Botanicon Sinicum: notes on Chinese botany from native and Western sources. Part 3, Botanical investigations into the materia medica of the ancient Chinese / [E. Bretschneider].

  • Emil Bretschneider
Date:
1895
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Credit: Botanicon Sinicum: notes on Chinese botany from native and Western sources. Part 3, Botanical investigations into the materia medica of the ancient Chinese / [E. Bretschneider]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The ancient kingdom of Wu, mentioned in the Ch‘un ts‘iu period, occupied present Kiang su and a part of An hui and Che kiang. The capital was near the present Su chou fu, which is still called Wu hien. This district has been so named since the Earlier Han. The kingdom Wu of the San kuo period [3rd cent.] occupied Southern Kiang su, South An hui, Hu pei and Hu nan, Kiang su, Che kiang and a part of Fu kien. After the Chcun ts‘iu period the kingdom of Wu was conquered by the kingdom of Yiie [see 418, present Che kiang]. The two names are therefore frequently coupled, M Wu Yiie. In the Wu tai period Wu ATie was the name of a province comprising Che kiang and a part of Kiang su. 390. —H Wu king. T\ao Hung-king. San kuo, Tsin, Nan Sung and Nan Ts‘i: kiln. Now : Che kiang, Hu chou fu. 391. —WTu hui. Su Ivung. Not ascertained. Probably Wu and Hui ki [see 98] in Che kiang are meant. 392. —H Wu ch‘ang. T‘ao Hung-king. Ts‘in, Nan Sung aud Nan TVi: kiln, Hang and Sung : hien, Yiian : lu, Ming : fu. Now : Hu pei, Wu diking fu. 393. —Jj] Wu kung. Pie lu. According to T‘ao TIung-king [Med. plants, 47] this locality was near Ch‘ang an [Si an fu, Shen si]. Earlier Han : hien. Now : Shen si, Feng siaug fu, Mei hien. Later Han: hien. Now: Shen si, K‘ien chou, Wu kung hien. 394. —Wu ling. lJie lu. Early Han : kiln. Now : Hu nan, Cldaug to fu, Wu ling hien.