Zi Collection, Page Position: Lower Radical: Seal (jié) Luǎn Kangxi Strokes: 7 Page Number: 159, Entry 20 Tang Rhyme (Tangyun): Pronounced Lúguǎn qiè. Jiyun, Yunhui, Zhengxun: Pronounced Lǔguǎn qiè, reading as the rising tone of luán. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Animals without milk reproduce through eggs. The yellow part inside a bird's egg is yin, and the white part outside is yang. The corporeal and ethereal souls depend on each other. Book of Rites (Liji), "Quli" chapter: Gentlemen do not take fawns or eggs. Book of Han (Hanshu), "Treatise on Economic Affairs": Young locusts, fish, fawns, and eggs. Commentary: Shigu stated: Luǎn refers to bird eggs. Also: Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan), "Duke Ai, Year 16": Zixi said: Bai Gongsheng is like an egg; you protect him as he grows. Commentary: Today, nurturing a person is called luǎnyì, meaning to foster like a bird hatching an egg. Also: A poem by Su Shi: "We met in the pale blue sky over the Five Lakes." Commentary: It is incorrect that common usage changes "luǎn color" to "willow color." Also read as kūn. Refers to fish roe. Book of Rites (Liji), "Neize" chapter: Fish cooked with roe and smartweed.