186 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
373.—25 Sin (sun). The shoots or sprouts of bamboo. 
The character is also written Ff. | 
Shi king, 548:—The sin or tender sprouts of bamboo 
mentioned in connection with a banquet described there. 
_ Lu «1t:—San are the young shoots of bamboo. All the 
bamboos generally put forth their shoots in the fourth month, 
only the & ff pa chu (bamboo from Sz‘ch‘uan) shoots out 
in the eighth or ninth month. These young shoots when 
they come out from the ground, being several inches long, 
are used for food. ‘They are steeped in bitter wine © 
prepared with soy (GX #). Bamboo-sprouts best suit wine. 
“Chou li, 110, 111:—Provisions for the table of the Son of 
~ Heaven and offered in sacrifice. Pickled bamboo-sprouts, 
one of the seven vegetable pickles [see 376, note}. 
[Compare the Rh ya, 42, and infra 564 GR mez, 969 
Bamlusa edulis. | | 
d74.—$8 Tw, also written &. 
Chou li, 1, 110, 111 :~Pyovisions for the table of the So 
of Heaven and offered in sacrifice. Des pousses marinces 
petit roseau (¢ta/). This was one of the seven vegetable 
pickles [see 376, note]. — 
_Cuenc Hiawn refers to the Rh ya (174) where tai is 
explained by ¥¥ i sprouts of a small bamboo [v. infra, 56k 
3873.—}f Pu. Lucan translates rushes, bulrush, cat’s tall 
Shi king, 548 :—Description of a banquet. P*« mentio 
together with bamboo-sprouts. Lea@e says an edible rush, 
the sweet flag (which latter is Acorus calamus). Mao 
explains it by #7 #3 p‘w jo. Caena Huan says it is © 
same as the PE Hf shen pu in the Chou li. This latter } 
noticed there {{, 110, 111] among the vegetable dishes 
‘Regarding the meaning of jo, see supra, 99, infra, 395, WD 296. 
