本书是《汉字与玉石》的英译版本。原中文书是“汉字中国”系列图书之一，讲述了在汉字系统中包含着大量趣味盎然的“玉”部字以及与玉相关的汉字。这些与玉有关的汉字透露了中国古代玉文化的无穷奥秘。该书首次从玉料和治玉、玉石与崇玉、玉器与用玉的角度，对中国的玉文化进行了全面的阐述，并在这种阐述中解析了大量与玉有关的字，阐释了这些汉字有如此形音义的原因，揭示了这些汉字所蕴含的丰富的文化信息。本书作为《汉字与玉石》中文版的英译本，对于中国文化走出去，弘扬中国汉字文化具有一定的意义。

Preface
Foreword
Chapter 1 Jade Material and Jade Processing
1.1 Jade Material and Related Chinese Characters
1.2 Jade Processing and Related Chinese Characters
Chapter 2 Jade and Jade Worship
2.1 Jade and Related Chinese Characters
2.2 Jade Worship and Related Chinese Characters
Chapter 3 Jade Articles and the Usage of Jade(Ⅰ)
3.1 Jade Articles for Sacrifice and Related Chinese Characters
3.2 Jade Articles for Funerals and Related Chinese Characters
Chapter 4 Jade Articles and the Usage of Jade(Ⅱ)
4.1 Political .lade Articles and Related Chinese Characters
4.2 Decorative Jade Articles and Related Chinese Characters
Chapter 5 The Development of Ancient Jade Articles
5.1 Jade Articles in the Neolithic Age
5.2 Jade Articles in the Xia Dynasty
5.3 Jade Articles in the Shang Dynasty
5.4 Jade Articles in the Western Zhou Dynasty
5.5 Jade Articles in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty
5.6 Jade Articles in the Qin Dynasty
5.7 Jade Articles in the Han Dynasty
5.8 Jade Articles in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties
5.9 Jade Articles in the Sui,Tang and the Five Dynasties
5.10 Jade Articles in the Song, Liao and Jin Dynasties
5.11 Jade Articles in the Yuan Dynasty
5.12 Jade Articles in the Ming Dynasty
5.13 Jade Articles in the Qing Dynasty
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