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散 · Shi You

Sàn (4th tone; also sǎn). Shuowen Jiezi gives the archaic 襍肉也 — ‘mixed meats’ — but the living sense is ‘to scatter, to disperse, to loosen’. The 易經·說卦 says 風以散之 — ‘wind disperses’, linking 散 to the moving air. Zhuāngžǐ’s 人間世 tells of a 散木 $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart