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Mythical Narratives of Yellow Emperor and Mythological Worship of Chinese Jade in the Classic of Mountains and Seas

Received: 11 January 2017     Accepted: 9 March 2017     Published: 18 May 2017
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Abstract

Through a focus on the motif of the mythical narrative of Yellow Emperor’s eating the white jade cream, this paper aims to elucidate the genetic mechanism of Chinese jade worship budded in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, unveil the underlying historical truth of the jade origination and transportation, and investigate the significance of white jade in molding the national ideology and material production.

Published in International Journal of Literature and Arts (Volume 5, Issue 3)
DOI 10.11648/j.ijla.20170503.11
Page(s) 19-25
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Keywords

Mythical Narrative, Yellow Emperor, Mythological Worship, Chinese Jade, Classic of Mountains and Seas

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  • Department of English, School of Foreign Language, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China

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