Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Enclosure (wéi) 园 Kangxi stroke count: 13 Page 217, Entry 17 Pronounced wan. Equivalent to the character meaning to whittle or polish. The Zheng Yun (Orthography Rhymes) dictionary notes: The fading away of angular edges. Zhuangzi (Zhuangzi): The five are rounded and seem to be facing square. Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes) dictionary: Same as the character for round. Sometimes written as a variant form (wán). 园 Pronounced yuan. Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Script and Explanation of Characters): A place for planting fruit trees. Chuxue Ji (Records for Early Learning): That which has a fence is called a garden. Book of Changes (Yijing): Adorned with hills and gardens, with bundles of silk in small amounts. Book of Odes (Shijing): Do not climb over my garden. Commentary: A garden is the fence of a vegetable plot, within which trees may be planted. Also in the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli): Use field plots to assign garden land. Commentary: A vegetable plot is for planting fruit and melons. In the late autumn, a threshing floor is made within it. A fenced vegetable plot is called a garden; those who are assigned this must derive their taxes from it. Also: For gardens and residential plots, the tax is one part in twenty. Commentary: Residential plots produce no grain and gardens have little profit, so only one part in twenty is taxed. Also, the burial grounds of emperors of successive dynasties are called gardens. In the Han dynasty system, garden-tombs had officials; Emperor Wen's tomb was called the Wen Garden. Biography of Sima Xiangru (Sima Xiangru Zhuan): Served as the Wen Garden official. Also, History of Tang (Tangshu): I have already cleared the palace gates to pay respects at the imperial burial grounds. Also, Peach Garden, a place name. Book of Han (Hanshu): Quanji Village, to the west of which is Peach Garden, which is the ancient Peach Forest. Pan Yue's Rhapsody on the Western Expedition (Xizheng Fu): Inquiring about the old forest of the rest-ox, I feel the famous name at Peach Garden. Also, Jetavana (Qi Yuan). Buddhist scriptures: The elder Sudatta built a monastery and invited the Buddha to dwell there; altogether there were 1,200 sections, which were called the Jeta Grove. Also, Dong Yuan Gong, one of the Four White-Headed Men of Mount Shang. Note: History has lost his personal name; the Zihui (Dictionary of Characters) treats Yuan Gong as a surname, which is incorrect. Also, pronounced yun (in the falling-rising tone). Su Shi's Sacrificial Text for Han Qi: With broad intentions and sparse talent, I will return to the hills and gardens. You governed this state, and in death are fed by its people. Correction note: In the Rites of Zhou, section on the Official of the Earth, the text cites the Charger of Fields (Chongren). Based on the original text, it should be corrected to the Tax Official (Zaishi). Buddhist scriptures: The elder Sudatta built a monastery and invited the Buddha to dwell there, altogether there were 1,200 sections. According to the meaning of the text, "ten" is corrected to "thousand."