Yin Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Mountain (shān). Qian. Kangxi stroke count: 7. Page 308, Entry 19.
Zhengzitong states this is a common variant form of the character Qian. For further details, see the annotations for the character Qian later in this text.
Guangyun and Zhengyun state it is pronounced qian. Jiyun and Yunhui state it is pronounced qian, with a sound identical to qian. It is the name of a mountain located in Yongzhou. In the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), it is referred to as Wu Peak.
The Old Book of Tang (Tangshu), Treatise on Geography, notes that Wu Mountain, located west of Fufeng County, was referred to as Yan Mountain in ancient texts. This corresponds to the present-day Wu Peak Mountain in Wu Mountain County, Long Prefecture.
Additionally, the Huanyu Ji records that in Qian Prefecture, at the source of the Qian River, there is Qian Mountain, which is the origin of the Qian River.
The Book of Documents (Shujing), Tribute of Yu (Yugong), mentions dredging and channeling the areas of Qian Mountain and Qi Mountain.
The commentary notes that by managing the mountains and dredging the waterways, the region was named accordingly.
The Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Xia, writes this as Qian.
The Suoyin commentary states that some versions of the text write Qian using a different character.