Xu Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Mound (fu). Character: Fang. Kangxi stroke count: 12. Page: Page 1347, Number 05. Tang Rime (Tangyun), Collection of Rimes (Jiyun), Rime Collection (Yunhui), Standard Rime (Zhengyun): Initial fu and final fang, pronounced like fang. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): Dike or dam. Jade Chapters (Yupian): Screen or barrier. Expanded Rimes (Guangyun): Defense or protection. Approaching the Correct (Erya), Explaining the Earth (Shidi): Fen refers to a great dike. Commentary: Fen refers to a cliff or bank whose shape resembles a grave mound, and is thus called a large dike. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Winter Office, Artificers Record, Master Craftsman (Jiangren): All water channels must follow the natural flow of the water, and all dikes must be based on the terrain. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan), Year 25 of Duke Xiang: Arranging the fields and dikes. Note: Fang means dike or dam. Guliang Commentary (Guliangzhuan), Year 8 of Duke Zhao: Cutting mugwort and orchids to serve as a boundary. Note: Fang is the boundary of the fields. Mencius (Mengzi): Do not construct crooked dikes, referring to not arbitrarily building dikes to block water. Strategies of the Warring States (Zhan Guo Ce): Having the Great Wall and giant dikes is sufficient to serve as a strategic pass. Also in Jade Chapters: To prepare against or guard against. Book of Changes (Yijing), After Completion (Jiji): The superior person considers potential calamity and takes precautions against it in advance. Also in Jade Chapters: To prohibit. Book of Rites (Liji), Tangong: This person is a steward and is not responsible for the knives and spoons, so how would he dare participate in matters of prohibition? Note: Fang means to prohibit indulgence. Also in Approaching the Correct, Explaining the Palace (Shigong): Rong is called a screen. Note: The shape is like the small curved screens at the head of a bed nowadays, used by singers or archers to shield themselves. Yan Yanzhi, Poem in Reply to Secretary Zheng: Lingering where the pure screen is dense. Note: Qingfang means a screen. Also the name of a city. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Chen: In the city of Fang there is a magpie's nest. Commentary: Fang is a walled city. Also a place name in the State of Lu. Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu), Year 9 of Duke Yin: In winter, the Duke met the Marquis of Qi at Fang. Note: Fang is a place in the State of Lu, located southeast of Langya County. Also Year 10 of Duke Yin: Capturing Fang. Note: To the southwest of Changyi County in Gaoping, there is the West Fang City. Also Fangfengshi, the name of a state. Discourses of the States (Guoyu), Discourses of Lu (Luyu): Yu gathered the various spirits at Mount Kuaiji, and Fangfengshi was the last to arrive. Also a surname. Correct Character Mastery (Zhengzitong): In the Han dynasty there was the filial son Fang Guang, and in the Ming dynasty there was Fang Sheng. Also synonymous with the character fang. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Xiang Yu: Ennobled Yang Wu as the Marquis of Wufang. Book of Han (Han Shu), Treatise on Geography (Dilizhi): Written as Wufang, belonging to Ru'nan Commandery. Note: Meng Kang says it was originally the State of Fangzi. Also in the Annals of Emperor Wu (Wudi Ji): Spirit fungi grew within the palace screens. Also in the Treatise on Girdles and Ditches (Gouxuzhi): The Xuanfang dike is closed, and ten thousand blessings arrive. Also in Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters: Sometimes written in a variant form. Jade Chapters: Sometimes written as fang. Book of Rites, Record of the Barrier (Fangji): Even if the great barrier is established, the people will still overstep it. Note: Fang is synonymous with the character fang. Also in Collection of Rimes: Initial fen and final fang, pronounced like fang. Book of Odes, Odes of Qin: Only this Zhonghang is the match for a hundred men. Commentary: Fang means to match or compare. Annotation: Equivalent to. Commentary on the Pronunciation (Shiwen): Mao's pronunciation is fang, Zheng's pronunciation is fang. Also in Collection of Rimes: Interchangeable with the character fang. Book of Han, Table of Meritorious Officials (Gongchen Biao): Marquis Su of Zhifang, Yong Chi. Records of the Grand Historian: Written as Shifang. Also in Expanded Rimes: Initial fu and final kuang. Collection of Rimes, Rime Collection: Initial fu and final fang, in the departing tone. Expanded Rimes: To guard or defend. Preface to the Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu Xu): The sage completes his own defenses. Commentary on the Pronunciation: Fang is pronounced like fang in the departing tone, or also pronounced like fang. Also in Collection of Rimes: Dike or dam. Also synonymous with the character fang.