Zi Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Person (rén) Character: Xian Kangxi Stroke Count: 14 Page 117, Entry 19 Pronounced xian (rising tone) Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): The appearance of dignity and martial strength. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Wei: Dignified and martial. Yupian (Jade Chapters): The appearance of being broad or spacious. Xunzi (Master Xun), Chapter on Honor and Disgrace: A shallow person will soon become bold and courageous. Note: During the Jin and Wei dynasties, being courageous was referred to as xian. Also written in the variant form (xian). Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu), Biography of Wang Shuwen: Arrogant and presumptuous, thinking there are no capable people in the world. Also written in the variant form (jian). Wang Chong, Lunheng (Discourses in the Balance): The Yupan is a precious object. The people of the state of Lu used it as a funerary object, and evil people gazed upon it covetously. Yupian (Jade Chapters): Pronounced the same. The meaning is identical.