Are many sweet-olive trees.
The olea fragrans, or sweet-olive, is employed in a metaphorical sense to denote literary honours. Scholars who have successfully passed their examinations are said to have gathered its branches.
[ON THE CLASSIC OF THE HILLS AND SEA]
Note 164.
Because the Yellow Emperor considers them of importance.
The Yellow Emperor is one of the five mythical sovereigns who ruled circa 2697 B.C. and is supposed to have reigned a hundred years.
Note 165.
He has attended an Imperial audience at the Twelve Towers.