PLANTS MENTIONED IN CLASSICAL WORKS. 321 
496.—% Chen. The hazel-nut. It is repeatedly mentioned 
in the Classics. There is an ancient character, 3¢ or x, 
which the Kuang ya dictionary says is the same as chen. 
But the Shwo wen states that it is a fruit like a small 
chestnut, keeping # apart as the name of a tree, while the 
Kuang ya identifies 3% with the chestnut. | 
Shi king, 62:—The hazel (chen) grows on the hill. 
$1:—Hazels planted by Duke Wav. [See the quotation 
under 494,] 224 :—Young doves in the hazel tree. 395 :— 
The blue flies lighting in the hazel tree. 444:—How 
abundantly grow the hazel on the foot of the Han hills! 
meee © 119+ Hazal-niis used for presents of introduc- 
tion by women. I, 461:—Fruits eaten by the ancient 
Chinese, [See 484, note.] I, 432:—They presented their 
offerings in skin caps and white robes. They wore sashes 
of dolichos cloth and carried staffs of hazel. 
— Chou ti, I, 108 :—Offerings. [V. supra, 470.] 
The chen is frequently mentioned in the Shan hai hing. 
Kuo Po explains :—The fruit resembles the chestnut, but 
is smaller ; it has a pleasant taste. wet 
~ EU KI:—The chen is a sort of & (chestnut). There are 
two kinds. One of these trees in its bark and leaves 
Fesembles the chestnut. It bears a small fruit resembling 
that of the 4% chu [see the Rh ya, 239, an oak); it tastes 
like the chestnut. This is called the chen li (hazel-chestnut). — 
The other kind (a shrub) has branches and leaves like the 
ARE mu liao [an oak, v. infra, 534] ; it grows about 10 feet 
: high, The fruit resembles in taste the walnut (hu tao). 
This kind, which is the iis chen or hazel-nut, abounds in the | 
Mountains of Liaotung (Southern Manchuria) and + ‘3 : 
Shang tang (South-eastern Shansi). ‘The fruit resembles 
eet of the siang (an oak, v. infra, 534). The branches 
te fit for torches, | 2 ; 
