Chen Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Bad (dǎi) Page 578, Entry 22 Archaic script. According to the Guangyun (Guangyun), pronounced si (rising tone). According to the Jiyun (Jiyun), the Yunhui (Yunhui), and the Zhengyun (Zhengyun), pronounced si (rising tone). According to the White Tiger Discussions (Baihu Tong), the meaning of death is exhaustion, referring to the dissipation of vital energy. According to the Explanations of Names (Shiming), death is like ice melting and completely dissipating. According to the Zhuangzi (Zhuangzi), Knowledge Wandered North, human life is the gathering of energy. Gathering results in life, while dispersion results in death. According to the Guanyinzi (Guanyinzi), Four Talismans Chapter, life and death are merely the gathering and dispersion of energy. According to the Book of Rites (Liji), Songs of Refinement, the passing of a commoner is called death. According to the Book of Rites (Liji), Tan Gong, the passing of a noble is called the end, while the passing of a petty person is called death. Furthermore, according to the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Offices of Heaven, Medical Officials commentary, the passing of the young is called death, and the passing of the old is called the end. Also, according to the Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing), there is a Deathless Country located in the vast, remote regions of the Southern Sea. Guo Pu's eulogy states: The Red Spring allows one to dwell forever in youth, and the Divine Tree nourishes life. Endowed with this long life, it extends forever without end. Also, upon Round Mound Mountain, there is a Deathless Tree. Guo Pu's eulogy states: All things appear briefly, and human life is like a temporary residence. The deathless tree has a lifespan that overshadows heaven and earth. Also, according to the Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing), to the east of the Shifting Sands, between the Black Waters, there is a Deathless Mountain. Also, according to Liu Menghui, the island of Zuzhou produces deathless grass; a single plant can restore a person to life. Also a surname. Zisi Dubo is one of the four surnames of the Daibei region. See the Clan Records Overview (Shizu Lue). Also pronounced si (entering tone) to rhyme. Song Yu’s Nine Arguments (Jiubian) says: Wishing to pursue something and having expectations, yet drifting without support, I wither and die along with the wild plants. Rhymes with the word zhi. According to the Explanations of Script (Shuowen), it is written with the component for human. It is also an alternative form of the character for dead.