Mao Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Hand (shǒu). Kangxi strokes: 16. Page 456, Entry 23. Pronounced zhuan (rising tone). Meaning: to provide, to prepare. Added Rhymes (Zengyun) defines it as to create or to produce. Also refers to rules or laws. Book of Changes (Yijing), Commentary on the Appended Statements: Used to embody the laws of the movement of heaven and earth. Zhu Xi's Original Meaning (Benyi): Zhuan refers to affairs or phenomena. Analects (Lunyu): Different from the aspirations spoken of by those three individuals. Also, zhuan means to compose. Organizing literary language and recording events is called zhuan. History of Tang (Tangshu), Treatise on Officialdom: The historiography office editor is responsible for compiling national history. Sometimes also written in a variant form (zuan). Also, pronounced zhuan (falling rising tone). Meaning is the same. Used interchangeably with the variant form (zhuan). Also written as (zhuan). Also indicates to hold or to carry. Book of Rites (Liji), Summary of the Rules of Propriety (Quli): When a gentleman yawns or stretches, he should hold his staff and shoes. Also, pronounced zhuan (falling tone). Meaning is the same. Also indicates to assemble or collect. Also means to narrate. Ouyang Xiu's poetry: Though you live in Taiyuan, your hair has turned white while you remain diligent in your writing. Closing your doors and seeking no fame, who recommended your sudden arrival? Also, pronounced xuan (rising tone). Same as the word for select. Meaning: to dispatch. Another meaning is to choose. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Summer Offices: All officials select war chariots and infantry. Explanation of Texts (Shiwen): Annotated pronunciation as xi zhuan fan. Book of Rites (Liji), Inner Teachings (Neize): Chestnuts are to be selected. Commentary (Shu): Meaning to spread out, pick over, and inspect repeatedly. Also, there is white zhuan, which is the name of a currency. History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Treatise on Food and Money: White metal was divided into three grades, one of which weighed eight taels, was circular in shape, named white zhuan, and was valued at three thousand coins. Also, pronounced xuan (falling tone). Same as the word for select. Also, pronounced suan (falling tone). Same as the word for count. Meaning: to calculate or to enumerate. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Annotations on Enumerating Chariots and Troops: Zhuan is read as suan, meaning to count and select.