Chen Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Sun (rì)
Kangxi Strokes: 11
Page 496, Entry 10
Pronounced hui (falling tone).
Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): The end of the month.
Shiming (Explanation of Names): Hui means ash. As fire dies and becomes ash, the light of the moon reaching its end resembles this.
Zuo Zhuan (Zuo Commentary), 16th Year of Duke Cheng: Chen did not violate the end of the month. Commentary: Hui refers to the end of the lunar month.
I Ching (Book of Changes), Sui Hexagram: The superior man, when it becomes dark, enters to rest and dine. Commentary: Hui means late or dark.
Book of Odes (Shijing), Chen Feng: The wind and rain are like darkness. Commentary: Hui means dusk.
Book of Odes (Shijing), Zhou Song: To nourish and foster this hidden virtue. Commentary: Hui means obscure.
Zuo Zhuan (Zuo Commentary), 14th Year of Duke Cheng: The Spring and Autumn Annals are subtle yet manifest, recorded yet obscure. Commentary: Hui also means subtle, referring to recording events with concise language, where the events are narrated but the terminology remains subtle.
Zuo Zhuan (Zuo Commentary), 1st Year of Duke Zhao: The six energies are yin, yang, wind, rain, darkness, and light. Commentary: Hui means night.
Gongyang Zhuan (Gongyang Commentary), 15th Year of Duke Xi: What does hui mean? It means darkness.
Erya (Approaching Nearness), Interpretation of Heaven: Fog is called hui.
Ban Gu, Youtong Fu (Rhapsody on Obscure Communication): Few people of the living generation are aware of this. Commentary: Hui means negligible or sparse.