PLANTS MENTIONED IN CLASSICAL WORKS. 205- 
acres must be dressed lengthwise and crosswise. 206 :—She 
leaves twisting her hemp (ma). 208:—The moat at the 
eastern gate is fit to steep hemp (ma) in, 221:—A robe of 
hemp (ma) like snow. 232 [“ Life in Pin”]:—The harvest — 
is collected, hemp (ma) and other grains and vegetables. 
469:—The hemp (ma) planted by Hou rst [v. supra, 348] 
grew strong and close. 
Mencivus, 132 :—Hemp (ma). 
Cong. Anal., 81:—The Master said, the linen cap (ik # 
hempen cap) is that prescribed by the rules of ceremony. 
Chou li, 1, 27:—Les femmes légitimes (femmes du pre- 
mier rang) transforment par leur trayail la soie (#%) et le 
chanvre (#2). Il, 269:—Le commerce de la proyinee de 
#& ML Yu tcheou (Honan) consiste en bois de bambou, en 
- vernis, en soie, en chanvre (#2). ” : 
Shu king, 102, 117 :—[Tribute of Yi.] Hemp (3) men- 
_ tioned as a product of the provinces of f® JH Yu chou and 
4 JH Tsing chou (Honan, Anhui). 
‘Li ki, WL, 884:—[* Mourning Rites ”]:—The head band 
worn with the frayed sackcloth, for a father when mourning, 
must be made of the fibres of the female [hemp] plant 
(HE tsv). Lrucr states (on the authority of the Chinese 
commentators) :—The fibres of the male and the female hemp 
plant are both dark coloured, those of the female plant being 
the darker. The cloth woven of them was also of a coarser 
texture. 
Shi king, 231 [“ Life in Pin] :—In the ninth month they 
gather the hemp-seed (tsi). 
The character #§ fen has several meanings. In the 2A ya 
[298] it means exuberance of fruit, and in the same sense 
it oceurs in the Shi king, 109, But in the Chou li [I, 107] 
_ the character denotes hemp-seed :—Les paniers de la eéré- 
monie du matin sont remplis de blé mar (#8), de Ia graine 
— de chanvre (jen), de riz, de millet, ete, CHENG Sz'-NUNG 
