Ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mea hana mahu i ka hana kī
He moʻolelo lōʻihi ko Kina moʻomeheu kī, a ʻaʻole hiki ke hōʻoia i ka wā i ʻike mua ʻia ai ke kī. ʻO ka mahi kī, ka hana kī a me ka inu kī he mau tausani makahiki. Ma ka ʻāina ākea o Kina, i ka wā e kamaʻilio ai e pili ana i ke kī, e noʻonoʻo ka poʻe a pau iā Yunnan, ka mea i manaʻo ʻia e nā mea a pau ʻo ia ke kumu kī "hoʻokahi". ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole kēia ka hihia. Aia nā wahi hana kī ma Kina a puni, me Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe ma ka hema; Hunan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe ma ka ʻaoʻao waena; Shaanxi, Gansu a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe ma ka ʻākau. Loaʻa i kēia mau wahi nā kumu kī, a ʻo nā ʻāpana like ʻole e hānai i nā ʻano kī like ʻole.