Shen Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Insect (chóng). Kangxi strokes: 15. Page 1091, Entry 07. Pronounced yuan. As defined in the Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), a type of monkey. According to the Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun), the monkey transforms into a large ape after five hundred years. In the Er Ya (Erya), section on beasts, it is noted that the slender monkey is adept at climbing. In the Book of Han (Hanshu), Biography of King Jian of Jiangdu, it is recorded that the King of Yao sent the King of Min medicinal herbs, pearls, rhinoceros armor, kingfisher feathers, monkeys, and bears, as well as exotic beasts. According to the Yu Pian, it is sometimes written in a variant form (yuan). In the annotations by Xu Xuan for the Analytical Dictionary of Characters, it is noted that writing this as a variant form is incorrect. However, the Chang Jian (Long Commentary) states: because these creatures climb like insects, it is included under the Radical: Insect (chóng), yet books record it using both the insect radical and the dog radical, neither of which should be neglected. Here, only the citations from the Er Ya and the Book of Han are provided; other references using the dog radical are detailed separately under Radical: Dog (quǎn).