Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Bamboo (zhú) Zhen Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 890, Entry 21 Guangyun: Pronounced zhen. Jiyun, Yunhui, Zhengyun: Pronounced zhen. Shuowen Jiezi: A needle used for mending clothes. Book of Rites (Liji), Inner Morality (Neize): Use a needle to ask for repairs. Also, in ancient times, stone was used as a zhen to pierce and treat illness. History of the Former Han Dynasty (Qianhan Shu), Treatise on Literature (Yiwenzhi): The use of zhen stones and heat treatments. Commentary: Zhen is what is used to pierce and treat illness. Stone refers to bian stones, which are stone needles. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): Mount Gao has much jade above and much zhen stone below. Commentary: It can be used as a whetstone or needle to treat carbuncles and swellings. Also, a warning or exhortation. Book of Documents (Shujing), Pan Geng: Still looking out for cautionary words. Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), Fourteenth Year of Duke Xiang: The officials recite cautionary remonstrances. History of the Former Han Dynasty (Qianhan Shu), Biography of Yang Xiong: Regarding cautions, none are better than the Yu Cautions, and I have written the Prefecture Cautions. Commentary: The cautions of the nine provinces. Ocean of Jade (Yuhai): Zhen refers to words of remonstrance and instruction, acting like a needle to treat illness, hence it is called zhen. Also a surname. Customs and Traditions (Fengsutong): The state of Wei had a grandee named Zhen Zhuangzi. Also, Erya, Explaining Tools (Shiqi): One feather is called zhen; ten feathers are called fu. Also an official title. Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), Fourth Year of Duke Xuan: Ziwen's grandson, Zhenyin Kehuang. Commentary: Zhenyin is an official title. Also a type of fish. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): Mount Xun has water flowing from it, containing many zhen fish; their shape is like a minnow, and their beaks are like needles. Also a type of bird. Sima Xiangru, Rhapsody on the Shanglin Park (Shanglin Fu): Zhenci and jiaolu birds. Commentary: Zhang Yi says: Zhenci resembles a fish-tiger and is grayish-black. Also a type of grass. Classic of Wonders (Shen Yijing): Guilin has sleep grass; seeing it makes people sleep. It is also called drunk grass, and also known as the lazy woman's needle. Yunhui Bu: Also the name of a bamboo. Often written as the variant form zhen. History of the Former Han Dynasty (Qianhan Shu), Biography of Sima Xiangru: Zhenci and jiaolu birds. Zhenci is the name of a bird. Shuowen Jiezi writes it as zhen. Also Jiyun: Pronounced jian. Pronounced jian. The name of a bamboo. Also Yunhui Bu: Same as needle (zhen). The various rhyme dictionaries distinguish zhen as the character for cautionary advice. Also often written as needle (zhen).