Zi Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Person (rén) Cang Kangxi Stroke Count: 10 Page: 107 Ancient form: cang Pronounced cang According to the Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): A place for storing grain. According to the Notes on the Strategies of the Warring States (Zhanguo Ce Zhu): A round storage is called a qun, and a square storage is called a cang. Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes of the Kingdom: Therefore, seek out thousands of granaries. Book of Rites (Liji), Monthly Ordinances (Yueling): In the late autumn, order the Chief Minister to audit the total harvest of the five grains, and store the grain from the Emperor's ritual field in the divine granary. Also refers to a government title. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Officers of Earth (Diguan): The granary official is in charge of matters concerning the collection and storage of grain. Also refers to cangcu (hasty or hurried): the appearance of being rushed or urgent. Du Fu, Poem Sending Off Zheng Qian: Hurried and flustered, I have already set foot on the road for the long journey. Also a surname. There was a Cang Ge in the Zhou Dynasty. Also interchangeable with cang (blue/green). Book of Rites (Liji), Monthly Ordinances (Yueling): Driving the blue-green dragon. History of the Former Han (Qian Han Shu), Biography of Xiao Wangzhi: Refers to servants. Also interchangeable with zang (viscera). The five cangs are the five viscera. History of the Former Han (Qian Han Shu), Biography of Gu Yong: Emperor Cheng said: Those methods of changing one's facial expression and cultivating the five viscera are all devious tricks used to deceive people. Also interchangeable with cang (vast/cold). Yang Xiong, Rhapsody on Sweet Springs (Ganquan Fu): Illuminating the great sea in the east. Also interchangeable with sang (mulberry). Kangcangzi is also written as Gengsangzi. Also pronounced chuang: used as a loan for chuang (sorrowful). Book of Odes (Shijing), Greater Odes of the Kingdom: Oh, the sorrowful grief fills my heart for a long time.