Zi Collection, Page Position: Lower. Radical: Ice (bīng). Character: liáng. Kangxi Dictionary stroke count: 10. Page 132, entry 41. According to the Tang Yun (Tangyun), Ji Yun (Jiyun), and Yun Hui (Yunhui), the phonetic notation is lǚ zhāng qiè, pronounced the same as liáng. The Zheng Yun (Zhengyun) indicates that this character is interchangeable with the variant form pronounced liáng. The Yun Hui explains that a slight cold is called liáng. "Liáng is the killing power of winter" — Book of Han (Hanshu). A note by Yan Shigu states that liáng means thin or meager. According to the Tang Yun, Ji Yun, and Yun Hui, the phonetic notation is lǚ zhāng qiè, and in the Zheng Yun it is lóng zhāng qiè, pronounced the same as liáng. The Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen Jiezi) explains the meaning as thin or meager. "The state of Guo has much meager virtue" — Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan). It also refers to the name of a wind. "In the first month of autumn, the cool wind arrives" — Book of Rites (Liji). It is also the name of a province. The Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun) records that Emperor Wu of Han changed Yongzhou to Liangzhou. It is also a surname, such as Liang Mao of Shanyang, Grand Tutor to the Crown Prince of the state of Wei. It is also interchangeable with the variant character pronounced liáng. "The drink-makers were in charge of providing the six drinks for the King: water, thick rice water, sweet wine, cooled wine, medical wine, and thin congee" — Rites of Zhou (Zhouli). Also in the Tang Yun, Ji Yun, and Yun Hui, the phonetic notation is lì ràng qiè, and in the Zheng Yun it is lì zhàng qiè, pronounced the same as liàng. It means to assist. "Assist that King Wu" — Book of Odes (Shijing). This meaning is also written as the variant character pronounced liàng. In the Han version of the Odes, it is written as the variant character pronounced liàng. It also means sincerity. "To say with sincerity that it is not possible" — Book of Odes.