PLANTS MENTIONED IN CLASSICAL works. 391 
Instruments (2£ #5). The Tsou shan was evidently in the 
: district of Tsow | hien (Shantung, Yen chou fu). faint 
Inthe Chou li (Il, 266, 267] we read :—La province de 
Yang tcheou produit des bambous de la grande et de la petite 
espece. The Chinese text has 7% chu and ff tsien. CHENG 
Han says that these terms correspond to fang and sao in | ee 
the Vii kung, : arf Pe - : 
te Listen properly means an arrow. This meaning is also 
given to it in the Shwo wen. But in ancient times this name Rey 
Was also applied to a small bamboo, the stem of sh was oe 
faitable for making arrows. sy 
: ithe:Shan hai king, tsien is generally shapled with iiéas 
in the Chou L [l.c.] and in the Li ki, [1, 805 * Yue ling Ti 
Second month of winter. When the shortest day has arrived, : oe 
they fell trees and carr y away bamboos and [especially] the 
small species suitable for arrows (ff Mf). Ibidem, TL, Bb) a, 
[Mourning Rites 1 :—The hair-pin of the arrow-bamboo 
(Hi $6) was worn by an unmarried daughter for her father Sy 
tothe end of the three years’ mourning. J bidem, I, 1, 26: ae 
Arrows and wood for bows. [See above, 502]. 
The Lh ya [174] identifies the tsen and the ‘sido. 
Fang yen states that tsien is the name custal in Kuan s 
Shensi), whilst in 10 #€ Kiang huai ( a Ashi) iti ae 
called $% ts‘w, eae 
— According to the Chu pu (treatise on Iamboos), ‘the oe 
does not grow higher than 10 feet. Its jeints are 3 teh 
apart, It is very hard and strong, suitable for making s 
trows. It is abundantly produced in Kiangnan. 
Comes from @ RE Hui ki (Shao hing fit, Chekiang)?" 
“h 
: Kin and $& lu are tn kinds of ‘uals “mento Pe i 
he Shu king [112, “Tribute of Yit”] as produced wae 
Province of HM King chou (Hupei). — _Kioxe 4 
defines Main and lu by 3% ff (excellent bao) cue 
