ABSTRACT
The plant concerned is the water-plant. A very wise but strong-willed minister in the 13th century offended his master, the king. He was at once exiled to a distant place. On the way there ‘a great wind arose, the big trees broke and split, but the water-plants broke not, but only leaned and swayed. And, seeing it, the minister was taken with remorse and said: “I, a servant of the king, have not been as wise even as a water-plant. Because I have acted as a big tree it has come to this”.’(Pe Maung Tin & Luce 1923:161).
