Shen Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Grass (cǎo)
Chang
Kangxi strokes: 14
Page 1040, Entry 30
Pronounced chang.
Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Kuai: In the marshlands there is the chang-chu plant, its branches are supple. Commentary: Chang-chu is the tiao-yi plant. Sub-commentary: It is the modern sheep-peach (kiwi fruit). Zhang Heng, Southern Capital Rhapsody (Nandu fu): Ferns, fragrant angelica, and chang.
Also a surname. Book of Rites (Liji), Record of Music (Yueji): Interspersed with Chang Hong. Note: Chang Hong was a Grand Historian of the Zhou dynasty. Comprehensive Records (Tongzhi), Treatise on Clans: Tang dynasty official, Commandant of Fengtian, Chang Zong.
Also Wu-chang, a state name. Commentary on the Water Classic (Shuijing zhu): The state of Wu-chang is present-day Northern India, the land where the Buddha traveled.