Chen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Wood (mù) 横 Kangxi stroke count: 16 Page 555, Entry 01 Pronounced huáng Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Barrier wood. Also: Vertical and horizontal. East-west is called longitudinal (zong), north-south is called horizontal (heng). Sometimes written in a variant form (zongheng). Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Su Qin: Form an alliance vertically and link horizontally. Han Shu Yinyi (Meaning of the Han Dynasty History): Advantages joining together is vertical; power and authority threatening one another is horizontal. Lu Shi Chunqiu (Lülan), Chapter on Departures and Predicates: To lose the meaning of the vertical and lose the affairs of the horizontal. Commentary: The six states east of the pass are vertical; the one state west of the pass is horizontal. Another explanation states that six attacking one is vertical, while one causing the six to separate is horizontal. Chu Ci (Elegies of Chu), Summoning the Recluse: I do not know the horizontal from the vertical. Commentary: The horizontal is the weft, the vertical is the warp. Star name. History of the Former Han Dynasty (Qianhan), Treatise on Astronomy: Beside Wangliang are eight stars crossing the Milky Way, called Celestial Horizontal (Tianheng). County name. History of the Former Han Dynasty, Treatise on Geography: Heng County, belonged to Langya Commandery. School quarters. Used interchangeably with hong (school). Book of the Later Han (Houhan), Biography of Bao De: Repaired and established school quarters. Surname. Fengsu Tong (Customs Comprehensive): A prince of Han was titled Lord of Hengyang, and his descendants adopted it as a surname. Pronounced huáng Chu Ci, Nine Arguments: 收恢台之孟夏兮，然欿傺而沈藏。叶菸邑而无色兮，枝烦挐而交横。 (As the first month of summer arrives, I am saddened and hidden away. The leaves are withered and colorless, and the branches are tangled and interwoven.) Grass name. Erya, Explanation of Grasses: Fu is called hengmu. Commentary: Another name for jie-lü (knot-creeper). Commonly known as gu-zheng (drum-zither) grass. Pronounced guāng Name of a Han Dynasty gate. Pronounced hèng (departing tone) Contrary to reason. Book of Mencius: Treating me with insolence and rebellion. History of the Former Han Dynasty, Biography of the King of Wu: The King of Wu became increasingly insolent. Name of a divination omen. History of the Former Han Dynasty, Annals of Emperor Wen: Divined and the omen of the Great Horizontal (Daheng) was obtained. Pronounced kuàng The fullness of vital energy. Book of Rites (Liji), Record of Music: The sound of bells is resonant to establish a call; the call establishes the horizontal, the horizontal establishes military spirit. Lei Pian (Categorized Compendium): The legs of a sacrificial stand, which are horizontal pieces of wood.