Interpretation
1.Indicatesthedirectioninwhichthesunrises;totherightwhenfacingnorth.
2.ReferstocountriesintheEastAsianculturalcircle.
3.ReferstoAsiaingeneral(includingEgyptasarule)
4.Thingswithorientalcharacteristics(suchasethnicity,literatureandartorcustoms)
5.AChinesecompoundsurname,suchasDongfangShuo.
Source
"Poetry·Beifeng·SunandMoon":"Thesunresidesinthemoon,andtheeastcomesoutofit."SimaXiangruoftheHanDynasty"NagatoFu":"AlineofaudiencestarsXi,BiZhuisfromtheEast."
Thetenthchapterof"TheHeroesoftheSonsandDaughters":"[ThirteenSisters,etc.]walkedforalongtime.Attheforkintheroad,theEastwasshining.
"ZuoZhuan·XiangongEighteenYears":"TheBankofChinapresentsthesontocutQi...Thewitchsaid:"NowtheLordmustdie.IfthereissomethingtodointheEast,youcandoit."’Promisetogiveachild."
"HistoricalRecords·XiaowuBenji":"FillingtheeastunderMountTaiislikethegiftofTaiyiintheJiaoTemple.""TangHanYu"SendZhangTaoistPreface":"Fornineyears,whenthecourtruledthattheOrientaltributewasnotasgoodasthelaw.Threeofferingsarenotreported."SongSuShi""SendGeneralLiangZuozangtoMozhou"poem:"Orientalathletelikeatiger,weepingandthinkingofashamefulgeneral."
DingLing,"Ms.Shafei'sDiary·March21stNight":"HecanretainthegentlenessoftheEasternspecialty."
SouthernDynastyLiangShenYue'spoem"HeXieXuancheng":"WangQiaoFeiFu,EasternGoldenHorseGate."
ChenSanli"ChenCiliang'sHusbanddiedinthelastfivemonthsofhisdeathinthecapitalchasingacry"poem:"ThesinsandwordsofDuMupretendingtobemadlyabandoned,leavingtheEastandthesecular."
YuDafu"LiChaoticMiscellaneousPoems"No.7:"StudyabouttheEastandbanter,sothatyoucantellthatNanbaisaman."