Wei Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Meat (ròu) Kangxi brush strokes: 19 Page 977, Entry 01 Pronounced dan (falling-rising tone). According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): It is the organ attached to the liver. According to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Liver and gallbladder. According to the Basic Questions (Suwen): The gallbladder is the official of impartiality and judgment, from which decisions are issued. According to the Comprehensive Discussions in the White Tiger Hall (Baihu tong): The gallbladder is the storehouse of the liver. The liver governs benevolence, and the benevolent cannot bear to act harshly, therefore they rely on the gallbladder to make decisions. Thus, the liver and gallbladder must both possess courage. How do we know the liver and gallbladder are associated as a storehouse? The liver is the essence of wood. When a person is angry, their complexion turns blue and their eyes bulge; this is the manifestation of that. According to the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Account of the Yue Dynasty: He sat and slept beneath a gallbladder, and tasted a gallbladder while eating or drinking. According to the History of the Former Han (Qianhan shu), Biography of Zhang Er and Chen Yu: The general widened his eyes and bared his gallbladder. Note: Baring the gallbladder refers to the extreme of courage. According to the History of the Later Han (Houhan shu), Annals of Emperor Guangwu: Today, if we are not of one heart and one gallbladder, how can we achieve merit and fame together? Also, according to the Huainanzi, Treatise on the Spirit (Jingshen xun): The gallbladder becomes clouds. Also, according to the Record of Forgotten Matters (Shiyi ji): In the Kunwu Mountains, there is a beast that eats copper and iron. It consumed all the weapons in the armory of the State of Wu. Two rabbits were captured that possessed iron gallbladders, which were cast into a pair of swords. Also, a type of insect. According to the Erya (Boya): The gallbladder snake is a green turtle. Also, a type of grass. According to the Erya (Boya): Lingyou is another name for gentian. Also, to wipe or clean. According to the Book of Rites (Liji), Inner Chapters (Neize): For peaches, one must dan them. Note: This refers to the act of cleaning and preparing them for eating. Commentary: To remove the fuzz and wipe them clean, making them appear green and smooth like a gallbladder. Also, a surname. According to the Annals of Mr. Lu (Lüshi chunqiu): There was a scholar in Zhongmou named Dan Xu, and he requested an audience.