Xu Collection, Middle Volume, Radical: Mound (fù) Character: 阵 Kangxi Stroke Count: 15 Page 1352 Pronounced zhen (falling tone) — *Guangyun*, *Jiyun*, *Yunhui*, *Zhengyun* Meaning: A military formation; to arrange. "A military formation" — *Yupi* "To arrange" — *Guangyun* "Xin then ordered ten thousand men to advance first, forming a battle line with their backs to the water." — *Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji)*, Biography of Marquis of Huaiyin "All military officials practiced the sixty-four formations from Sun Tzu's Art of War." — *Book of Later Han (Houhan Shu)*, Treatise on Rites Also: Variant form: 振 "In the middle of spring, [officials] taught [how to] assemble troops. The commander arranged the people in orderly ranks with banners, as in battle." — *Rites of Zhou (Zhou Li)*, Summer Official, Grand Commander "Wu Chen established relations between Wu and Jin, and taught them how to fight." — *Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan)*, Seventh Year of Duke Cheng "An army forms a battle line, which began with Wang Xizhi's *Elementary School Chapter*. According to the *Records of the Grand Historian*, the character used is 阵, not originating from Wang Xizhi." — *Peixiu Ji*