Zi Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Person (rén) Tang Kangxi strokes: 22 Page 122, Entry 04 Pronounced tang (rising tone). Meaning outstanding or excellent. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Sima Xiangru: Remarkable and extraordinary. Book of Han (Hanshu), Biography of Shi Dan: Unrestrained and unprepared. Commentary: Means open-minded or magnanimous. Also, from Guan Yinzi, First Character Chapter: The heart is calm and relaxed, while things shift and change. Commentary: Tangtang, similar to shanshan (appearing leisurely). Also, a term indicating possibility or something occurring unexpectedly. Zhuangzi, Heaven and Earth Chapter: Lost in a trance as if walking, yet having lost the path. Zhuangzi, Rectifying Nature Chapter: High official rank and rich salary added to one's person are not inherent to one's nature, but are external things temporarily residing there. Also, Zhuangzi, Under Heaven Chapter: Frequently indulgent without being sycophantic. Commentary: Tang, means sycophantic. Also, according to the Rhyme Anthology (Yunhui), it is interchangeable with the character dang. Book of Han (Hanshu), Biography of Dong Zhongshu: Perhaps one might be able to see him. Book of Han (Hanshu), Biography of Yang Xiong: Perhaps one might be able to believe in ghosts and spirits. The original form is written as tang. The common variant is written as shang.