Mao Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Door (hù). Kangxi stroke count: 8. Page 415, Entry 15. Pronounced fáng. According to the Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it refers to a room located to the side. It is also the name of a mansion in the southeast. According to the Er Ya, which explains heavenly phenomena, it refers to the celestial horse. The Book of Rites (Liji), in the monthly ordinances, states that in the tenth month, the sun is in the Fang mansion. The Shangshu Yunqi Shou mentions it as the way of the four markers of the Fang mansion. It is also a prefecture name. During the Spring and Autumn period, it was Fangzhu; during the Qin dynasty, it became Fangling Commandery; during the Wude reign of the Tang dynasty, it was changed to Fang Prefecture. It is also a surname. Shun enfeoffed the son of Yao as the Marquis of Fang, and his descendants took the name from their father's fief. It is also the name of a sacrificial stand. The Book of Odes (Shijing), in the Odes of Lu, mentions a large Fang stand. The commentary explains this as a stand with half a body, having feet below, like a hall room. It also refers to a quiver for arrows. In the Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), under the twelfth year of Duke Xuan, it is written that Zhi Zhuangzi would pull out the arrowheads after shooting and store them in the quiver. Also pronounced bàng. According to the Guangyun, Afang is the name of a palace of the Qin dynasty. Also pronounced féng. Found in the Daoist Canon (Daozang), in the song of the immortal of the central peak, where it rhymes with the preceding verse, describing roaming above the high peaks, soaring beyond the eight directions, and circling the heavenly gates.