Chen Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Tree (mù). Kangxi strokes: 8. Page 515, Entry 02. Pronounced fang. Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Words and Phrases): A type of wood suitable for crafting carriages. Guanzi (The Book of Master Guan), Di Yuan chapter: Referring to its wolfberry and its fang wood. Southern Plants and Trees (Nanfang Caomu Zhuang): Su fang wood originates from Jiuzhen. The southern people use it for dyeing deep red; when soaked in the water of Mount Dayu, the color becomes even more intense. Jiyun (Compendium of Rhymes): The people of Shu refer to a wooden device used to trap fish as a fang. Also pronounced fang (falling tone), meaning a boatman. Also Jiyun and Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes): Pronounced bing. Equivalent to the character for handle. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Spring Officials: The Internal Clerk manages the method of the king's eight handles to advise the king in governance; this refers to the conferral or deprivation of nobility, emoluments, life, death, dismissal, or appointment. Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili), Marriage Rites of Scholars: Pour the sweet wine and add the spoon with the leaf side facing upward, receiving the wine with the handle side facing upward. Commentary: The si is a type of ladle; the fang is the handle of the ladle. Zheng Yun (Correct Rhymes): Also written as the character for boat. Textual Research: Yangzi Fangyan (Dialect of Yangzi) states that the people of Shu refer to a wooden device used to trap fish as a fang. However, upon examination, there is no such entry in the Fangyan, and it is actually found in the Jiyun. Therefore, the reference to Yangzi Fangyan has been corrected to Jiyun.