You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Xuan; Kangxi strokes: 16; Page 1172, Entry 13 Pronounced xuan. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Deception. Guangyun: To deceive. Gongyang Zhuan: The Spring and Autumn Annals of Gongyang (Gongyang zhuan) - Third year of Duke Wen: Why mention the rescue of the State of Jiang when the intent was to attack the State of Chu? It was done to deceive. Book of Han (Hanshu): Falsely fabricating a deceptive plan. Also, Erya: To forget. Book of Odes (Shijing) - Odes of Wei: Forever impossible to forget. The Great Learning (Daxue): Quotes the Odes using the character xuan. Also, the name of a plant. Book of Odes (Shijing) - Odes of Wei: Where can I find the xuan plant to plant it in the north hall? Commentary: The xuan plant is the daylily (hehuancao), which, when eaten, allows one to forget sorrows. Shuowen text: Xuan is also written as xuan. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Written as xuan. Variant form: xuan. Also written as xuan. Xie Huilian, Poem on Encountering Wind at Xiling: What to do without the daylily (xuancao)? Annotation: The xuan plant causes one to forget sorrows. Xuan and xuan are used interchangeably. Also, pronounced xuan (rising tone). Meaning is the same.