Wei Collection, Middle Volume
Radical: Silk (mì)
Kangxi Strokes: 16
Page 933, Entry 28
Guangyun: Pronounced quan (rising tone). Jiyun, Yunhui, Zhengyun: Pronounced quan (rising tone).
Shuowen: A reddish-yellow color of silk.
Erya, Explanations of Vessels: A single dyeing is called quan.
Commentary: This is the modern red.
Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili), Mourning Dress: A noble son wears a processed hemp cap for his mother, with hemp clothes and quan-colored trim.
Commentary: This is a light crimson.
Book of Rites (Liji), Miscellaneous Treatises: After one year, one performs the minor auspicious sacrifice, wearing a processed cap and quan-colored trim.
Sub-commentary: This refers to using quan as the collar trim.
Also, Guangyun: Pronounced quan (falling tone). Jiyun, Yunhui, Zhengyun: Pronounced quan (falling tone). The meaning is the same.
Textual Research: Guangyun provides the pronunciation qi-juan; Jiyun, Yunhui, and Zhengyun provide the pronunciation qu-juan, all pronounced cuan. However, juan belongs to the xian rhyme and cuan belongs to the han rhyme; the two combinations qi-juan and qu-juan cannot result in the sound cuan. They have been corrected to read quan (falling tone).