郑 Stroke Order

郑 zhèng 1. Name of a vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty, located in present-day Xinzheng County, Henan Province. - Example: 郑人买履 (Zheng people buy shoes; a metaphor for those who only believe in doctrines, ignoring objective reality). 2. A surname. 郑 zhèng 1. Same as the original meaning (Zheng state). 引例: - 《说文》: 郑, 京兆县, 周厉王子友所封。從邑，奠声。宗周之灭, 郑徙缯洧之上, 今新郑是也。 - 《穆天子传》: 至于南郑。此旧郑也。 - 《左传·僖公三十三年》: 郑穆公使视客馆。 2. The area within the western capital of Zhou. King Xuan of Zhou granted this land to his brother You (Huan Gong). Located in present-day Huaxian, Shaanxi Province. After the hounds killed King You of Zhou, Huan Gong died, and his son Wugong negotiated with Jin Wenhou at Dongdu. Wugong relocated to the eastern capital, Xinzheng, which became the state of Zheng during the Spring and Autumn period and was conquered by Han during the Warring States period. - Example: 郑声 (Zheng music); 郑风 (one of the fifteen national airs in the Book of Songs); 郑国渠 (an ancient irrigation canal in the Guanzhong Plain). 3. Originally referring to folk music from the state of Zheng in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, later contrasted with "elegant music," referring to "wanton music" (淫邪之音). - 引例: - 《惟皇诫德赋》: 改华服以就紫，变雅音而入郑。 - Example: 郑音 (originally referring to music from Zheng during the Spring and Autumn period, later mostly referring to popular music). 4. A surname. 郑 zhèng 1. Serious; solemn. - 引例: - 《广雅》: 郑，重也。 - 《汉书·王莽传》: 非皇天所以郑重降符命之意。 - Example: 郑重其事 (to treat a matter with seriousness, seriousness, and solemnity).