You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Carriage (chē) Kangxi Strokes: 10 Page 1240, Entry 03 Pronounced xian. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it refers to a carriage with a curved pole and side curtains. Xu states: A carriage for transporting goods has a straight pole. A xuan is a carriage used by officials of the rank of grand master or above. The side curtains are the walls on both sides. In the Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan), Min Year 2: Cranes were ridden in xuan carriages. Commentary: The xuan is the carriage of a grand master. Also: Bestowed upon the lady a fish-adorned xuan. Commentary: A fish-adorned xuan is a lady's carriage. Also, Year 9 of the Ding period: Bestowed upon him a rhinoceros-adorned xuan. Commentary: A rhinoceros-adorned xuan is the carriage of a minister. The lady's carriage is decorated with fish, and the minister's carriage is decorated with rhinoceros hide. Also, when the front of a carriage is high, it is called xuan; when the front is low, it is called zhi. In the Book of Odes (Shijing), Small Odes (Xiao Ya): The military carriages were already stable, sometimes tilted forward, sometimes tilted backward. Commentary: Zhi means the carriage tilts forward; xuan means the carriage tilts backward. In the Biography of Ma Yuan in the History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu): Living in the front does not make people feel zhi; living in the back does not make people feel xuan. Commentary: This means one carries no weight or importance among others. Also, the edge of a roof eaves is called xuan. In the Rhapsody on the Wei Capital (Wei Du Fu) by Zuo Si: The encircling xuan reaches the middle of the sky. Commentary: A surrounding xuan is a long gallery with windows that circles around. Also, the projecting eaves at the front of a palace hall with curved rafters and no central beam is also called xuan. When the Emperor does not occupy the main seat but sits on a terrace, it is called attending the xuan. In the Biography of Shi Dan in the Former Han History (Qian Hanshu): The Emperor personally approached the xuan balcony. Commentary: A xuan balcony is a balustrade or railing. Also, xuan-style music hanging, referring to the arrangement of musical instruments. In the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Spring Offices, Small Administrator: The feudal lords use the xuan-style arrangement. Commentary: The xuan arrangement is on three sides, and because its shape is curved, it is also called the curved arrangement. Also, the appearance of laughing. In the Biography of Fangji in the History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu): Laughed xuan-qu with composure. In the Tianlu Waishi: The King of Han looked up and laughed xuan-ran. Also, the appearance of dancing. In the Huainanzi, Daoying Xun: Dancing xuan-xuan-ran in the wind. Also, the appearance of being self-satisfied. In the Biography of Kong Kui in the Tang History (Tangshu): Xuan-xuan and self-satisfied. Also, interchangeable with the character xian (constitution). In the Book of Rites (Liji), Record of Music: Set the right and xian the left. Commentary: Xian is read as xuan, meaning to raise the foot. Also, Lixuan, the name of a country. In the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Account of Dayuan: To the north are Yancai and Lixuan. Commentary: The country is located west of the Western Sea. Also, a surname. The Yellow Emperor held the title Xuanyuan, which later became a clan name. Also, Xuanqiu, a compound surname. Xuanqiu Bao was a minister of the state of Liang. Pronounced xian. In the Book of Rites (Liji), Inner Chapters: For elk, deer, field pigs, and muntjac, all are prepared as xuan. Commentary: To slice meat into pieces as large as a hollyhock leaf. Pronounced jian. A person's name. In the Register of Meritorious Officials in the Former Han History (Qian Hanshu): The Marquis of Zhongli, Yi, was called Xuan. Pronounced xian. A carriage dashboard. Pronounced han. Interchangeable with a variant form. A person's name. In the state of Zheng, there was Xuan Hu. Also rhyming with xin. In the Dirge for Summer Governor by Lu Yun: The garden paths are not sluggish, and the luan-bird and stallion rely on the xuan. How could they be compared to such types, holding the hair and exerting oneself with diligence?