Zi Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Person (rén) Kangxi Strokes: 11 Page 111, Entry 06 Pronounced zè. Meaning side, or tilted. Book of Odes (Shijing): Beside the southern mountain. Book of Documents (Shangshu): Without being contrary, without being lopsided. Annotation: Not deviating or tilted. Also refers to narrow or humble. Book of Documents (Shangshu): Clearly promote the humble and worthy. Also refers to rebel factions as the contrary and rebellious. Book of the Later Han (Houhanji): To cause the rebellious to settle themselves. Also in the Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili): The official requested the time for the ancestral sacrifice, saying the sun is at the side. Annotation: The side indicates the sun is tilting westward, referring to the time just past noon. The same as the character yi. Also refers to a side-cap, a type of headgear. Li Yiji wore one when meeting the Duke of Pei. Also refers to side-growing, a name for the lychee. Also interchangeable with the character tè. Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili): A side-placed vessel of sweet wine. Annotation: Specially set out a vessel of sweet wine. Also in the Book of Guest Rites (Pinli): The Duke personally handed the jade to the minister. Also, personally handed the silk to the minister. Annotation: Refers to the ruler handing them over personally without assistance from others. Also interchangeable with the character zè. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): The ministers of the mint cast coins with red sides. Annotation: Red side is the name of a type of currency. Textual Research: In the Book of Guest Rites (Pinli), the Duke personally handed the jade to the minister, and personally handed the silk to the minister. In accordance with this book, the character for rites has been corrected to the character for also.