Shen Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Clothing (yī) Character: ren Kangxi Strokes: 10 Page 1113, Entry 03 Pronounced ren (falling tone) Categorical Dictionary (Leipian): The front of a garment. Yangzi: Dialect (Fangyan): The lapel is called ren. Explaining Names (Shiming): Ren means an apron. It hangs at the side in a fluttering manner. Book of Rites (Liji): The lapel should be at the side. Commentary: Ren refers to the overlapping flaps of the lower garment. Also Book of Rites (Liji): Asking on which side one should sleep. Commentary: Ren refers to a sleeping mat. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli): Managing the king's casual clothing, lapels, and mats. Commentary: Ren mats are thin mats. Also Book of Rites (Liji): A coffin is bound with two horizontal strips and three wedges per binding. Commentary: A small waist-shaped piece. Its shape is wide at both ends and narrow in the middle. Since nails are not used to seal the coffin, one first chisels a groove where the sides and the ends of the coffin meet, then connects them with these small waist-shaped pieces. It is now common to call these ren or small waists. Also Qu Yuan: Encountering Sorrow (Lisao): Kneeling to smooth the lapels to present my words. Commentary: Ren is the front of the garment. Also Extensive Refined Dictionary (Boya): Ren, yin, and zhu are all the same as the body of a garment. Also Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced ren (rising tone). Meaning is the same. Also Categorical Dictionary (Leipian): Sometimes written as, and commonly used as ren (variant form). Textual Research: Rites of Zhou, Office of Heaven, Royal Treasury: Managing the king's casual clothing, lapels, and mats. Corrected according to the original text: Royal Treasury changed to Jade Treasury.