Yin Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Child (zǐ) Kangxi Strokes: 10 Page 279, Entry 23 Pronounced sun. Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Writing and Analysis of Characters): The son of a son. Composed of child and connect. Connect denotes continuation, signifying the successor who carries on the ancestral lineage. Erya (Approaching Elegance): The son of a son is a sun, the son of a sun is a zengsun (great-grandson). Zhu Xi remarked: Zeng means layered or repeated. From great-grandson onwards to distant descendants, this term can be applied. Furthermore, for those officiating at sacrifices, one refers to oneself as xiaosun (filial grandson) regarding internal matters and zengsun regarding external matters. Book of Odes (Shijing): The spirits descend to partake of the offerings, and the filial grandson receives blessings and good fortune. Book of Documents (Shangshu): Proclaiming to the sovereign Heaven and the Empress Earth, and to all the famous mountains and great rivers passed along the way, stating that only the virtuous great-grandson, King Wu of Zhou, Ji Fa, remains. Also, plants that regenerate are called sun. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli): Wind instruments made of sun bamboo. Commentary: These are the new shoots growing from the tips of bamboo branches. Panyu Gazetteer: Rice that sprouts again is called daosun (rice grandson). Also, the Vega star is called tiansun (heavenly grandson). History of the Former Han (Hanshu): The Weaving Maid is the granddaughter of the Heavenly Emperor. Bowuzhi (Treatise on Miscellaneous Things): Mount Tai is also known as tiansun. Also, horses from the vicinity of Qinghai that have the dragon-seed bloodline are called longsun (dragon grandsons). Also, a name for an arrow. Discourses of the States (Guoyu): The Shensun arrow. Also, Wusun, a state name of the Western Rong people. Also, a surname. Also, Gongsun, Zhangsun, and Wangsun are all compound surnames. Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): Descendants of the Duke of the State of Wei and his grandson Hui Sun Zeng Er took this as their clan name. Pronounced sun (falling tone). Same as the word for modesty. Analects (Lunyu): Speaking with a modest attitude. Book of Rites (Liji): Striking the drum upon entering the school is intended to make students respectful and compliant toward their studies. Commentary: This means respectful and submissive. Also, synonymous with the word for escape (dun). Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu): In the third month of the first year of Duke Zhuang, the Lady fled to the State of Qi. In the second year of Duke Min, in the ninth month, the Lady Jiang fled to the State of Zhu. Also, rhyming with xuan (level tone). Zhao Yi in his Rhapsody on the Impoverished Bird: Heaven bestows blessings upon the virtuous, and those who submit to the virtuous attain longevity. Being enfeoffed as a duke and then a marquis, with children and grandchildren continuing the lineage forever. Textual Corrections: Book of Documents (Shangshu): Proclaiming to the sovereign Heaven and the Empress Earth, and to all the famous mountains and great rivers passed along the way, stating that only the virtuous great-grandson, Fa. Adjusted according to the original text by adding the words King Wu of Zhou before the word Fa. Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu): In the second year of Duke Min, the Lady Jiang fled to the State of Zhu. Adjusted according to the original text where Chu was corrected to Zhu.