Zi Collection, Page Position: Upper Radical: Lid (tóu) Kangxi Strokes: 4 Page 88, Entry 04 Pronounced gang. Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): The neck of a human. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): To seize him by the neck. Also, Erya: Shiyi (Interpretation of Birds): Kang, the throat of a bird. Note: Kang is the same as the pharynx; commonly written as kang. Also, Yupian (Jade Compendium): Pronounced kuang. A name of a celestial mansion. Erya: Shituan (Interpretation of Heaven): The star of longevity refers to the Jiao mansion and the Kang mansion. Note: The twenty-eight mansions begin their count from the Jiao and Kang mansions, hence it is called longevity. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): The Tianguan Shu (Treatise on Celestial Offices): The Kang mansion is the ancestral temple of the Heavenly Emperor. Chunqiu Yuanmingbao (The Apocryphal Treatise on the Spring and Autumn Annals): The four stars of the Kang mansion form the temple courtyard, a place for hearing government affairs. If divination shows it to be bright and expansive, it indicates that the assisting ministers are loyal and the world is at peace. Also refers to excess or fault. Book of Changes (I Ching): The arrogant dragon will have cause to repent. Zhengyi (Correct Meaning): The top nine line indicates that the yang energy has reached its peak, great and excessive, hence it is called the arrogant dragon. Also, drought is called excessive yang. Also refers to the extreme. Zuo Commentary (Zuo Zhuan): One can fully exhaust the favor. Also refers to powerful or to obscure. Zuo Commentary (Zuo Zhuan): Prince Tai of the State of Zheng said: I cannot even protect myself, how can I protect the clan. Also refers to unyielding. Book of Tang (Tangshu): Cui Xinming had a straightforward and unyielding character, and took pride in his family background and reputation. Also, Dukang and Longkang are both place names. Also a surname. In the Ming dynasty, Kang Siqian, a native of Linfen, served from the Hanlin Academy to become an Administrative Commissioner. Also refers to being a match for someone. Yang Xiong: Zhao Chongguo Zan (Eulogy for Zhao Chongguo): Marquis Yingping held firm to his principles and submitted memorials multiple times. He anticipated enemy situations and achieved victory; his authority and strategy were without equal. Also the same as geng. Kangcangzi. Zhuangzi: Written as Gengsangzi.