Shen Collection, Middle Volume
Radical: Insect (chóng)
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Pronounced man (level tone).
Yu pian (Jade Manual): The ethnic minorities of the south.
Book of Documents (Shangshu), Tribute of Yu: Three hundred li of Man (southern tribes).
Commentary: Using civil virtue to attract the barbarian tribes, rather than forcing them to comply with legal codes.
Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Summer Offices, Grand Marshal: Beyond that, another five hundred li is called the Man border zone.
Sub-commentary: The meaning of Man is to maintain; one uses government and education to maintain and manage them.
Ban Gu, Eastern Capital Rhapsody (Dongdu Fu): Externally appeasing the hundred Man tribes.
History of the Tang (Tangshu), Account of the Southern Man: There are the White Man of ten surnames and the Black Man of five surnames.
Also mian man, the sound of bird calls.
Book of Odes (Shijing), Greater Odes: The mian man yellow bird.
Also man man, a bird name.
Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): On Mount Chongwu there is a bird; its appearance is like a wild duck, but with one wing and one eye; they must join together to fly; it is named man man.
Also a water name.
Strategies of the Warring States (Zhanguoce): The Luan River gnawed at his tomb.
Spring and Autumn Later Records (Chunqiu Houyu): Recorded as Man River.
Also a thunder name.
Daoist Texts: The five thunders; the fifth is called the Man thunder.
Also a surname.
Comprehensive Records (Tongzhi), Treatise on Clans and Lineages: The Man clan is of the Mi surname, originating from the descendants of Jing Chu.
Pronounced min (rising tone).
Ban Gu, Eastern Capital Rhapsody (Dongdu Fu): Externally appeasing the hundred Man tribes. Rhymes with the character zhen.
Ancient pronunciation, rhymes with the sound mian.
Cao Zhi, Eulogy for Wang Can: With flapping wings the phoenix rises, fleeing far to the Jing Man region. The body is destitute but the ambition reaches high; living in rustic lands, one's conduct remains pure.