Overview: Xiangcheng (written by Zhou Jia in Ming Dynasty), the encyclopedia of Thinking in Qin Dynasty, has a volume of quotations and a fact that Cyperus rotundus is immersed in water.
"During the Jin Dynasty, foreign countries also paid tribute with different incense. Yang Di (Yang Di Yangguang AD 568-6 18) was not the agarwood fried in the volcano at night, and the incense in Hainan was all over." According to this study, the use of agarwood in China began in Yang Di, or less than 1400 years. The wooden heart sinks in the water, hence the name "submerged", also known as "submerged or semi-submerged", which is a stack. What is not fragrant is yellow cooked. Chronology of South Vietnam-written by Chen and Shen Huaiyuan in the Southern Dynasties (557-589 AD? ) said: "Jiaozhou people call it Mi Xiang. It is said that it is as angry as honey spleen, and the name of the Vatican is Aga. "(According to this, China recorded agarwood before Sui and Tang Dynasties, at least 1400 years). There are three kinds of incense: Shen, Zhan and Huang Shu. Aquilaria sinensis sinks when it enters the water, and its products are all four. When cooked, it is paste, which is formed by decay and condensation. Second, knots are natural and the result of cutting servants with knives and axes. The third kind is shedding, which is caused by wood decay. Fourth, it is said that the bug leak is caused by the gap of cockroaches. Health knot is on the top, followed by maturity, hard black on the top, followed by yellow. Liang Jiangyan (AD 444-505) in the Southern Dynasties wrote a poem "No Complaints": "The ointment furnace is absolutely heavy, and the flowers are floating. "(According to this, the records of agarwood in related poems are not only 1500 years." Notes on Materia Medica (written by Liang Tao Hongjing in the Northern and Southern Dynasties before 480-498 A.D.) records: "There is purple licorice, which is thin and solid and unavailable at any time. This grass is the master of many medicines, and those who use it less are like agarwood in incense. " (According to this research, the medicinal records of Aquilaria sinensis in China also exceed 1500 years.)
Note: the ancients divided agarwood into three types: one is "submerged" or "submerged", that is, agarwood that can be submerged; The second is "stack incense", and the semi-heavy agarwood is called stack incense; The third kind is "yellow ripe incense", which is an agarwood that can't be reached by half weight. Since the Southern Dynasties, ancient people have recorded agarwood in poems and books, and the agarwood used before Sui and Tang Dynasties has exceeded 1500 years. The so-called agarwood has existed in China since Sui and Tang Dynasties, but there is no way to verify it.
Medicinal agarwood: Compendium of Materia Medica: It is found in many places in Lingnan, especially by the sea. The real wax produced by agarwood is the best, followed by market wax and mud wax.
Kong said that Yuan Xiang occupied the city, if it was not real wax, if it was not real wax, if it was not Hainan Li Dong, and Li Dong and Wan 'an mother Shandong Li Dong were the best in the world. It's called "Shen Yi is worth a million dollars".
Author's Note: "Zhancheng"-an ancient country in zhina, India, starts from Hengshan Pass in Hejing Province in the north and reaches Pan Lang and Li Pan in Pingshun Province in the south. "True Wax", an ancient country in zhina Peninsula, is located in present-day Cambodia. As can be seen from the above, the medicinal value of agarwood has been compared and analyzed in the field of traditional Chinese medicine since ancient times, and domestic agarwood is also highly respected, especially the agarwood produced in Limushan. Now some people have ulterior motives and think that domestic agarwood (that is, agarwood, agarwood) is worthless, which is really confusing and ulterior motives.
Comparison of ancient agarwood between China and foreign countries;
In Song Dynasty, Ding Wei spoke highly of Hainan Aquilaria sinensis in Tian Xiang Zhuan, which had a great influence on later generations. There is a comparison between Dashi and Hainan Aquilaria sinensis, and the words are wonderful, which also influenced the later literati's evaluation of incense-
Xiang Jianyun: Compared with the year before last, there was a big grain ship, which was reversed by the hurricane. Belonging to a city, leaders have money, hold banquets, and do their best to boast. The citizens of the state care for each other privately, saying: victory is not arrogant, and defeat is not disappointing, but they regard their stoves as gloomy, dry, barren and not wonderful.
Ding Wei was the first person to evaluate the smoke, smell and taste of incense in Song Dynasty, and then the evaluation of agarwood by pilgrims began. At the same time, it also established the evaluation standard of China literati on the smell of incense. For example, Fan Chengda, another master of tasting incense in the Southern Song Dynasty, made a deeper comparison between Hainan incense and other overseas incense in Gui Hai Zhi Heng Xiang.
Generally speaking, Hainan's fragrance is as clear as lotus, plum blossom, goose pear and honey spleen. Many flowers are burned, leaving a room full of fragrance, and it turns around until the coal is not burning. This is also a difference between Hainan incense ... Zhongzhou people take Guangzhou as a boat, occupy the city, real wax and other incense types. In recent years, it is expensive to attract eyebrows, and the rest of the tests are not as good as the middle and low-end products in Hainan. ..
Cai Zhen is talking about beginning of winter, a native agarwood. There are few large pieces, such as Xilijiao, Fuzi, Zhijun and Zhumaoye, which are as light as paper and sink into the water. However, people in Zhongzhou use incense such as Zhancheng Zhenla on Guangzhou ships, which has been expensive recently. I tried, but not as good as Hainan. The fragrance of foreign countries is often not very strong, the smell of fishy people is short, and the wooden tail smoke will be burnt. People who go out of Haibei and make friends overseas gather in Qinzhou, which is called Qin Xiang. It's too heavy to use, but it can be used as medicine. It's cheap in the south.
"Collection of Fire": Dongdong Cave in Wan 'an is the first product with a large sinking rate, and it is as fragrant as Li Yao's fragrance when it is eyebrows abroad. Natural shedding is the best, and its qi is harmonious. If the bug leaks, the gas will be strong, and the next one will be. Its production occupies the city, if it is not a real wax country, if it is not a cave in Hainan, if it is not Anji.
"Gui Yu Hai Zhi Heng": Guang Xiang and Zhan Xiang are homogeneous, staying in Haibei, making friends, and also gathering in Qinzhou. How big a piece is like a stone, it is as thick as burning loose when it is dry, and it can't be compared with Hainan Zhanxiang. Southerners often regard it as daily necessities and sacrifices.
"Lu Xiang": occupy the city and pile incense, which is second only to agarwood, and occupy the city and country. Smells like agarwood. However, if the wood is not real, it is better to sink than to ripen.