People in China like to wear jade articles. In ancient times, jade was a symbol of a gentleman's status. The ancients endowed jade with moral value and compared its characteristics to the virtue of a gentleman. Therefore, "the ancient gentleman must wear jade." People cut jade into pieces, put it on, make it into Yu Pei, and take it with them.
Oracle Bone Inscriptions jade, the glyph is Yu Pei and five or three Pian Yu wear together. The bronze inscription fixed the jade represented by three Pian Yu connected together.
China is the only country in the history of the world that combines jade with humanity. There is a saying in the Book of Songs that "a gentleman is as gentle as jade". What are the advantages of jade?
The jade here is not our jade today, but nephrite, suet jade and hetian jade in Xinjiang. It is said that the five characteristics of jade symbolize five beautiful virtues.
1, the first is benevolence, and benevolence is benevolence. "Warm, benevolent." In other words, the surface texture of jade is delicate and soft. Wearing jade is like having a gentle and tolerant gentleman with you all the time, influencing and infecting you, and finally transforming your temperament.
2, followed by righteousness, moral righteousness. "Jill can know the middle way and the side of benevolence and righteousness from the outside." That is to say, from the outside, we can see the texture inside the jade to see if there are any impurities. This is jade's loyalty and one of the essential qualities of ancient gentlemen. In other words, being able to express inner morality requires integrity and responsibility. The word "righteousness" seems simple, but it is really not easy to do.
3. The third is wisdom, wisdom of wisdom. "Its voice is comfortable, but it is far-reaching and intelligent." The sound of knocking on jade is crisp and pleasant, pleasant to the ear, single-minded but not miscellaneous, and can spread far away. Like the wisdom of the wise, the classic argument, the collision of the universe and life.
4. The fourth is courage, brave courage. "If you don't scratch or bend, you are brave." Is perseverance, would rather die than surrender! This feature of "jade" represents the courage of a gentleman!
5, the fifth is clean, clean, clean. "Sharp and sincere, but not embarrassing, the clean side is also". Glass broken into sharp stubble will hurt people, while jade is broken, and the sharp fracture with blade will not hurt people by hand. This quality of being unwilling to fight violence with violence even if you are hurt is the virtue of "a gentleman leads an honest and clean life". Although there are sharp and straight edges, it will not hurt people, but it is a complete and round embodiment.
A gentleman is like jade, and all ancient gentlemen wear jade. "Jade Algae" has a cloud: "A gentleman is unreasonable, and jade does not go."
Yu Pei is a symbol of a man's virtue. Wearing Mei Yu can cultivate his body and mind. Walking, the jade collided with each other and made a pleasant sound. In fact, reminding yourself that behavior is a kind of self-discipline.
The ancient people loved Yu Pei not because of the preciousness of jade, but because of its quality. In ancient times with profound Confucianism, Yu Pei's moral function was far greater than his aesthetic purpose.
In the radical of ancient Chinese, Wang Heyu and seal script are three horizontal and one vertical.
So how to distinguish? Just look at the horizontal position in the middle. The king is in the upper position and the jade is in the middle.
Later, in order to better distinguish Wang and Yu, a dot was added below or to the right of the word "Yu". Or attach one or two oblique pens as distinguishing symbols.
As a radical, jade is no different from the king, but its meaning is jade. For example, precious treasures, jewels, pearls, dazzling things, corals ... these words composed of jade elements all have precious and beautiful meanings.
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