Yin Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Corpse (shī) Kangxi Strokes: 10 Page 302, Entry 10 Ancient form. According to Compilation of Rhymes (Jiyun), Collection of Rhymes (Yunhui), and Proper Rhymes (Zhengyun), pronounced zhan (rising tone). According to Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it means to turn. Originally written with the radical for corpse, with a shortened phonetic component. Later written as zhan in clerical script. According to Literary Expositor (Erya), entry on explanations, zhan means to be suitable. Commentary states: obtained from extending and being suitable in intent. Another meaning is sincere. According to Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Yong: People who are truly like this. In the Lesser Odes: Truly a great success. According to Master Yang's Regional Dialects (Fangyan), in the region between the Jing and Wu states and the Huai River, to be trustworthy is called zhan. Also means to relax or to open. According to Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili), rites for visiting, officials display the various gifts to announce them. Commentary states: zhan is to display. Also, according to Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Offices of Heaven, to examine their achievements. Commentary states: zhan is like to record. Also, according to Book of Documents (Shangshu), the Travelling Hounds, to distribute precious jade to the states of uncles, thereby extending kinship. Commentary states: to make the kinship increasingly thick. According to Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), to set in order, to examine, to look at. According to Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Spring Offices, grand sacrifices, to examine the sacrificial animals. Commentary states: zhan is to inspect and review. Also a surname. Lu official Zhan Qin, Zhan Xi. Also pronounced zhan. According to Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Yong: How gleaming, how gleaming, how spread out is its appearance. Commentary notes that zhan is used interchangeably with tan. Also pronounced zhen. According to Zhang Heng's Western Capital Rhapsody (Xijing Fu): The merchant wealth of the five capitals, both moved and drawn. Merchants connect their carriages, rumbling and spreading. Textual Research: In the Book of Documents, the Travelling Hounds section, states to distribute precious jade to the states of uncles. Corrected to uncles according to the original text. In the Rites of Zhou, Spring Offices, grand sacrifices, to examine the sacrificial animals. Corrected from Grand Preceptor to Attendant of Sacrifices according to the original text.