Chen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Sun (rì) Kangxi Strokes: 10 Page 494, Entry 01 Ancient form: Shi. Pronounced shi. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): The four seasons. Shiming (Shiming): The four seasons correspond to the four directions, each having a specific season. Shi refers to the temporal limit; the birth and death of all things occur according to their respective seasonal limits. Book of Documents (Shujing), Canon of Yao: Reverently convey the celestial times to the people. Commentary: Reverently record the celestial times to pass them on to the people. Also: A year consists of three hundred and sixty-six days, using intercalary months to determine the four seasons of the year. Book of Rites (Liji), Kongzi Xianju: Heaven has four seasons: spring, autumn, winter, and summer. Huainanzi, Treatise on Astronomy: The essence of yin and yang condenses to form the four seasons. Also: Three months constitute one season. Also: Pronounced shi. Temporal units, the twelve double-hours. Also: Pronounced shi. Right; correct. Book of Documents (Shujing), Canon of Yao: The common people were thus brought into harmony. Commentary: Shi means to be right or correct. Book of Odes (Shijing), Daya: Deciding to stop, deciding to settle, building a dwelling here. Zhu Xi Commentary: One may stop here and construct a residence. Also: Guangya: To wait; to observe. Analects (Lunyu): Confucius waited for the time when Yang Huo was away from home to pay him a return visit. Sub-commentary: It refers to waiting for Yang Huo to be out in order to visit and express thanks. Also: Guangya: Good; virtuous. Guangyun: In accordance with; conforming to. Also: A place name. Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), Ninth Year of Duke Zhuang: Battle at Qianshi. Annotation: Qianshi is a place name in the State of Qi. The Shi River is in the territory of Le'an; its tributaries dry up when there is a drought, hence the name Qianshi. Also: A surname. Guangyun: In the Biographies of Good Officials, there is a person named Shi Miao. The He Family Genealogy of Surnames states: Present-day descendants are from Julu. Also: Equivalent to the character shi (roost). Book of Odes (Shijing), Wang Feng: The chickens roost on the chicken perch. Annotation: Shi was originally written as the character shi. Also: Yunbu: Rhyming as shi (rising tone). Wang Can, Qishi: Do not change principles because of ambition; do not lag behind the times because of personal gains or losses. Advance in moral cultivation and academic studies, and govern in harmony with the world. Also: Rhyming as li (falling tone). Qu Yuan, Lisao: I am sorrowful, depressed, and frustrated, yet I am impoverished and distressed at such a time as this. Rhymes with the word tai; tai is pronounced as ti.