Chen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Tree (mù) Zhi Kangxi Stroke Count: 11 Page 529, Entry 02 Tangyun, Jiyun, Yunhui: Pronounced zhi. Shuowen: A yellow wood that can be used for dyeing. Boya, Interpretation of Trees: The zhi plant is a type of peach. Tang Materia Medica (Tang bencao): Also known as mudan, and also known as yuetao. Illustrated Classic (Tujing): Grows in the valleys of Nanyang; currently found in all southern regions and the prefectures of Western Shu. The tree grows seven or eight feet tall, with leaves resembling those of a plum tree but harder and more rigid. In the second or third month, it produces white flowers. In summer and autumn, it bears fruit shaped like an ink nut (hezi); green when unripe, yellow when ripe, with a deep red kernel inside. Also known as xianzhi. Sima Xiangru, Rhapsody on the Shanglin Park (Shanglin fu): Xianzhi and yellow gravel. Also, the variety with larger flowers and leaves is called linlan. Xie Lingyun, Rhapsody on Mountain Living (Shanju fu): Linlan, near the snow, swaying and fluttering. Also written as zhi. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biographies of Money-makers (Huozhi zhuan): One thousand mu of zhi and madder. Also, Erya, Interpretation of Trees: The mulberry tree has fruit called zhi. See the note under the character for mulberry fruit (shen). Textual Research: Shuowen: The original text states yellow wood that can be used for dyeing, corrected to match the original text as yellow wood.