Xu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Food (shí) Character: Zhuan Kangxi Dictionary Strokes: 21 Page 1425, Entry 14 Jiyun: Pronounced zhuan. Wuyin Jiyun: Pronounced zhuan. Yupian: Means cooked food or a meal. Shuowen Jiezi: The preparation of food. Book of Rites (Zhouli), Section on Heaven Officials, Minister of Wine: To provide the four drinks and three wines for the King. Commentary: This refers to the preparation and arrangement of food and drink. Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili), Section on Banquet Rites: The膳宰 (shan-zai, chief of diet) prepares the officials, and the food is set out to the east of the sleeping quarters. Note: To prepare what the officials require, referring to wine, sacrificial animals, and dried meat or pickled delicacies. Also, in Yunhui Xiaobu: Sometimes written as a variant form (zuan). Book of Han (Qianhan Shu), Biography of Empress Yuan: Only the old hall of the Xiaoyuan Temple was reserved, to serve as the hall for Lady Wenmu to dine. Note: Meng Kang says: Zuan is pronounced zhuan. Jin Zhuo says: Zuan means to prepare. Also, in Jiyun: Pronounced fan. Also, in Wuyin Jiyun: Pronounced zuan. The meaning is the same. Also, in Zhengyun: Pronounced xuan. Shangshu Dazhuan: In the time of the Xia dynasty, they did not kill, and for capital crimes, the fine was two thousand zhuan. Ma Rong says: Zhuan is equivalent to six liang (a weight unit). Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Treatise on the Balance of Standards: Written as zhuan. Su Lin says: Zhuan is pronounced like the word for selection. Shuowen Jiezi: Originally written as zuan, composed of the radical for food and the phonetic component suan. Sometimes written with the radical for bamboo. Various rhyme dictionaries follow the common practice of writing it as zhuan.