Zi Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Person (rén) Kangxi stroke count: 4 Page: 92 Position: 02 Pronounced reng. Meaning to follow or adhere to. Analects (Lunyu): To follow old customs, what then? Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Spring Offices, Ministry of Mats and Tables: For auspicious affairs, change the tables; for inauspicious affairs, retain the original tables. Commentary: Changing the tables means altering their texture, which refers to having decoration. Retaining means to follow, keeping the original texture, which refers to having no decoration. It also means repetitive or frequent. Book of Han (Qianhan shu), Biography of Wang Mang: Auspicious omens appeared one after another. Biography of Gu Yong: Famine and disaster arrived repeatedly. Also, Huainanzi, Treatise on the Spirit: Disheartened and alone, knowing that using pots and jars as ritual vessels is a cause for shame. Commentary: This describes a state of being frustrated or dejected. There is also the term yunreng. Erya, Explanation of Kinship: The son of a kunsun is called a rengsun; the son of a rengsun is called a yunsun. It is also the name of a state. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Xia: Shaokang married a woman of the Youreng clan. It is also a surname. Also rhymes with the sound ru. Liu Zongyuan, Ode to the Wei Girdle: Speaking directly in a chaotic court, one's reputation is ruined and one is framed and killed. If one indulges in righteousness without restraint, one will encounter disasters and endless calamities. Note: In the Shuowen Jiezi, the character reng is pronounced ru (rising tone), and originally belonged to the ri initial. Nowadays, the Zihui incorrectly groups reng, reng (variant), nai, and reng (variant) under the pronunciation shi zheng qie, which is a dental sound of the chan initial. This is a severe error and must be distinguished. Textual research: Rites of Zhou, Spring Offices, Ministry of Mats and Tables, Commentary: Changing the tables means altering their texture, which refers to having decoration. Retaining means to follow, keeping the original texture, which refers to having no decoration. Carefully corrected based on the original text, changing the text to read as having decoration.