涓

surname Juan

brook / to select

"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

a small worm / to twist / to surround / empty

a trickle / tiny stream / sluggish / to flow sluggishly

Liu Juanzi's medical recipes bequeathed by the ghost Huang Fugui 黃父鬼|黄父鬼

to choose an auspicious day

tiny stream of dust / tiny things / negligible

negligible force (idiom); tiny force

tiny stream / trickle / drops / tiny trickle of funds

every drop returns to the public good (idiom); not one penny is misused

Pang Juan (-342 BC), military leader and political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC)

Liu Juanzi, legendary alchemist and creator of magic potions