Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) Rong Kangxi strokes: 18 Page 1317, Entry 01 Tang Rhyme (Tangyun): Pronounced rong Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui): Pronounced rong Explanation of Graphs (Shuowen): The method of smelting vessels. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Treatise on the Balancing of Standards (Pingzhun shu): Criminals sometimes steal the inner molds of copper coins and take the smelting molds. Xu Guang says: The method of smelting vessels is called rong. History of the Former Han (Qianhan shu), Treatise on Food and Money (Shihuo zhi): Smelting and casting using charcoal. Commentary: Rong means to mold. It refers to making coin molds. Dong Zhongshu, Strategies on Worthy and Good (Xianliang ce): The ruler's influence on the people, and the people's compliance with the ruler, is like metal in a smelting mold; it is only for the smith to shape. Also Wide Rhyme (Guangyun): Rong means to cast. Additional Rhymes (Zengyun): To melt.