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The Way of Jade (Complete in Five Volumes)
Jiuzhou Press · 2019
Yudao is the first comprehensive popular cultural reader to tell the full story of Chinese jade culture. It is divided into five parts—"The Making of …
The Way of Jade · I · The Formation of Jade
Jiuzhou Press · 2019
In the transition between the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods ten thousand years ago, jade was discovered and used almost simultaneously by early pe…
The Way of Jade · IV · The Virtue of Jade
Jiuzhou Press · 2019
The virtue of jade derives from its inherent physical properties: warmth and smoothness, density, translucency… and even more from the meanings bestow…
The Way of Jade · V · The Harmony of Jade
Jiuzhou Press · 2019
From ancient times to the present, jade has blended and coexisted with Chinese beauty, Chinese ritual, and Chinese history—this is the development and…
The Way of Jade · II · The History of Jade
Jiuzhou Press · 2019
The earliest jade was used by our ancestors as ornaments to adorn themselves. Later it gradually ascended to the altar, existing as a spiritual medium…
The Way of Jade · III · The Beauty of Jade
Jiuzhou Press · 2019
In jade from prehistoric times to the Qing dynasty, the aesthetic style gradually transitioned from abstract to realistic, and then slowly returned fr…