Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Bamboo (zhú) Jian Kangxi strokes: 22 Page 904, Entry 34 Pronounced jian. A surname. According to the Subcommentary to the Analects (Lunyu shu), Lao Peng had the surname Jian and the given name Keng. He served as an archivist during the Shang dynasty and as a Pillar Historian during the Zhou dynasty. According to Biographies of Spirit Immortals (Shenxian zhuan), Pengzu had the surname Jian and the given name Keng; he was a great-great-grandson of the Emperor Zhuanxu. He was skilled at the art of nourishing life and knew how to balance the flavors of cauldron-cooked food. He once presented pheasant soup to Emperor Yao, who enfeoffed him at Pengcheng. He lived through the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, reaching the age of seven hundred and sixty-seven without showing signs of decay. Also pronounced jian. The meaning is the same. Also, people of the Chu state referred to a leather horse saddle pad as jian. Also pronounced jian. The name of a type of bamboo.