You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Zheng Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 1167, Entry 01 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Rhyme Meeting (Yunhui): Pronounced zheng (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): To stop. Rhyme Meeting (Yunhui): To stop someone from an error. Standard Rhymes (Zhengyun): To remonstrate; to correct by offering counsel. History of the Former Han (Qianhan), Biography of Wang Bao: When remonstrance is heard and accepted. Garden of Stories (Shuoyuan), Section on the Art of Ministers: One who can speak fully to their lord; if the advice is used, the lord may live; if not, he may die; this is called zheng. Liezi, Tang Questions: In the extreme northeast, there are people named Zheng people who are nine inches tall. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Also written as the variant form zheng. Classic of Filial Piety (Xiaojing), Chapter on Remonstrance: The Son of Heaven has seven remonstrating ministers. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Meeting (Yunhui): Pronounced zheng; Standard Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced zheng. Litigation or dispute. History of the Later Han (Houhan), Biography of Liu Shenggong: To mediate and settle disputes. Book of Jin (Jinshu), Wang Chen, Explanation of Current Affairs: The lowly and mediocre are brave in greed and litigation. Note: Rhymes with the level tone. Editorial Note: Garden of Stories (Shuoyuan), Section on the Art of Ministers: One who can speak fully to their lord. Per the original text, the word Chapter has been added after the Art of Ministers.