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Chapter 13: Explaining Grasses

Han (漢) · anonymous (佚名) · Volume 21 / 28

朹,檕梅。

Qiu (朹) is the ji mei (檕梅).

朻者聊。

One that bends downward is called liao (聊).

魄,榽。

Po (魄) is the zhu (榽).

梫,木桂。

Qin (梫) is the mu gui (木桂), wood cassia.

棆,無疵。

Lun (棆) is the wu ci (无疵).

椐,樻。

Ju (椐) is kui (樻).

檉,河柳。

Cheng (柽) is the he liu (河柳), river willow.

旄,澤柳。

Mao (旄) is the ze liu (泽柳), marsh willow.

楊,蒲柳。

Yang (杨) is the pu liu (蒲柳), water willow.

權,黃英。

Quan (权) is the huang ying (黄英).

輔,小木。

Fu (辅) is the xiao mu (小木), small tree.

杜,赤棠,白者棠。

Du (杜) is the red tang (chi tang, 赤棠); the white one is called tang.

諸慮,山櫐。

Zhu lü (诸虑) is the shan lei (山櫐).

欇,虎櫐。

She (欇) is the hu lei (虎櫐).

杞,枸檵。

Qi (杞) is the gou ji (枸檵), wolfberry.

杬,魚毒。

Yuan (杬) is the yu du (鱼毒), fish poison.

檓,大椒。

Wei (檓) is the da jiao (大椒).

楰,鼠梓。

Yu (楰) is the shu zi (鼠梓).

楓,欇々。

Feng (枫) is she she (欇欇).

寓木,宛童。

Yu mu (寓木) is wan tong (宛童), mistletoe.

無姑,其實夷。

Wu gu (无姑), its fruit is called yi (夷).

櫟,其實梂。

Li (栎), its fruit is called qiu (梂).

檖,蘿。

Sui (檖) is luo (萝).

楔,荊桃。

Xie (楔) is the jing tao (荆桃), cherry.

旄,冬桃。

Mao (旄) is the dong tao (冬桃), winter peach.

榹桃,山桃。

Xi tao (榹桃) is the shan tao (山桃), mountain peach.

休,無實李。

Xiu (休) is the plum without fruit (wu shi li, 无实李).

痤,椄慮李。

Cuo (痤) is the jie lü plum (椄虑李).

駁,赤李。

Bo (驳) is the red plum (chi li, 赤李).

棗,壺棗、邊要棗。

Zao (枣) is the hu zao (壶枣) and the bian yao zao (边要枣), jujubes.

櫅,白棗。

Ji (櫅) is the white jujube (bai zao, 白枣).

樲,酸棗。

Er (樲) is the sour jujube (suan zao, 酸枣).

楊徹,齊棗。

Yang che (杨彻) is the Qi jujube (qi zao, 齐枣).

遵,羊棗。

Zun (遵) is the sheep jujube (yang zao, 羊枣).

洗,大棗。

Xi (洗) is the large jujube (da zao, 大枣).

煮,填棗。

Zhu (煮) is the tian jujube (tian zao, 填枣).

蹶洩,苦棗。

Jue xie (蹶泄) is the bitter jujube (ku zao, 苦枣).

皙,無實棗。

Xi (皙) is the jujube without fruit (wu shi zao, 无实枣).

還味,棯棗。

Huan wei (还味) is the ren jujube (ren zao, 棯枣).

櫬,梧。

Chen (榇) is wu (梧), the parasol tree.

樸,枹者。謂櫬,採薪,採薪即薪。

Pu (朴) is a clump-growing tree of the fu (枹) kind. The so-called chen is cai xin (采薪); cai xin is also firewood (xin chai).

棪,其。

Yan (棪) is qi (其) (a passage seems to be missing in the base text here).

劉,劉杙。

Liu (刘) is the liu yi (刘杙).

櫰,槐大葉而黑。

Huai (櫰) is the huai (槐) with large, dark leaves.

守宮槐,葉晝聶宵炕。

Shou gong huai (守宫槐) is the one whose leaves fold by day and spread open at night.

槐小葉曰榎。

A sagacious tree whose leaves are small is called jia (榎).

大而皵,楸;小而皵,榎。

One that is both large and rough-barked is called qiu (楸); one that is small and rough-barked is called jia (榎).

椅,梓。

Yi (椅) is zi (梓), the catalpa.

桋,赤栜,白者栜。

Yi (桋), the red one is called ze (栜), and the white one is also called ze.

終,牛棘。

Zhong (终) is the niu ji (牛棘), ox thorn.

灌木,叢木。

Guan mu (灌木) means a clump of trees.

瘣木,苻婁。

Hui mu (瘣木) is the fu lou (苻娄).

蕡,藹。

Fen (蕡) is ai (蔼).

枹遒木,魁瘣。

Fu qiu mu (枹遒木) is the kui hui (魁瘣).

棫,白桵。

Yu (棫) is the bai rui (白桵).

梨,山樆。

Li (梨) is the shan li (山樆).

桑辨有葚,梔。

The sang bian you shen (桑辨有葚) is zhi (栀).

女桑,桋桑。

Nü sang (女桑) is the yi sang (桋桑).

榆,白枌。

Yu (榆) is the bai fen (白枌), the elm.

唐棣,栘。

Tang di (唐棣) is yi (栘).

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