— 808 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
485.— jai Ki. This character, coupled in Mrnctus with the 
name of the thorny jujube [see the preceding], has, as Leacr 
states, properly the meaning “thorns.” But in the Chou li 
-and in the Shi king, where it frequently occurs, it denotes, 
according to the ancient commentators, a jujube tree. Mao 
explains it by tsao (jujube); the Shuo wen says the hi is 
a small jujube which grows in a bushy manner. It would _ 
seem that the aforesaid spiny variety of the jujube is meant. 
The Ku kin chu [4th century] states that the fruit of the hi 
is called # tsao. a 
Shi king, 50:—The genial wind from the south blows on _ 
the heart of that jujube tree (k’). 166:—Of the jujube tree 
(47) in the garden the fruits may be used as food. 183:—The | 
wild geese settle on the bushy jujube tree (4/). 186:—The 
dolichos grows covering the jujube tree (ki). 198:—Yellow 
birds on jujube trees. 210:—At the gate there are juju 
trees. 223, 276, 394:—Jujube trees. 353 :—Spoons 0 
thornwood jf §,. hi 
The ki is frequently mentioned in the Shan hai king. — 3 
Tso chuan, 463:—[B.C. 558.] Wvo 11, clothed wit 
rushes, forced his way through briars and thorns, 3 
The first character denotes Vitex [v. infra, 521]. 
We read in the Chou li [11, 347, 348] that in the outer 
court of audience there were planted nine ji Ai trees, ‘ 
under them the different ministers of the court had their 
places. [ See quotation in 546. ] : ae 
Li ki, 1, 2836:—The Grand Minister of Crime, heard the 
report of the judgment given in the outer court under the 
Zizyphus tree ff 7K F. This phrase indicates that a te 
is meant, not a shrub. II, 400 :—The game of pitch-pots 
played anciently, a kind of archery, with darts instead 
arrows and the hand instead of a bow. It is there s@ 
The arrows are made of mulberry wood [see 501] or 
the Zizyphus (ki), without the bark being removed. 
