Chinese jade, any of the carved-jade objects produced in China from the Neolithic Period (c. 3000–2000 bce) onward. The Chinese have historically regarded carved-jade objects as intrinsically valuable, and they metaphorically equated jade with purity an
The ancient Chinese character for "emperor" is "皇", meaning white jade. Since Han Dynasty (202 BC — 220 AD), jade in Chinese has been written as "玉", as the king's token. The Chinese Character "皇" (the right one) on Emperor Qin Shi Huang's Certificate (Hu Fu) to Deploy Fo...
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Using the two scores as the basis, other surviving scores written for the wind instruments were also consulted to reconstruct the music in entirety. Furthermore, the instrumentation of the current rendition is based on descriptions of "Qīng-shāng Yuè" from the Old Book of Táng (舊唐書; ...
Jade has been revered since the Stone Age, especially in China where it was associated with royalty. According to theGemological Institute of America (GIA), the character for jade is one of the oldest in written Chinese. Confucius wrote that jade is like virtue and its brightness represents he...
on the difference between a character written with the jen (radical 9) character as part of its composition (and read hsia) and a character written with the ju (radical 11) character as part of its composition and read shan. In the text of this volume the same character {shan) is print...
Jade: Directed by William Friedkin. With David Caruso, Linda Fiorentino, Chazz Palminteri, Richard Crenna. A bright assistant D.A. investigates a gruesome hatchet murder and hides a clue he found at the crime scene. Under professional threats and an atte
The Mayans and Aztecs believed that jade could cure pains in the side of the body. This is where the name "jade" originated, since early Spanish explorers named it "piedra de ijada", meaning "stone for the pain in the side". The Chinese named jade "yu", meaning "heavenly stone", "...
This morning, I have written a morning work, after the lunch, I see mother to do the housework, I said mother helps you, mother said you help me tow.I took first ride the broom to sweep each room, I took up the swab all to tow each room in, probably towed for half hour, ...
For over 40 years a steady programme of scientific and controlled archaeological excavation and analysis in China has furnished new, incontrovertible and often startling evidence of the age immediately preceding the introduction of bronze metal and the written word....