭桀、纣之世，天授也。 |
| 《吕氏春秋·举难》: | 故天下之大而不容也，身取危、国取亡焉，此桀、纣、幽、厉之行也。 |
| 《鬼谷子·忤合》: | 故伊尹五就汤，五就桀，而不能有所明，然后合于汤。 |
| 《尹文子·大道上》: | 桀、纣、幽、厉之败，或是或非，失时则亡。 |
| 《邓析子·转辞》: | 此重利也盗跖所不可桀者，乃圣人之罪也。 |
| 《春秋左传》: | 臧文仲曰，宋其兴乎，禹汤罪己，其兴也悖焉，桀纣罪人，其亡也忽焉，且列国有凶，称孤礼也，言惧而名礼，其庶乎。 |
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