Yin Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: River (chuān). Kangxi stroke count: 3. Page 323, Entry 23. Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), Collection Rhymes (Jiyun), Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun). Pronounced chuan. Explication of Names (Shiming): To penetrate. It means to pierce through the ground and flow. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Winter Offices, Record of Trades (Kaogongji): Regarding all the geographical features of the world, between two mountains there must be a river. Erya, Explication of Water (Shishui): A guo-pi is a flowing river. Annotation: A thoroughfare of water. Commentary: Guo-pi is another name for a large, flowing river. Also: Passing through and winding as a returning river. Annotation: A swirling current. Commentary: This refers to water in a river that flows and swirls back. Cai Yong, Commentary on the Monthly Ordinances (Yueling Zhangju): When many water streams flow into the sea, it is called a river (chuan). Book of Documents (Shujing), Beneficial Grain (Yiji): I dredged the nine great rivers, allowing them to flow into the four seas. Commentary: Dredged the famous rivers of the nine provinces, allowing them to reach the sea. Also, Tribute of Yu (Yugong): Fixed the high mountains and great rivers. Commentary: Great rivers refer to the Four Drains (sidu). Commentary: Among rivers, there are none greater than the Drains. The Four Drains refer to the Yangtze, the Yellow River, the Huai River, and the Han River. Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals (Lüshi Chunqiu): What are the six rivers? The Yellow River, the Chi River, the Liao River, the Hei River, the Yangtze, and the Huai River. Pan Yue, Record of the Central Region (Guanzhongji): The Jing, Wei, Ba, Chan, Feng, Hao, Lao, and Jue rivers, totaling eight rivers. Sima Xiangru, Rhapsody on the Shanglin Park (Shanglin Fu): The vast and surging eight rivers. Also, Three Rivers (Sanchuan) is the name of a commandery. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Qin Shi Huang: Annexed Eastern Zhou and Western Zhou, and established Three Rivers Commandery. Former Han (Qianhan), Annals of Emperor Gaozu: Executed Li You, the governor of Three Rivers Commandery. Annotation: Ying Shao stated: It is the present-day Henan Commandery. Wei Zhao stated: Because it has the Yellow River, the Luo River, and the Yi River, it is called Three Rivers. Also, Four Rivers (Sichuan) is the name of a province. Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui): The current Chengdu Prefecture, Tong Prefecture, Li Prefecture, and Kui Prefecture circuits are named for the four great rivers: the Min River, the Tuo River, the Hei River, and the Bai River. Also, mouth-river. Discourses of the States (Zhouyu): Blocking the mouths of the common people is more dangerous than blocking a river. Zhu Xi’s Poems: When the mouth-river loses its own defense. Also, River Warden (Chuanheng) is a title of office. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Earth Offices: The River Warden manages the prohibitions concerning rivers and lakes. Also refers to an orifice. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): On Lun Mountain there is a beast that resembles an elk; its "chuan" is on its tail. Annotation: Chuan means an orifice. Also, rhyming with shu-lun, pronounced chun. Book of Odes (Shijing), Greater Odes: The drought has become severe, and the mountains and rivers are all dried up. The drought demon rages, as if burning with fire. Former Han (Qianhan), Narrative Biography (Xuzhuan): The sage kings of old respectfully served the hundred gods. They sacrificed to the Heavenly Emperor and their ancestors, and in order, performed distant sacrifices to the mountains and rivers.