The ‘ Po-ssῠ Pine Trees’
In four Chinese texts almost certainly written before the middle of the sixth century a.d., of which two have been attributed to the Tsin period (265–420), there were references to two ‘ Po-Ssῠ pine resins ’ to a ‘ Po-Ssῠ resin’ subsequently likened to ‘pine resin’, and to a resin subsequently attri...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0041977x00149973 2024-03-03T08:48:55+00:00 The ‘ Po-ssῠ Pine Trees’ Wolters, O. W. 1960 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0041977x00149973 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0041977X00149973 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies volume 23, issue 2, page 323-350 ISSN 0041-977X 1474-0699 History Cultural Studies journal-article 1960 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0041977x00149973 2024-02-08T08:35:28Z In four Chinese texts almost certainly written before the middle of the sixth century a.d., of which two have been attributed to the Tsin period (265–420), there were references to two ‘ Po-Ssῠ pine resins ’ to a ‘ Po-Ssῠ resin’ subsequently likened to ‘pine resin’, and to a resin subsequently attributed to the ‘ Po-Ssῠ ’ and also likened to ‘pine resin’. They were ‘ ju t'ou perfume ’, the ‘ mo drug ’, ‘ An-hsi perfume ’, and lung nao or ‘ P'o-lü perfume ’. An-hsi perfume became the name for benjamin gum ( Styrax benzoin Dryander) which, with lung nao or tree camphor ( Dryobalanops aromatica Gaertn. f ), were in later times famous trade-products of northern Sumatra. To-day ju , the abbreviated form of ju t'ou , is identified with species of Pistacia (a mastic) or with frankincense ( Boswellia spp.) and mo with myrrh ( Commiphora spp.). These are products of Somaliland, the Middle East, and India. In the sixteenth century, however, and long before then, Chinese herbalists believed that ju and mo also came from South East Asia. The text which first mentioned ju in fact ascribed it to the ‘Southern Ocean Po-Ssῠ ’, a definition indicating a South East Asian origin. Article in Journal/Newspaper Southern Ocean Cambridge University Press Southern Ocean Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 23 2 323 350 |
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In four Chinese texts almost certainly written before the middle of the sixth century a.d., of which two have been attributed to the Tsin period (265–420), there were references to two ‘ Po-Ssῠ pine resins ’ to a ‘ Po-Ssῠ resin’ subsequently likened to ‘pine resin’, and to a resin subsequently attributed to the ‘ Po-Ssῠ ’ and also likened to ‘pine resin’. They were ‘ ju t'ou perfume ’, the ‘ mo drug ’, ‘ An-hsi perfume ’, and lung nao or ‘ P'o-lü perfume ’. An-hsi perfume became the name for benjamin gum ( Styrax benzoin Dryander) which, with lung nao or tree camphor ( Dryobalanops aromatica Gaertn. f ), were in later times famous trade-products of northern Sumatra. To-day ju , the abbreviated form of ju t'ou , is identified with species of Pistacia (a mastic) or with frankincense ( Boswellia spp.) and mo with myrrh ( Commiphora spp.). These are products of Somaliland, the Middle East, and India. In the sixteenth century, however, and long before then, Chinese herbalists believed that ju and mo also came from South East Asia. The text which first mentioned ju in fact ascribed it to the ‘Southern Ocean Po-Ssῠ ’, a definition indicating a South East Asian origin. |
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