Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Dian Kangxi strokes: 14 Page 642, Entry 05 Pronounced dian. Explaining the Writing of Characters (Shuowen Jiezi): The name of a lake in Yizhou. Book of Han (Hanshu), Geographical Treatise: The water is located in Dianchi County, Yizhou. Also the name of a Southwest Yi (non-Han people of the southwest) group. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Account of the Southwest Yi: Among the dozens of rulers of the Southwest Yi, Yelang is the largest; among those following in size, Dian is the largest. Pronounced tian. Dian-wu, the appearance of vast water. Also, the appearance of abundance. Book of Han (Hanshu), Hymns for State Sacrifices: Floating and drifting, vast and abundant, following the high banners. Pronounced tian. Dian, vast water. Zuo Si, Rhapsody on the Capital of Wu (Wudu Fu): Dian is vast and boundless. Commentary: Dian, the condition of water being wide and without shores. Pronounced dian. Meaning the same as above. Pronounced zhen. Dianyang, the name of a county, belonging to Runan. Book of Han (Hanshu), Geographical Treatise: Written as Zhenyang. Sequel to the History of the Later Han (Xu Hanshu): Also written as Zhenyang. Pronounced zhen. Meaning the same as above. Also commonly written as dian. Sima Xiangru, Rhapsody on the Shanglin Park (Shanglin Fu): Literati perform Dian songs. Commentary: In the Dian County of Yizhou, the people are skilled in the songs of the Southwest Yi. Dian is the same as Dian. Textual research: Sima Xiangru, Rhapsody on the Submerged Void (Zixu Fu): Literati perform Dian songs. Adjusted according to the original text of Rhapsody on the Shanglin Park (Shanglin Fu).