Si Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fire (huǒ) Fan Kangxi Stroke Count: 13 Page 678, Entry 03 Tang Rhyme (Tangyun): Pronounced fan. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Treasury (Yunhui): Pronounced fan. Explanation from the Origin of Chinese Characters (Shuowen): Head pain caused by heat. Additional meaning from Extended Rhymes (Zengyun): Disturbance. Book of Documents (Shujing), Chapter on the Charges to Yue (Shuoming): If ritual is excessive, it causes disorder. Additional meaning from Jade Chapter (Yupian): To bother or disturb. Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), 29th Year of Duke Xi: Daring to bother those who hold office. Book of Rites (Liji), Record of Music (Yueji): The sounds of Wei are rapid and hurried, disturbing the will. Commentary: Fan means toil or weariness. Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), 2nd Year of Duke Ding: There were complaints and angry words. Commentary: Fan refers to resentful, contentious speech. Additional meaning from Extended Rhymes (Zengyun): To be suffocated or distressed. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Master Cang: The illness makes one feel restless and stifled. Also the name of a bird. Sima Xiangru, Rhapsody on the Shanglin Park (Shanglin Fu): The fan-mu and the ying-shui. Commentary: Xu Guang says: Fan-mu is also written as fan-mu. History of the Han (Hanshu), Sound and Meaning (Yinyi): The fan-mu is a wild duck. Guo Pu says: The fan-mu is a type of duck. Also a place name. Strategies of the Warring States (Zhanguoce): Attacking the several counties of Loufan of the Yan state. Commentary: Loufan belongs to the Yanmen commandery. Also rhymes with yun: Chen Lin, Rhapsody on the Great Heat (Dashu Fu): I prepared hundreds of medicines, but they only accumulated heat and increased my distress. The sun god does not care about my thoughts; this will harm my nature and injure my spirit. Also rhymes with qia: Song Yu, Rhapsody on the Goddess (Shennü Fu): Calm, pure, and quiet, she is serene and reserved; her nature is deep, auspicious, and untroubled. Her intention seems close yet is already distant; as if she were coming, then she turns away again. Ji Kang, Rhapsody on the Zither (Qin Fu): Singing and playing in succession, the sounds are natural; the flow is subtle and graceful, restraining agitation and purging distress.