中国水仙续考——与卢履范同志商榷

ADDITIONAL NOTES ON CHINESE SACRED LILY, WITH A DISCUSSION WITH MR. LU

本文在《中国水仙考》的基础上,进一步对史籍记载、植物学证据等方面进行深入的分析与考证,再次认为:中国水仙系归化植物,很可能是唐代从地中海沿岸国家传入中国的。

This is a reply to Mr. Lu's comments on the origin of Naroissus tazetta var. chinensis, which is locally found on some islands off and on the east coast of Zhejiang and Fujian Province. We considered it in 1982 to he a naturalized plant, while Lu insisted that the plant is indigenous to China. Lu's arguments are refuted in the present paper point by point, and the conclusion we arrived at here is the same as that we did in 1982: the Chinese sacred lily is an exotic plant, which might be introduced into China from the Mediterranean region probably during the Tang Dynasty (612—907 AD).