Chen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Sun (rì) Zè Kangxi Stroke Count: 8 Page 490, Entry 35 Pronounced zè. Book of Changes (Yijing), Hexagram of Li: The sun slopes toward the west. Also, Hexagram of Feng: When the sun is at midday, it slopes. Book of Documents (Shangshu), Unrelaxed Kings: From morning until the sun reaches its midday slope. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Offices of the Earth: At the great market, business is conducted when the sun has passed its zenith. Commentary: Sun slope means the sun has passed the meridian. Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), Fifteenth Year of Duke Ding: The sun had sloped toward the west, and then the burial was able to take place. Guliang Tradition (Guliangzhuan) records it as zi. Also, Huainanzi, Treatise on Topography: The regions of the east and west are called the western slopes. Compiled Rhymes (Jiyun) states that this is the original form. Also written as.