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| 莊 U+838A |  Seal script | 㽵 Semantic variant | 庄 Semantic variant Simplified character | 荘 Alternate form | 𠗎 Semantic variant | 𤕶 Semantic variant | 𤖄 Semantic variant | 𤖈 Semantic variant | 𦻊 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 艸+ 7 strokes = 13 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.176#12 Kangxi: p.1033#22 Cihai: p.1140r1c01 GSR: 727.q Hanyu: v5,p3226#05 |
| Composition: | Top: 艹, bottom: 壯. Component of: 𣼥 𫱡 糚 𭫨 𨫲 |
| Mandarin: | zhuāng ㄓㄨㄤ |
| Cantonese: | zong1 |
| Tang reconstruction: | jriɑng |
| Shuowen: | 《艸部》莊：上諱。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·下平聲·陽·莊》莊：嚴也，又莊田。《爾雅》云：六達謂之莊亦姓莊周著書也。側羊切，五。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·艸部·七》莊：〔古文〕𤖄𤖈𦻊𠗎𤕶《唐韻》《集韻》𠀤側羊切，音裝。草盛貌。《六書正譌》艸芽之壯也。又嚴也。《論語》臨之以莊則敬。又《韻會》盛飾也。又《左傳·襄二十八年》得慶父之木百車于莊。《註》莊，六軌之道。《爾雅·釋宮》六達謂之莊。又田舍也。《通鑑·史炤·釋文》唐置莊宅使。《胡三省註》蓋主莊田及外舍之事。又《公羊傳·定八年》矢著于莊門。《註》莊門，孟氏之門名。又姓。《通志·氏族略》楚莊王之後，以諡爲氏，楚有大儒曰莊周。又《雲南通志》海貝一枚，土人謂之莊。又《篇海》側亮切，音壯。恭也。《說文》作壯。《干祿字書》通作荘。俗作庄，非。 考證：〔《干祿字書》通作莊。〕謹照原文莊改荘。 |
| Fanqie: | 側羊 (《廣韻·下平聲·陽·莊》) |
| Unihan definition: | village, hamlet; villa; surname |
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| 《論語·為政》: | 子曰：「臨之以莊則敬，孝慈則忠，舉善而教不能，則勸。」 |
| The Master said, "Let him preside over them with gravity; then they will reverence him. Let him be final and kind to all; then they will be faithful to him. Let him advance the good and teach the incompetent; then they will eagerly seek to be virtuous." | |
| 《孟子·梁惠王下》: | 莊暴見孟子，曰：「暴見於王，王語暴以好樂，暴未有以對也。」 |
| Zhuang Bao, seeing Mencius, said to him, 'I had an interview with the king. His Majesty told me that he loved music, and I was not prepared with anything to reply to him.' | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 或問：「人有倚孔子之墻，弦鄭、衛之聲，誦韓、莊之書，則引諸門乎？」 |
| Someone asked: If someone had leaned on Confucius's wall, strummed the music of Zheng and Wei, or recited the books of Han Feizi and Zhuang Zhou, then would he have invited them to enter his gate? | |
| 《墨子·所染》: | 齊桓染於管仲、鮑叔，晉文染於舅犯、高偃，楚莊染於孫叔、沈尹，吳闔閭染於伍員、文義，越句踐染於范蠡大夫種。 |
| Lord Huan of Qi came under the influence of Guan Zhong and Bao Shu; Lord Wen of Jin, under that of Uncle Fan and Gao Yan; Lord Zhuang of Chu, under that of Sun Shu and the Minister of Shen; He Lu of Wu, under that of Wu Yuan and Wen Yi; and Gou Jian of Yue, under that of Fan Li and Minister Zhong. | |
| 《莊子·逍遙遊》: | 惠子謂莊子曰：「魏王貽我大瓠之種，我樹之成而實五石，以盛水漿，其堅不能自舉也。」 |
| Huizi told Zhuangzi, saying, 'The king of Wei sent me some seeds of a large calabash, which I sowed. The fruit, when fully grown, could contain five piculs (of anything). I used it to contain water, but it was so heavy that I could not lift it by myself.' | |
| 《商君書·弱民》: | 秦師至鄢郢，舉若振槁，唐蔑死於垂沙，莊蹻發於內，楚分為五，地非不大也，兵非不眾也，甲兵財用非不多也，戰不勝，守不固，此無法之所生也。 |
| Yet when the army of Qin marched on Yen and Ying, it took those cities as easily as if it had been merely the shaking of a dead tree. Tang Mie met his death at Chui-sha, Zhuang Qiao rose in the interior, and Chu was divided into five parts. This was not because its territory was not large or that the population was not numerous, or that the armour and weapons and resources were not many, but the reason, that in fighting it did not win and in defending it was unable to hold its own, was due to the fact that it did not have law. | |
| 《禮記·緇衣》: | 心莊則體舒，心肅則容敬。 |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 齊人欲伐魯，忌卞莊子，不敢過卞。 |
| 《說苑·辨物》: | 成衣乾曰：「昔者莊王伐陳，舍於有蕭氏，謂路室之人曰：巷其不善乎！」 |
| 《春秋繁露·竹林》: | 夫莊王之舍鄭，有可貴之美，晉人不知其善，而欲擊之。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷二》: | 楚莊王圍宋，有七日之糧，曰：「盡此而不克，將去而歸。」 |
| 《大戴禮記》: | 盡力而有禮，莊敬而安之。 |
| 《白虎通德論·號》: | 或曰：五霸，謂齊桓公、晉文公、秦穆公、楚莊王、吳王闔閭也。 |
| 《新書·官人》: | 夕時開北房，從薰服之樂，是以聽治論議，從容澤燕，矜莊皆殊序，然後帝王之業可得而行也。 |
| 《新序·義勇》: | 卞莊子好勇，養母，戰而三北，交遊非之，國君辱之，及母死三年，齊與魯戰，卞莊子請從，見於魯將軍曰：「初與母處，是以三北，今母死，請塞責而神有所歸。」 |
| 《中論·法象》: | 夫法象立、所以為君子，法象者、莫先乎正容貌、慎威儀，是故先王之制禮也，為冕服采章以旌之，為珮玉鳴璜以聲之，欲其尊也，欲其莊也，焉可懈慢也？ |
| 《孔子家語·好生》: | 匪莊王之賢，不能受其訓。 |
| 《潛夫論·慎微》: | 楚莊、齊威，始有荒淫之行，削弱之敗，幾於亂亡，中能感悟，勤恤民事，勞精苦思，孜孜不怠，夫出陳應，爵命管蘇，召即墨，烹阿大夫，故能中興，彊霸諸侯，當時尊顯，後世見思，傳為令名，載在圖籍。 |
| 《論衡·命義》: | 行惡者禍隨而至，而盜跖、莊蹻，橫行天下，聚黨數千，攻奪人物，斷斬人身，無道甚矣，宜遇其禍，乃以壽終。 |
| 《太玄經·居》: | 測曰，「老父擐車」、其體乃莊也。 |
| 《風俗通義·五伯》: | 《春秋》說：齊桓、晉文、秦繆、宋襄、楚莊是五伯也。 |
| 《孔叢子·廣言》: | 丕，莊也。 |
| 《忠經·保孝行章》: | 考叔行孝，施於莊公 |
| 《新語·資質》: | 𡻭𡻭詰屈，委曲不同，然生於大都之廣地，近於大匠之名工，則材器制斷，規矩度量，堅者補朽，短者續長，大者治罇，小者治觴，飾以丹漆，斁以明光，上備太牢，春秋禮庠，褒以文彩，立禮矜莊，冠帶正容，對酒行觴，卿士列位，布陳宮堂，望之者目眩，近之者鼻芳。 |
| 《獨斷·卷下》: | 帝謚：違拂不成曰隱，靖民則法曰黃，翼善傳聖曰堯，仁聖盛明曰舜，殘人多壘曰桀，殘義損善曰紂，慈惠愛親曰孝，愛民好與曰惠，聖善同文曰宣，聲聞宣遠曰昭，克定禍亂曰武，聰明睿智曰獻，溫柔聖善曰懿，布德執義曰穆，仁義說民曰元，安仁立政曰神，布綱治紀曰平，亂而不損曰靈，保民耆艾曰明，辟土有德曰襄，貞心大度曰匡，大慮慈民曰定，知過能改曰恭，不生其國曰聲，一德不懈曰簡，夙興夜寐曰敬，清白自守曰貞，柔德好眾曰靖，安樂治民曰康，小心畏忌曰僖，中身早折曰悼，慈仁和民曰順，好勇致力曰莊，恭人短折曰哀，在國逢難曰愍，名實過爽曰繆，壅遏不通曰幽，暴虐無親曰厲，致志大圖曰景，辟土兼國曰桓，經緯天地曰文，執義揚善曰懷，短折不成曰殤，去禮遠眾曰煬，怠政外交曰攜，治典不敷曰祈。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 帝謚：違拂不成曰隱，靖民則法曰黃，翼善傳聖曰堯，仁聖盛明曰舜，殘人多壘曰桀，殘義損善曰紂，慈惠愛親曰孝，愛民好與曰惠，聖善同文曰宣，聲聞宣遠曰昭，克定禍亂曰武，聰明睿智曰獻，溫柔聖善曰懿，布德執義曰穆，仁義說民曰元，安仁立政曰神，布綱治紀曰平，亂而不損曰靈，保民耆艾曰明，辟土有德曰襄，貞心大度曰匡，大慮慈民曰定，知過能改曰恭，不生其國曰聲，一德不懈曰簡，夙興夜寐曰敬，清白自守曰貞，柔德好眾曰靖，安樂治民曰康，小心畏忌曰僖，中身早折曰悼，慈仁和民曰順，好勇致力曰莊，恭人短折曰哀，在國逢難曰愍，名實過爽曰繆，壅遏不通曰幽，暴虐無親曰厲，致志大圖曰景，辟土兼國曰桓，經緯天地曰文，執義揚善曰懷，短折不成曰殤，去禮遠眾曰煬，怠政外交曰攜，治典不敷曰祈。 |
| 《魯勝墨辯注敘》: | 荀卿、莊周等皆非毀名家，而不能易其論也。 |
| 《列子·仲尼》: | 子曰：「師之莊賢於丘也。」 |
| 《文子·自然》: | 至微甚內，不以事貴，故不待功而立，不以位為尊，不待名而顯，不須禮而莊，不用兵而強。 |
| 《韓非子·有度》: | 荊莊王并國二十六，開地三千里，莊王之氓社稷也，而荊以亡。 |
| 《慎子·逸文》: | 魯莊公鑄大鐘，曹劌入見曰：「今國褊小而鐘大，君何不圖之？」 |
| 《管子·輕重戊》: | 桓公即為百里之城，使人之楚買生鹿，楚生鹿當一而八萬，管子即令桓公與民通輕重，藏穀什之六，令左司馬伯公將白徒而鑄錢於莊山，令中大夫王邑載錢二千萬求生鹿於楚 |
| 《吳子·圖國》: | 起進曰：「昔楚莊王嘗謀事，群臣莫能及，退朝而有憂色。」 |
| 《淮南子·齊俗訓》: | 故惠子從車百乘，以過孟諸，莊子見之，棄其餘魚。 |
| 《呂氏春秋·察傳》: | 齊桓公聞管子於鮑叔，楚莊聞孫叔敖於沈尹筮，審之也，故國霸諸侯也。 |
| 《鬼谷子·中經》: | 以道為形，以德為容，貌莊色溫，不可象貌而得之，如是隱情塞隙而去之。 |
| 《尹文子·大道上》: | 楚莊愛細腰，一國皆有饑色。 |
| 《史記·周本紀》: | 桓王三年，鄭莊公朝，桓王不禮。 |
| 《春秋左傳》: | 生莊公及共叔段。 |
| 《逸周書·祭公解》: | 汝無以戾反罪疾，喪時二王大功，汝無以嬖御固莊后，汝無以小謀敗大作，汝無以嬖御士疾莊士大夫卿士，汝無以家相亂王室，而莫恤其外，尚皆以時中乂萬國。 |
| 《國語·楚語下》: | 故莊王之世，滅若敖氏，唯子文之後在，至于今處鄖，為楚良臣 |
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