| Chinese Text Project |
| 位 U+4F4D |  Seal script |  Jianbo |
| Radical: | 人+ 5 strokes = 7 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.350#11 Kangxi: p.98#07 Cihai: p.96r1c04 GSR: 539.a Hanyu: v1,p0138#03 |
| Composition: | Left: 亻, right: 立. Component of: 𭂏 涖 𠴖 𡸏 𭠿 莅 𬕅 𪝯 𠑖 𡾵 |
| Mandarin: | wèi ㄨㄟˋ |
| Cantonese: | wai2 wai6 |
| Tang reconstruction: | hyuɛ̀ |
| Shuowen: | 《人部》位：列中庭之左右謂之位。从人、立。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·去聲·至·位》位：正也，列也，莅也，中庭之左右謂之位。于愧切，一。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·人部·五》位：《廣韻》于愧切《集韻》于累切《韻會》喩累切《正韻》于位切，𠀤音壝。《說文》列中庭之左右曰位。《廣韻》正也。《易·繫辭》聖人之大寶曰位。《周禮·天官》惟王建國，辨方正位。又凡所坐立者，皆曰位。《禮·曲禮》揖人，必違其位。《註》出位而揖，禮以變爲敬也。又所也。《論語》君子思不出其位。《朱註》范氏曰：物各得其所，而天下之理得矣。又姓。明位安。又高麗人呼相似爲位。見《三國志》。本作㑀。俗作位。㑀字原刻从亻从𡗓。 考證：〔《禮·曲禮》揖人，必違其位。《註》出位面揖，〕謹照原文面揖改而揖。〔《易·艮卦》君子思不出其位。《註》范氏曰，物各得其所，而天下之理得矣。〕謹按此論語經及朱註非易註也。易艮卦三字改爲論語二字，註上增朱字。 |
| Fanqie: | 于愧 (《廣韻·去聲·至·位》) |
| Unihan definition: | throne; position, post; rank, status; seat |
Example usage
| 《論語·里仁》: | 子曰：「不患無位，患所以立。」 |
| The Master said, "A man should say, I am not concerned that I have no place, I am concerned how I may fit myself for one." | |
| 《孟子·告子下》: | 入其疆，土地辟，田野治，養老尊賢，俊傑在位，則有慶，慶以地。 |
| When the sovereign entered the boundaries of a State, if the new ground was being reclaimed, and the old fields well cultivated; if the old were nourished and the worthy honoured; and if men of distinguished talents were placed in office: then the prince was rewarded - rewarded with an addition to his territory. | |
| 《禮記·投壺》: | 已拜，受矢，進即兩楹間，退反位，揖賓就筵。 |
| (The host) having bowed, and received the arrows (for himself), advances to the space between the two pillars. He then retires, and returns to his station, motioning also to the guest to go to his mat (for pitching from). | |
| 《孝經·士》: | 忠順不失，以事其上，然後能保其祿位，而守其祭祀。 |
| Not failing in this loyalty and obedience in serving those above them, they are then able to preserve their emoluments and positions, and to maintain their sacrifices. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 或曰：「貪夫位也，慕夫祿也，何其與？」 |
| The other said: Why do you approve of those who covet status and long for salary? | |
| 《莊子·德充符》: | 無君人之位以濟乎人之死，無聚祿以望人之腹。 |
| He had not the position of a ruler, so as to be able to save men from death. He had no revenues, so as to be able to satisfy men's craving for food. | |
| 《商君書·算地》: | 故聖人之為治也，刑人無國位，戮人無官任。 |
| Therefore, when a sage administers a country, culprits have no government position and felons do not hold office. | |
| 《孫子兵法·虛實》: | 故五行無常勝，四時無常位，日有短長，月有死生。 |
| The five elements (water, fire, wood, metal, earth) are not always equally predominant; the four seasons make way for each other in turn. There are short days and long; the moon has its periods of waning and waxing. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 天子即位，上卿進曰：「如之何憂之長也？」 |
| 《說苑·君道》: | 凡處尊位者必以敬，下順德規諫，必開不諱之門，撙節安靜以藉之，諫者勿振以威，毋格其言，博采其辭，乃擇可觀。 |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 三年不當而逾年即位者，與天數俱終始也。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 名興則道不用，道行則人無位矣。 |
| 《大戴禮記》: | 非禮無以節事天地之神明也，非禮無以辨君臣上下長幼之位也，非禮無以別男女父子兄弟之親、昏姻、疏數之交也，君子以此之為尊敬然。 |
| 《白虎通德論·爵》: | 故踰年即位，所以繫民臣之心也。 |
| 《新書·脩政語下》: | 周成王年二十歲，即位享國。 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 周之先自后稷，堯封之邰，積德累善十餘世，公嬌避桀居邠，大王以狄伐去邠，杖馬策居岐國，人爭歸之，及文王為西伯，斷虞芮訟，始受命，呂望、伯夷自海濱來歸之，武王伐紂，不期而會孟津上八百諸侯，滅殷，成王即位，周公之屬傅相，乃營成周雒邑，以為天下中，諸侯四方，納貢職道里均矣。 |
| 《中論·法象》: | 《詩》云：「靖恭爾位，正直是與。」 |
| 《孔子家語·始誅》: | 今夫子得位而喜，何也？ |
| 《潛夫論·遏利》: | 故人有無德而富貴，是凶民之竊官位、盜府庫者也，終必覺，覺必誅矣。 |
| 《論衡·命義》: | 貴或秩有高下，富或貲有多少，皆星位尊卑小大之所授也。 |
| 《太玄經·玄首都序》: | 方州部家，三位踈成，曰陳其九九，以為數生。 |
| 《風俗通義·六國》: | 敢辱高位以速官謗？ |
| 《孔叢子·嘉言》: | 子貢謂之曰：「今子、士也，位卑而圖大。」 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 禮俗不一，位職不重，小臣讒疾，庶人作議，此衰國之風也。 |
| 《忠經·百工章》: | 守位謹常，非忠之道。 |
| 《素書·原始章》: | 若時至而行，則能極人臣之位。 |
| 《新語·道基》: | 故曰：張日月，列星辰，序四時，調陰陽，布氣治性，次置五行，春生夏長，秋收冬藏，陽生雷電，陰成雪霜，養育群生，一茂一亡，潤之以風雨，曝之以日光，溫之以節氣，降之以殞霜，位之以眾星，制之以斗衡，苞之以六合，羅之以紀綱，改之以災變，告之以禎祥，動之以生殺，悟之以文章。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 堯曰朕，在位七十載。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 功德優盛朝廷所異者，賜位特進，位在三公下。 |
| 《墨子·經下》: | 鑒位，景一小而易，一大而正1，說在中之外內。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 生覆者不能形載，形載者不能教化，教化者不能違所宜，宜定者不出所位。 |
| 《鶡冠子·著希》: | 端倚有位，名號弗去。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 貴忘乎勢位，而在乎自得，自得即天下得我矣。 |
| 《列仙傳·務光》: | 吾聞非義不受其祿，無道之世不踐其位，況於尊我，我不忍久見也。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 天地有形位、有陰陽、有柔剛，是其有名也。 |
| 《韓非子·存韓》: | 韓居中國，地不能滿千里，而所以得與諸侯班位於天下、君臣相保者，以世世相教事秦之力也。 |
| 《慎子·威德》: | 不肖而服於賢者，位尊也。 |
| 《管子·輕重己》: | 大功者太祖，小功者小祖，無功者無祖，無功者皆稱其位而立沃，有功者觀於外。 |
| 《公孫龍子·名實論》: | 實以實其所實而不曠焉，位也。 |
| 《吳子·圖國》: | 王臣失位而欲見功於上者，聚為一卒。 |
| 《六韜·盈虛》: | 吏、忠正奉法者尊其位，廉潔愛人者厚其祿。 |
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