— 8rd or 4th century 
oe W.D.,, 875, takes 
ee character 
ie a E. stalks of pulse. But ki has also other meaning 
162 2  , BOTANICON SINICUM. 
+ 804.—%% shu, also written FT and [F, is a collective name 
for leguminous plants and their seeds, pulse. It is frequently 
met with in the Classics. The Kuang ya says that shu 
denotes especially the J H ta tou or soy bean. ‘ 
Lt ki, I, 268 [ Yue ling] :—First month of summer. The 
son of Heaven eats beans (shu) and fowls. I, 451 :—Beans. 
Shi king, 231. [“ Life in Pin’]:—In the seventh month 
they cook the pulse (shuw), and [232]:—In the ninth and 
tenth month the pulse (shw) is gathered. 334, 365 :—Pulse, 
beans gathered. 401 :—They gather the beans (shu) in 
their baskets, square and round. 621:—Hov 1st [v. supra, 
_ 343] taught the people how to sow pulse (shu). oe 
. Menetus [389] said:—When pulse (shwv) and grain (su) 
are abundant as water and fire, how shall the people be other 
than virtuous? _ 
Chun tsiu, 744 [Duke Ting, first year]:—In winter, 
in the tenth month, there fell hoar frost, which killed the 
pulse (shu). ae 
Nowadays H tou has the same meanin g as shu, pulse. 
But in the classical period tow was a term to designate & 
certain wooden vessel or dish for containing flesh sauces at 
= ‘Sacrifices and feasts. The 2h ya explains Fe by “ wooden 
Vessel.” Bor [Chou li, I, 109] translates it by “ terrines 
en bois.” The meaning of pulse or beans was transferred to 
this character several centuries after the time of CONFUCIUS, 
as can be concluded from the quotations in A.D. — The 
= Shuo wen, in One 
oe place, explains tow by “ancient vessels f 
- Containing meat,” but in another chapter takes it in the sem: 
‘of shu or pulse. Some authors of the Tsin dynasty, in th 
» began to write #% tou to designate pulse. 
this to be the correct form. . 
H ki is explained in the Shuo wen ! 
«BR Miang ki, in the Li ki, is a sacrificial name for the 
