Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) 荡 Kangxi stroke count: 18 Page 797, Entry 01 Pronounced dang (falling-rising tone) Vast, grand. Analects (Lunyu): Vast and grand indeed, the people could not find words to describe it. Also, Shiming (Explication of Names): To wash away filth and impurities. Book of Rites (Liji), Meaning of Marriage (Hunyi): To clear away the hidden filth of the world. Also, Book of Rites (Liji), Monthly Ordinances (Yueling): In the middle month of winter, all things begin to stir. Commentary: Refers to things sprouting new buds. Also, Book of Documents (Shujing), Charge to Bi (Biming): To bully the virtuous with dissolute behavior. Commentary: Unrestrained and lawless. Also, Book of Documents (Shujing), Pan Geng: Now our people are therefore displaced and living scattered. Commentary: Wandering and migrating. Also, Book of Odes (Shijing), Greater Odes (Daya): The law of the Lord on High is in disarray. Commentary: Describing the state of ruined laws. Also, a surname. Commentary on Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu), 25th Year of Duke Xi: Duke Huan of Song had a son named Dang, whose descendants took Dang as their surname. Also pronounced tang (falling-rising tone), same sound as tang (cǎng). Meaning is the same. Also pronounced dang (falling-rising tone), same sound as dang (dǎng). Zhou Rites (Zhouli), Earth Officer, Rice Official: Use ditches to drain water. Commentary: Refers to diverting water through ditches. Also, Book of Han (Qianhan), Biography of Yang Xiong: Yang Xiong was simple and relaxed in demeanor. Commentary: Unconstrained, referring to an easy-going temperament. Also pronounced tang (level tone), same sound as tang (tāng). A place name. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Lu Zhonglian: Stopped at Dangyin and did not advance. Commentary: Dangyin County was established in Henei Prefecture. Also a river name. Book of Han (Qianhan), Treatise on Geography: The Dang River flows east to the Neihuang marshes. Also pronounced tang (falling-rising tone). Meaning level and wide. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Qi (Qifeng): The road to the state of Lu is level and wide. Xu Miao reads this as the sound of tang (tǎng).