Abstract
This paper, based on the recent scholarship by Chinese mythologists’ on jade ideology, introduces the theoretical and methodological innovation of Chinese mythology, explores the genetic mechanism of Jade-as-God model, exams the integrated function of jade in the material and spiritual resource possession and distribution, analyzes its relation with the Chinese cultural origin and demonstrates the necessity and capacity of inter-disciplinary interpretation.
Highlights
When we explore into the genes of a culture, we should grasp the core values of a special society during the interaction between material and concept
The Chinese comparative mythology, initiated by the leading scholar Ye Shuxian proposes that Chinese jade function as a material symbol of civilizational origin, and as a centripetal force that promote the development of prehistoric multi-cultures toward the integrated civilization of Central Plains
This paper selects and surveys recent scholarship by sinologists, classicists’ on myth and the cultural identity, inspects jade myth and the cultural identity as fluid and interrelated phenomena and explore the core values that accompanied the formation of Chinese civilization and how they function as the spiritual bonding in the formation of Chinese identity
Summary
When we explore into the genes of a culture, we should grasp the core values of a special society during the interaction between material and concept. The Chinese comparative mythology, initiated by the leading scholar Ye Shuxian proposes that Chinese jade function as a material symbol of civilizational origin, and as a centripetal force that promote the development of prehistoric multi-cultures toward the integrated civilization of Central Plains. This paper selects and surveys recent scholarship by sinologists, classicists’ on myth and the cultural identity, inspects jade myth and the cultural identity as fluid and interrelated phenomena and explore the core values that accompanied the formation of Chinese civilization and how they function as the spiritual bonding in the formation of Chinese identity
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