Wei Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Meat (ròu) 肠 Kangxi Strokes: 15 Page 990, Entry 01 Pronounced chang. Shuowen (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): Refers to the large and small intestines; the two names for the visceral organs. Zhengzitong (True Meaning Encyclopedia): The large intestine is twenty-one feet long, four inches wide, and one inch in diameter; it coils sixteen times around the right side of the navel and can hold one dou of grain and seven and a half sheng of water. The small intestine is thirty-two feet long, two and a half inches wide, and eight-and-a-half-tenths of an inch in diameter; it coils sixteen times on the left side and can hold twenty-four sheng of grain and six and three-tenths he of water. Baihu Tong (Comprehensive Discussions in the White Tiger Hall): The large and small intestines are the repositories of the heart and lungs. The intestines are governed by the heart and lungs; the heart governs the skin and body, therefore they are two repositories. Book of Odes (Shijing): Since one has lungs and intestines. Book of Documents (Shujing): Now I shall tell you, the people, my intentions one by one from the depths of my heart and lungs. Shiming (Explanation of Names): It means to flow freely, referring to the way it allows the stomach qi to circulate. Boya (Broadened Refinements): It means detailed. Also, Sheep Intestine (Yangchang), the name of a slope in the Taihang Mountains. Strategies of the Warring States (Zhan Guo Ce): The State of Zhao heard of this and raised an army to reach Sheep Intestine. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): West of Sheep Intestine. Commentary: A general term for the slopes of the Taihang Mountains. The south belongs to Hua Prefecture, and the north belongs to Ze Prefecture. Also, No Intestine (Wuchang), the name of a country. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhai Jing): The Country of No Intestine is east of the Country of Deep Eyes; the people there are tall and have no intestines. Also, Horse Intestine (Machang), the name of a beast. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhai Jing): Mount Huanju, where the Luo River originates; the water contains many creatures called horse intestines. Commentary: Horse intestine, which has a human face and a tiger's body, with a voice like an infant. Also, Fish Intestine (Yuchang), the name of a sword. See Records of Shu in the Three Kingdoms (Sanguo Zhi). Also, the name of a plant. Boya (Broadened Refinements): Deer intestine (Luchang) is ginseng. Also, Horse Intestine (Machang) is also a plant name, with leaves like those of a mulberry tree. See the commentary on the passage concerning Mount Huanju in the Classic of Mountains and Seas. Also, Yellow Intestine (Huangchang), a term for an outer coffin. Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu): Bestowed a yellow intestine and jade box. Commentary: Using the yellow heartwood of cypress to make an outer coffin. Also, Book of Rites (Liji): Constructed a yellow intestine and head-end inner coffin arrangement (huanchang ticou), with side chambers according to ritual protocol.