Zi Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Person (rén) Tang Kangxi Strokes: 22 Page 122, Entry 01 Pronounced tang (rising tone). Ti-tang, meaning extraordinary or preeminent. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Sima Xiangru: Startling and extraordinary, magnificent and rare. History of the Former Han (Hanshu), Biography of Shi Dan: Open-minded and unreserved. Commentary: Meaning magnanimous. Also, Guan Yinzi, Chapter One: The heart is expansive, while things are ever-changing. Commentary: Expansive is like being leisurely and untrammeled. Also, a term expressing contingency. Sudden and unpredictable. Zhuangzi, Chapter on Heaven and Earth: Suddenly as if walking, but having lost the way. Zhuangzi, Chapter on Cultivating Nature: To possess high official status is not one's innate nature, but a transient gift of circumstances. Also, Zhuangzi, Chapter on All Under Heaven: To be unrestrained at times and not unprincipled. Commentary: Meaning negligent. Also, Rhyme Collection (Yunhui), interchangeable with the character pronounced dang. History of the Former Han (Hanshu), Biography of Dong Zhongshu: Can one see the party? History of the Former Han (Hanshu), Biography of Yang Xiong: One may deal with spirits. Originally written as tang. Commonly written as tang.