by Yi-Qing Feng (Author)

Evolved from Neolithic times, Chinese civilization is wrapped in profound mystery to most of peoples in the world, and needed further to be disclosed from the views of Chinese cultural history. In China, jades have been a long culture tradition since the early Neolithic period, and the cornerstone of Chinese culture and civilization. Only early jades, especially those made in the times before the Han dynasty (206 B.C. - 220 A.D.), can in full range provide significant pictures of China's past culture and civilization. Therefore, in this book, superb jade resources were amassed to present a broad outline regarding Chinese jade's cultural history, in a purpose to introduce fundamental material facts to trace Chinese cultural history and the development of Chinese civilization in related. Persuasive methodology and knowledge for people to identify early Chinese jades are also introduced as another essential functionality of this book.

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