| Chinese Text Project |
| 裳 U+88F3 |  Seal script |  Jianbo |
| Radical: | 衣+ 8 strokes = 14 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.176#19 Kangxi: p.1118#36 Cihai: p.1215r6c02 GSR: 725.d Hanyu: v5,p3095#11 |
| Composition: | Top: 尚, bottom: 衣. Component of: 𡣖 |
| Mandarin: | cháng sháng ㄔㄤˊ ㄕㄤˊ |
| Cantonese: | soeng4 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *zhiɑng |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·下平聲·陽·常》裳：上曰衣下曰裳。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·衣部·八》裳：《唐韻》市羊切《集韻》《韻會》辰羊切《正韻》陳羊切，𠀤音常。《說文》下帬也。《釋名》下曰裳。裳，障也，所以自障蔽也。《詩·邶風》綠衣黃裳。《禮·曲禮》暑無褰裳。《揚子·方言》惜乎衣未成而轉爲裳也。《集韻》本作常。 |
| Fanqie: | 市羊 (《廣韻·下平聲·陽·常》) |
| Unihan definition: | clothes; skirt; beautiful |
Example usage
| 《論語·子罕》: | 子見齊衰者、冕衣裳者與瞽者，見之，雖少必作。 |
| When the Master saw a person in a mourning dress, or any one with the cap and upper and lower garments of full dress, or a blind person, on observing them approaching, though they were younger than himself, he would rise up. | |
| 《禮記·緇衣》: | 《兌命》曰：『惟口起羞，惟甲胄起兵，惟衣裳在笥，惟干戈省厥躬。』 |
| It is said in the Charge to Yue (III, viii, Sect. 2, 4), "It is the mouth which gives occasion to shame; they are the coat of mail and helmet which give occasion to war. The upper robes and lower garments (for reward) should not be taken (lightly from) their chests; before spear and shield are used, one should examine himself." | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 或曰：「有人焉，曰雲姓孔而字仲尼，入其門，升其堂，伏其几，襲其裳，則可謂仲尼乎？」 |
| Someone said: Suppose there is a man who says that his surname is Kong, and his name Zhongni. If he enters Confucius's gate, ascends his hall, sits in his chair, and wears his clothes, then may he be called Confucius? | |
| 《墨子·尚賢中》: | 今王公大人，有一衣裳不能制也，必藉良工。 |
| When the rulers cannot get a coat made they will employ able tailors. | |
| 《莊子·天地》: | 垂衣裳，設采色，動容貌，以媚一世，而不自謂道諛，與夫人之為徒，通是非，而不自謂眾人，愚之至也。 |
| He will let his robes hang down, display the colours on them, and arrange his movements and bearing, so as to win the favour of his age, and yet not call himself a flatterer. He is but a follower of those others, approving and disapproving as they do, and yet he will not say that he is one of them. This is the height of stupidity. | |
| 《商君書·君臣》: | 瞋目扼腕而語勇者得，垂衣裳而談說者得，遲日曠久積勞私門者得，尊向三者，無功而皆可以得，民去農戰而為之，或談議而索之，或事便辟而請之，或以勇爭之。 |
| If men with angry eyes, who clench their fists and call themselves brave, are successful; if men in flowing robes, who idly talk, are successful; if men who waste their time and spend their days in idleness, and save their efforts for obtaining benefit through private channels, are successful - if these three kinds of people, though they have no merit, all obtain respectful treatment, then people will leave off farming and fighting and will do this: either they will extort it by discussions and suggestions, or they will ask for it by practising flattery, or they will struggle for it by acts of bravery. | |
| 《詩經·綠衣》: | 綠兮衣兮、綠衣黃裳。 |
| Green is the upper robe, Green the upper, and yellow the lower garment! | |
| 《尚書·說命中》: | 惟口起羞，惟甲冑起戎，惟衣裳在笥，惟干戈省厥躬。 |
| It is the mouth that gives occasion for shame; they are the coat of mail and helmet that give occasion to war. The upper robes and lower garments (for reward should not be lightly taken from) their chests; before spear and shield are used, one should examine himself. | |
| 《周易·䷁坤》: | 六五：黃裳，元吉。 |
| The fifth SIX, divided, (shows) the yellow lower garment. There will be great good fortune. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 諸侯召其臣，臣不俟駕，顛倒衣裳而走，禮也。 |
| 《說苑·脩文》: | 夫人曰：「有幽室數辱之產，未諭於傅母之教，得承執衣裳之事，敢不敬拜？」 |
| 《春秋繁露·王道》: | 囹圄空虛，書衣裳而民不犯。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷二》: | 《詩》曰：「子有衣裳，弗曳弗婁。」 |
| 《大戴禮記》: | 今夫端衣、玄裳、冕而乘路者，志不在於食葷。 |
| 《白虎通德論·爵》: | 故《尚書》曰：「王麻冕黼裳。」 |
| 《新書·等齊》: | 《詩》云：「彼都人士，狐裘黃裳，行歸于周，萬民之望。」 |
| 《新序·雜事四》: | 舜舉眾賢在位，垂衣裳，恭己無為，而天下治。 |
| 《中論·爵祿》: | 《詩》云：『君子至止，黻衣綉裳。』 |
| 《孔子家語·五儀解》: | 夫端衣玄裳，冕而乘軒者，則志不在於食焄。 |
| 《潛夫論·五德志》: | 是始制衣裳。 |
| 《論衡·書虛》: | 方朝諸侯，桓公重衣，婦人襲裳，女氣分隔，負之何益？ |
| 《太玄經·上》: | 次六，升于堂，顛衣到裳，廷人不慶。 |
| 《風俗通義·五帝》: | 黃帝始制冠冕，垂衣裳，上棟下宇，以避風雨，禮文法度，興事創業。 |
| 《孔叢子·廣服》: | 袴，謂之裳。 |
| 《申鑒·雜言下》: | 衣裳，服者不昧於塵塗，愛也。 |
| 《新語·無為》: | 周公制作禮樂，郊天地，望山川，師旅不設，刑格法懸，而四海之內，奉供來臻，越裳之君，重譯來朝。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 于是命方相氏黃金四目，蒙以熊皮，玄衣朱裳，執戈揚楯，常以歲竟十二月從百隸及童兒，而時儺以索宮中，敺疫鬼也。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 于是命方相氏黃金四目，蒙以熊皮，玄衣朱裳，執戈揚楯，常以歲竟十二月從百隸及童兒，而時儺以索宮中，敺疫鬼也。 |
| 《列子·湯問》: | 中國之人，冠冕而裳。 |
| 《管子·輕重甲》: | 管子對曰：「昔者桀之時，女樂三萬人，端譟晨樂，聞於三衢，是無不服文繡衣裳者，伊尹以薄之游女，工文繡纂組，一純得粟百鍾於桀之國。」 |
| 《淮南子·說林訓》: | 繡以為裳則宜，以為冠則譏。 |
| 《呂氏春秋·求人》: | 子產為之詩曰：「子惠思我，褰裳涉洧。」 |
| 《鄧析子·無厚》: | 責疲者，以舉千鈞，責兀者，以及走兔，驅逸足於庭，求猿捷於檻，斯逆理而求之，猶倒裳而索領 也1。 |
| 《史記·禮書》: | 故大路越席，皮弁布裳，朱弦洞越，大羹玄酒，所以防其淫侈，救其彫敝。 |
| 《春秋左傳》: | 二年，春，宋督攻孔氏，殺孔父而取其妻，公怒，督懼，遂弒殤公，君子以督為有無君之心，而後動於惡，故先書弒其君，會于稷，以成宋亂，為賂故，立華氏也，宋殤公立，十年十一戰，民不堪命，孔父嘉為司馬，督為大宰，故因民之不堪命，先宣言曰，司馬則然，已殺孔父而弒殤公，召莊公于鄭而立之，以親鄭，以郜大鼎賂公，齊陳鄭皆有賂，故遂相宋公，夏，四月，取郜大鼎于宋，戊申，納于大廟，非禮也，臧哀伯諫曰，君人者，將昭德塞違，以臨照百官，猶懼或失之，故昭令德以示子孫，是以清廟茅屋，大路越席，大羹不致，粢食不鑿，昭其儉也，袞，冕，黻，珽，帶，裳，幅，舄，衡，紞，紘，綖，昭其度也，藻率，鞞，鞛，鞶，厲，游，纓，昭其數也，火，龍，黼，黻，昭其文也，五色比象，昭其物也，鍚，鸞，和，鈴，昭其聲也，三辰旂旗，昭其明也，夫德，儉而有度，登降有數，文物以紀之，聲明以發之，以臨照百官，百官於是乎戒懼，而不敢易紀律，今滅德立違，而寘其賂器於大廟，以明示百官，百官象之，其又何誅焉。 |
| 《國語·吳語》: | 萬人以為方陣，皆白裳、白●、素甲、白羽之矰，望之如荼。 |
| 《晏子春秋》: | 仲尼聞之，喟然歎曰：「古之善為人臣者，聲名歸之君，禍災歸之身，入則切磋其君之不善，出則高譽其君之德義，是以雖事惰君，能使垂衣裳，朝諸侯，不敢伐其功。」 |
| 《吳越春秋》: | 越王服犢鼻，著樵頭夫人衣無緣之裳，施左關之襦。 |
| 《越絕書》: | 神農嘗百草、水土甘苦，黃帝造衣裳，后稷產穡，制器械，人事備矣。 |
| 《戰國策》: | 四海之內，美人亦甚多矣，聞臣之得幸於王也，必褰裳而趨王。 |
| 《鹽鐵論·力耕》: | 昔桀女樂充宮室，文繡衣裳，故伊尹高逝遊薄，而女樂終廢其國。 |
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