丹 · Zhang Zhi (v4)
丹 (dān, 1st tone) is, in Xu Shen, mineral and colour at once: 巴越之赤石也。象采丹井，一象丹形 — ‘the red stone of Ba and Yue; the form shows a cinnabar well, and the one stroke is the cinnabar.’ It is vermilion, the sacred red of elixirs and imperial seal $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart