PLANTS MENTIONED IN CLASSICAL WORKS, 355 
Originally king was the name of one of the nine provinces 
into which China was divided in the time of Emperor Yt. 
This province comprised the present Hupei and the greater 
part of Hunan, and subsequently became a large feudal state 
called King and afterwards Ts‘u or Ch‘u. The Shi king calls. 
it King Ts‘u. . 
38 Chu, according to the Shuo wen, has the meaning # 76 ; 
(trees thickly crowded) and in this sense it is used in the 
Shi king [368], But sometimes in the Shi it denotes also a 
distinct. plant. Leack says:—A_ species of thorn tree 
employed for fuel. ah 
Shi king, 16:—Many are the bundles of firewood; I 
would eut down the thorns (ch‘v) to form more. 115, 145 :— 
A bundle of thorns (ch‘). 180:—Round and round the 
thorns (ch‘) are bound, 
~ Mao says that the ch‘w is a tree. Other commentators say 
it isa kind of Hh king, and the Shuo wen explains king by ch‘u 
tree. The name king occurs frequently in the Shan hai king 
and generally coupled with #§ Ai (Lycium). . 
Chou li, II, 581 :—The king wood used for making bows. 
[See the quotation in 501, note. ] . Es ss eka 
Li ki, If, 84 [Teaching in the great College”] :—Th 
“anes and the thorns were there to secure in the pupils a 
Proper awe. What Laan translates by “canes and thorns” 
** & and $i] king in the Chinese text. Regarding the first 
character the commentary refers to the Rh ya [223], suggesting 
respect to the king, a passage of the Shu king is quoted 
Stuy are recorded. (£ 3 Ff, the stick (king) to be 
‘mployed in schools, eT ee 
‘pread some king (3fJ) branches on the ground and ate 
that it stands for IE hia (Catalpa, v. supra, 508). With 
[88, 39] where the five inflictions introduced by the Emperor — 
Tso CHUAN, 526, referring to the year B.C. 545 :—They 
