Wu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Eye (mù) Shield; Kangxi strokes: 9; Page 801, Entry 19 Pronounced shun (rising tone). Explaining Characters and Writing (Shuowen Jiezi): A protective screen, used to defend the body and cover the eyes. It is a pictograph. Explication of Names (Shiming): To escape. One crouches behind it, hiding to escape. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Qin: The joined dragon shields. Commentary: A shield is a defense. Dragons are painted on the shields, which are joined and mounted to provide shelter for the carriage. Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), Eighth Year of Duke Ding: The forest officials used pike-shields to flank him. Rites of Zhou (Zhou Li), Summer Officials: The Director of Arms manages the five types of shields. Annotation: These belong to the category of shields and bucklers. Discourses of Qi (Qi Yu): Guan Zhong said: For light offenses, the penalty is redeemed with an ornamental shield and one halberd. Annotation: Decorated with leather patterns, like a painting. Guanzi, Young Official Chapter: Military officers value shields held at the flank. Annotation: Because they are placed at the flank, that is their name. History of Song (Song Shi), Treatise on Military Agriculture: Yang Xie presented a divine shield of his own invention. History of Yuan (Yuan Shi), Annals of Shizu: The state of Maba presented bronze shields. Also, the Hook Shield (Goudun) Office, an agency for palace eunuchs. Book of Han (Han Shu), Annals of Emperor Zhao: The Emperor plowed the fields at the Hook Shield pleasure grounds. Also, an official title. Book of Tang (Tang Shu), Treatise on Official Posts: The Hook Shield Office has two directors, who manage the supply of firewood, charcoal, geese, ducks, rushes, pond products, and marsh resources. Also, the name of a star. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Treatise on the Celestial Offices: A star outside the tip of the handle of the Dipper is known as the Celestial Shield (Duntianfeng). Also, the name of a state. Book of Wei (Wei Shu), Annals of Shizu: The state of Edun presented a lion. Also, when two things do not match, it is called a contradiction (maodun). See the note under the character for spear (mao). Also, pronounced yun (rising tone). Also means a shield. Also, a central shield (zhongdun), a subordinate of the Heir Apparent's supervisor. Book of Han (Han Shu), Biographies: Frequently dispatched a central shield to inquire of the close ministers. Shigu says: Shield (dun) is read as yun. It is now written as zhongyun. Also, pronounced dun (rising tone). A personal name. Zhao Dun, a minister of the state of Jin. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Commonly written as the character with the wood radical. Other variants exist but are incorrect.