The t＇ung and tsze resemble each other. The latter is called by the Chinese "the king of trees," and its wood is well adapted for their block engraving. Of the t＇ung there are various arrangements, some making three kinds of it, some four, and some seven. The wood of the first kind, or white t＇ung (白桐), is the best for making musical instruments like the lute. Both the t＇ungand the tsze belong probably to the euphorbice.至于身,—身, "the body," but here "the person," the whole human being. 岂...哉= "is it to be supposed?" A supplementary note in the 备旨 says that "by nourishing the 身 here is intended the ruling of the mind,