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PLANTS MENTIONED IN CLASSICAL WORKS. 147 
in the ear—in grain. 183:—We cannot plant our millet 
(shu) and sacrificial millet (¢s7). 2382 [Life in Pin”]:— 
The millets shu, the early sown, and ¢s/, the late. 263 :— 
When we were marching at first the millets (shu and ts?) 
were in flower. 375, 377, 379, 382 :—Shu and ts? mentioned 
: gether. 621:—Hov rst [v. infra, 343] knew how the shu 
Ttipened early and the ¢si late. : 
In the Shu king the shu and the tsi are froquently 
mentioned. 
Mencivs [318] said :—In Mi (barbarian tribes in the north) 
t all the five kinds of corn are grown. It only produces 
the millet sha. 
2.—In ancient Chinese works several varieties of the shu_ 
or glutinous millet are distinguished—the black, white, red, 
ellow, the double-kernelled. 
The character $i hi, repeatedly mentioned in the Siouon, is 4 
xplained i in the Rh ya [69] by mA hei shu (black glutinous = 
aillet), This millet was used in ancient times for making — 
rmented liquors, Il ch‘ang employed i in sacrifices [v. infra, ee 
349]. Witiiams [ Dict., 439, 776] suggests | that the black- 
ns hum, for no species of Milium now cultivated has black 
eds. I do not agree with this view, for there is evidence 
rom ancient Chinese authors that sorghwn— became first 
1 wn in China in the 3rd century of our era. It had 
obably been introduced from India. ~The character hei, 
this case mean dark coloured. 
eérémonies sacrées fait laver le ity avec do vin Ben : 
oir Fa RS. 
7 on 1 vin odorant extrait au millet noir GE) 
seeded millet of the Classics may have been a variety of . ae 
aning black, is not necessarily to be taken Titerally 5 ho - : oc 
ste li, I, 398, 468 :—Si Vempereur meurt le ssi Baporlout oe 
aoa du vin actaane! est Penal de préqarerl le iad a, 
