Yin Collection, Middle Volume
Radical: Turban (jīn)
Kangxi Strokes: 11
Page 332, Entry 14
Guangyun (Guangyun), Jiyun (Jiyun), Yunhui (Yunhui), Zhengyun (Zhengyun): Pronounced zhang (falling tone).
Shiming (Shiming): Zhang means to spread out. It refers to something spread out and laid upon a bed.
Yupian (Yupian): Weizhang (curtain) means to spread out; it implies to cover.
Erya (Erya), Shixun (Shixun): A chou (covering) is called a zhang (curtain). Commentary: Currently, in the region east of the Yangtze River, a zhang is also called a chou.
Huainanzi (Huainanzi), Daoyingxun (Daoyingxun): When the State of Qi attacked the State of Chu, a thief from the marketplace requested to offer a minor skill to the ruler; he then stole the chou-zhang of the King of Qi during the night and presented it to him.
It is also interchangeable with zhang (to spread).
Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Emperor Gao (Gao-di Ji): He remained to stay in the zhang (curtain/camp), drinking wine for three days. Commentary: Zhang refers to a curtain or canopy.
It also refers to accounting ledgers.
Book of Han (Qianshu), Annals of Emperor Wu (Wudi Ji): He received the feudal lords at the Bright Hall and accepted the accounting ledgers from the commanderies and kingdoms. Commentary: Accounting ledgers are similar to the state account books of the present day.
Textual Research: Erya (Erya), Shiqi (Shiqi): A chou is called a zhang. Following the original text, Shiqi has been corrected to Shixun.