Jade is a beautiful stone, dense, moist and shiny. It comes from mountains and rivers, and Hetian jade in Xinjiang enjoys a high reputation. Jade has been highly valued since ancient times. It is a symbol of beauty and, by extension, virtue. Wu Ding, the wife of Shang Dynasty, has a virtuous wife. There are 755 funerary objects and jades in the tomb, all of which are exquisite. According to "Easy Release of Prisoners", it was defeated in the battle on the outskirts of Shangdu. On the evening of Jiazi Day, he took five pieces of the most exquisite jade of heaven and set himself on fire. Someone told King Wu that Zhou Wang burned 4,000 pieces of jade. Five days later, King Wu ordered the commander to take people to find it. Four thousand pieces of ordinary jade have been destroyed in the fire, and the jade of heaven has not been sold. The jade of the five days is regarded as a treasure by the prince of Wu. King featuring always got fourteen thousand pieces of Wang Baoyu and one hundred and eighty thousand pieces of jade. -The status of jade in Yin Shang culture can be imagined.
"Jade" doesn't have that point in Oracle Bone Inscriptions and inscriptions on bronze. Three or four horizontal lines indicate a few pieces of jade, and a vertical line indicates a rope that wears jade. Shuowen said, "It is like the connection of three jade, but it is also coherent." Biography of the "king" and "jade" are very similar, both three horizontal and one vertical. The distance between the three horizontal lines of jade is equal, while the distance between the three horizontal lines of Wang is large. After the official change, the difference is obvious by adding a little "jade". This was originally the "tussah" added to it. After studying, A New Surname (mass publishing house 198 1 edition) accepted this surname.
Wearing jade by nobles is a symbol of aristocratic status, and by extension, it has the function of exorcising evil spirits and avoiding disasters. In A Dream of Red Mansions, Jia Baoyu's psychic Baoyu has both, which not only shows his identity, but also accompanies him to eliminate disasters and diseases.
Jade is a beautiful stone and a symbol of beauty and virtue. In Guanzi, jade has nine virtues, while Xunzi said: "A gentleman is richer in jade than a gentleman is beautiful", pointing out that jade has seven virtues: benevolence, wisdom, righteousness, action, courage, affection and words. "A gentleman is as good as jade", and the Confucian classic Book of Rites also explains that besides benevolence, wisdom and righteousness, it also includes courtesy, joy, loyalty and faith. Xu Shen's Shuowen is influenced by the theory of "Five Elements", which summarizes the five virtues of jade: benevolence, righteousness, courage, wisdom and kindness. Later, it became the five virtues of benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith, and became the moral standard of Confucianism.
There are many kinds of jade, which the ancients divided into five categories, called "five wonders": Gui, Bi, Yan, Huang and Zhang, that is, five kinds of jade. A vassal can appear in front of the emperor and wear jade articles equivalent to his status. Lin Xiangru's "Bi" was returned to Zhao intact. It was an oblate jade with a hole in the wide side. It is a ritual vessel used by emperors and princes at court meetings.
Jade is exquisite and precious, and the word "jade" has the meaning of exquisite and precious. Such as: jade food, jade girl, jade ornaments, jade belt, jade jade, jade liquid, jade building and so on. Yucheng, Zhao Yu, and Yu Yin are appellations and honorifics.
Beauty's face is as white as jade, and jade appearance, jade capacity and jade face are combined into words. Bai Juyi's "Song of Eternal Sorrow" wrote that Yang Guifei's lonely and tearful poem is "Tears fall from her sad white face, like a spring rain falling on a pear flower", which can be called a swan song throughout the ages. Later poets have many imitations, which can never be surpassed. Wang Changling's Poem of Long Letters in Autumn is unfair to Ban Jieyu. There is a famous sentence, "Jade is not as beautiful as western Western jackdaw, but it still has a sunny shadow", which is praised by later generations. In Song Dynasty, Ouyang Xiu lamented the state affairs, and wrote a poem "Yu Yan has been tired since ancient times, who wants to share the meat with the country?".
The beauty of jade is not innate, and it needs the "cutting" of the jade craftsman; The preciousness of precious stones is not innate, and it needs the "polishing" of masons. The Book of Songs says that "grinding is like grinding", and only after pondering can it be flawless and precious. People's moral knowledge is not innate, and it needs study and practice to become useful talents. Saint Amethyst also said: "Silkworms spin silk and bees make honey;" People are not as good as things without learning. " If an open person is not good at learning and neglects his work, it is worse than an insect.
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