Yin Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Mountain (shān) Entry: E Kangxi Stroke Count: 12 Page 315, Entry 39 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced e. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced e. Mountain cliff. Zhang Heng, Western Capital Rhapsody (Xijing Fu): The mountain cliffs are jagged and steep. Commentary: Di refers to stone steps. E refers to a mountain cliff. Linxun describes the appearance of palace steps that are high, imposing, and precipitous. Xie Lingyun, Late Departure from West Shooting Hall Poem (Wan Chu Xi She Tang Shi): Continuous mountain peaks and overlapping perilous mountain cliffs. Also in Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), written as a variant form. Han Yu, Late Autumn Linked Verses (Wanqiu Lianju): The mountain cliffs east of the Qin Pass. Also written as a variant form. History of the Tang Dynasty (Tangshu), Biography of Yan Zhenqing: The messenger of Qinghe, Li, requested reinforcements from Yan Zhenqing.