Si Collection, Middle Volume
Radical: Fire (huǒ)
炰
Kangxi Strokes: 9
Page 668, Entry 27
Guangyun and Jiyun: Equivalent to the character meaning to roast or bake (pào).
Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes of the Kingdom: To roast or bake sliced carp.
Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Lu: Fur-wrapped roasted meat and thick soup.
Also in Book of Odes (Shijing), Greater Odes of the Kingdom: Boasting and arrogance in the central states.
Commentary: This refers to being puffed up and swelling with pride.
Note: Self-importance and an appearance of physical strength.
Also, the term for boasting and arrogance is sometimes written as the variant form (páoxiāo).
Zuo Si, Wei Capital Rhapsody (Weidu Fu): Subjugating those who defy orders, swallowing and destroying those who are arrogant. Clouds dissipate and rebellion shifts, sweeping away and destroying the wicked.
Also, Jiyun: Pronounced fou (rising tone). Equivalent to the character (fǒu). See the detailed note under that entry.
Textual Research:
In Zuo Si, Wei Capital Rhapsody, the phrase read as turning or scrolling has been corrected to sweeping, in accordance with the original text.