Si Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Fire (huǒ). Kangxi stroke count: 13. Page 678, Entry 07. Pronounced yang (falling tone). According to the Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters), it refers to drying over a fire. According to the Fangyan (Regional Dialects by Yang Xiong), yang means to roast. Note: In the Jiangdong region, a fierce fire is currently called yang. According to the Zhuangzi, Robber Zhi chapter, in winter one roasts by the fire to get warm. Also, according to the Yupian (Jade Chapter), it means to face a fire. According to the Guangyun (Broad Rhymes), it implies facing toward something. According to the Zhan Guo Ce (Strategies of the Warring States), it is like a stove; the person in front faces the fire, and the person behind cannot see it. Also, according to the Fangyan, yang carries the meaning of being exposed to the sun. According to the Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu), in the first year of Duke Ding, the temple of Duke Yang was established. Note: Duke Yang was the son of Bo Qin. His ancestral temple had been destroyed. After the Ji family prayed, they re-established his temple. Also, according to the Yupian, it refers to scorching heat. According to the Ganquan Fu (Rhapsody on Sweet Springs by Yang Xiong), to the south are the red, scorching cinnabar cliffs. Also, according to the Jiyun (Collected Rhymes), pronounced xiang (falling tone), with the meaning of being dry. Also, according to the Guangyun, pronounced yang (level tone). According to the Jiyun and the Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes), also pronounced yang (level tone). According to the Zhengyun (Correct Rhymes), also pronounced yang (level tone). According to the Guangyun, it refers to melting metal. According to the Jiyun, it refers to melting metal. Sometimes also written in a variant form (yang). Also, according to the Jiyun, pronounced shang (level tone). It refers to Duke Yang of Lu. This is the interpretation of Xu Miao.