Chen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Tree (mù) Gui Kangxi stroke count: 10 Page 525, Entry 02 Pronounced gui (falling tone) According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it is a tree from the Jiangnan region, the chief of all medicinal herbs. According to the Book of Rites (Liji), specifically the Tan Gong section, when speaking of the lushness of plants and trees, one refers to ginger and cinnamon. According to the Illustrated Classic of Materia Medica (Bencao Tujing), there are three types of cinnamon: the bark cinnamon grows in the valleys of Jiaozhi, the male cinnamon grows in the valleys of the South Sea, and the cinnamon grows in Guiyang. According to the Erya, a dictionary of synonyms, the梫 is a species of cinnamon tree. Su Gong states that the male cinnamon is the tree cinnamon. In the Verses of Chu (Lisao), it is written: mixed with pungent pepper and bark cinnamon. According to the Additional Records (Bielu) by Tao Hongjing, the simple name cinnamon might refer to the male cinnamon; people often call it red cinnamon, which correctly refers to the reddish color of its bark. According to the Huainanzi, in the Summoning of the Recluse: the cinnamon trees grow in clusters in the seclusion of the mountains. Also, Guilin, the name of a commandery. According to the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), in the Annals of Emperor Wu: in the south, the territories of the Baiyue were taken and established as the commanderies of Guilin and Xiang. Also a surname. According to the Garden of Surnames (Xingyuan), at the end of the Han dynasty, the four sons of Jiong Heng of Yangcheng fled to avoid disaster; one resided in Youzhou and adopted the surname Gui.