You Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Shell (bèi) 販 Kangxi Strokes: 11 Page 1205, Entry 15 Pronounced fan. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): One who buys cheap and sells dear. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Earth Official, Director of the Market: Evening market, held at evening time, with petty merchants and peddlers presiding. Commentary: Petty merchants and peddlers acquire goods in the morning and sell them by evening. Book of Rites (Liji), Summary of the Rules of Proper Conduct: Even those who are street vendors must be treated with respect. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Lu Buwei: Traveling back and forth, buying cheap and selling dear. Jiyun (Jiyun): Sometimes also written in a variant form.