cloth (ma). I, 143:—At the mourning rites for Hut TSZ', 
N 
_ prépesé au chanyre (jig) et aux diverses plantes (Gi) pe 
— faire les toiles ordinaires (4), les toiles & 15 largeurs de fils 
_-howadays cultivated in the mountains of North China (probably also in 
_ Other parts of the empire) and in Southern Mongolia, but only for the oil nh 
_ the seeds, not for its fibres, The Chinese call it hu ma (foreign hemp 
made of #i, [Other textile plants, see inj'ra- ] a 
: 7a Il, 31, is a good drawing of the plant under the name 
os Shar si hu ma (foreign hemp of Shansi), 
al 
204 BOTANICON SINICUM, 
Li ki, 1, 284 [ Yue ling] :—First month of autumn. The 
Son of Heaven eats hemp-seed with dog’s flesh, Same state= 
[2o0, 491] vor the se-ond and third months of autumn. 
Lhe text is only ma (hemp). LxecGE translates hemp-seed 
on the authority of the Chinese commentators. | 
Tbidem J, 88. [“ Rules for the Period of Mourning ”] :— 
A man of seventy will only wear the unhemmed dress of sack- 
Tze yb went to condole, wearing for him a robe of sackcloth 
(Jit #) and a headband made of the product of the male 
[hemp] plant (# fig #). II, 49, 388 :—Mourning attire, 
hempen cloth, hempen dress (ma). I, 479:—A_ girl of 
the age of ten was taught to learn women’s work, to handle . 
the hempen fibres (iff #), to deal with the cocoon, ete. 
I, 369 :—The ancient kings knew not yet the use of flax 
(ma) and silk ($%), but clothed themselves’ with feathers 
and skins. The later sages then arose . sg they dealt with 
the flax and silk so as to form linen and silken fabrics. 
Chow lt, 1, 163:—Le directeur du chanyre (Hi %) ost 
(8), les toiles en filasse (#3) et les toiles claires (#7). 
Kia Kunc-ven explains that all these fabrics were made of 
ma or hemp, with the exception of the ¥f chu, which was 
Shi king, 122:—On the mound where is the hemp (4) 
ab tel do you proceed in planting hemp (ma) ?- ‘The 
ee a ; 
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Pid Flax, Linum saticum, ©., was unknown to the ancient Chinese. It is 
P. does not speak of it. Its introduction must be of more recent date. | 
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