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The ‘willow’ in 28.2.5 is a different character, which I imagine must mean a different plant. Also, I’d say that while it’s obviously associated with sex, it’s more specifically a symbol of rejuvenation, turning back the clock and cheating old age.
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I wonder if the tree of 44.5 is not a WLLOW but another tree ...
Legge... In the Songs, for 杞 (qi3) he used both MEDLAR and WILLOW depending on the context ...
Source: MDBG.NET
- 枸杞, gou3qi3: wolfberry (Lycium chinense) / genus Lycium
- 枸, gou3: chinese wolfberry (Lycium chinense)
- 杞, qi3: chinese wolfberry shrub (Lycium chinense) / willow
- 檵, qi3: variant of 杞, wolfberry shrub (Lycium chinense)
- 檵, jì: fringe flower (Loropetalum chinense), evergreen shrub
- 杞梓之林, qi3 zi3 zhi1 lin2: forest of wolfberry and catalpa (Lycium chinense and Catalpa ovata, idiom); fig. great quantity of talent
3508:
杞: 枸杞也。从 木 己 聲。
qǐ: gǒuqǐ yě。cóng mù jǐ shēng。
QI: MEANS GOUQI (STOP). SIGNIFIC TREE, JI PHONETIC.
3507:
檵: 枸杞也。从 木, 繼省聲。一曰監木也。Source: CTEXT.ORG
jì: gǒuqǐ也。cóng mù, jì sěng shēng。 yī yuē jiān mù yě。
JI: MEANS GOUQI(STOP). SIGNIFIC TREE, JI PHONETIC. ONE SAYS: «STRONG TREE INDEED!»
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44.5
A melon covered with willow leaves.
Then it drops down to one from heaven.
A little bundle of joy is heading your way.
(Jade baton in your mouth? If you have any negative thoughts about this, bite your tongue and keep your mouth shut!) ...
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