400 BOTANICON SiINICUM. 
There is yet another tree mentioned by early writers as 
growing on the grave of Coyructus. In the Shi ki or His — 
torical Records collected by Sz‘-ma T‘An in the 2nd century — 
-B.C., in an account of Coyructus’ lineage, there is a notice — 
stating that on the grave of the sage grows the Hie 
ch‘an t‘an tree. Regarding t‘an [v. supra, 540]. Sat Ma — 
Stane su [f B.C. 126] in his poem Shang lin yaan fu, says | 
that the ch‘an t‘an, is the same as the FR WH mu lan, which — 
latter name is now applied to a Magnolia. [V”. supra, 551. as 
See also K.D.] 
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567.—#i Mu. The above-mentioned Huai nan ts‘ao mu pu 
which speaks of the kai tree growing on the grave of — 
ConFuctus, reports that on the grave of J 2 Cxou KUNG | 
grows the mu, a tree whose leaves are green in spring, red in a 
summer, white in autumn and black in winter. [See KD] 
Cuou Kuna, the famous Duke of Chou, the younger — 
brother of Wu wana, the founder of the Chou dynasty, died 
in B.C. 1105, and was buried in Peih, near the present 
Sian fu (Shensi). [See Luaan’s Shu king, 535.] | 
568.—We read in the Li sao [34] :—Les guides de mon 
attelage ont été attachées aux branches du fou sang (HR R)- 
J’ai pris un rameau de V’arbre jo (# AK) pour Vopposer 
au soleil, : 
Fu sang was the name of a fabulous tree behind which 
the sun was supposed to rise. It is also mentioned in TUN ae 
Fana-so’s Shi chou ki [2nd century B.C.] and other ancient 
works. The Shan hai king writes #§ 7K fu mu. Kvo ek 
explains it by #&. [See also my article “Das Land : 
Fu sang,” in Mittheil. d. Deutschen Gesellsch. f. Natur 
u. Valkerkunde Ostasiens ; Yokohama, Heft 11, 1876. — ae 
In Chinese botanical works the name fu sang is applied 
to Hibiscus Rosa sinensis, L., a beautiful ornamental shrub 
