Zi Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Person (rén) 佐 Kangxi Strokes: 7 Page 98, Entry 10 Pronounced zuo (falling tone). Pronounced zuo (falling tone). Meaning: to assist, an assistant. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli): Used to assist the king in governing the state. Commentary on the Analects (Lunyu zhu): Yan Hui had the talent to assist the king. Additionally, Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Treatise on the Celestial Offices: The five planets are the five assistants of the heavens; their appearance and disappearance have no fixed time, and the duration of their movements follows a regular pattern. Additionally, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zuo (rising tone). The meaning is the same. Textual research: Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), to assist the king in governing the state. According to the original text, the character for rule (jun) has been added before the character for state (bang).