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I. Ancient Jade Axe (from Ku yii t'u p'u) 41 



2-3. Jade Dance-Axes (from Ku yii t'u p'u) 42 



4. Hatchet of Yellow Red-Spotted Jade 43 



5-6. Ancient Bronze Hatchets (from Kin-shih so) 44 



7. Perforated Stone Chisel from Shantung (after Sketch furnished by 



Mr. Couling) 47 



8. Three Stone Arrow-Heads (from Kin-shih so) 61 



9. Stone Implements (from Pen ts'ao kang mu) 65 



10. Stone Hatchets in an Ornamental Composition (from Fang-shih 



mo p'u) 67 



11. Spade-Shaped Bronze Coin (from Specimen in Field Museum, Cat- 



alogue No. 1 16958) 74 



12-13. Bronze Hatchets of Han Period (from Specimens in American 



Museum, New York) 74. 75 



14. Spade-Shaped Celts (after Grunwedel) 76 



15-17. Reconstructions of the Jade Tablets huan kuei (15), sin kuei (16), 



and kung kuei (17) (from the Palace Edition of the Li ki) . . 85 



18. Jade Disk with "Grain" Pattern according to the Notions of the 



Sung Period (from the Palace Edition of the Li ki) .... 86 



19. Jade Disk with "Rush" Pattern according to the Notions of the 



Sung Period (from Same Source) 86 



20-22. Jade Hammer-Shaped Symbols of Imperial Power, chin kuei . . 87, 90 

 23-24. Jade Hammer and Knife-Shaped Symbols of Imperial Power, chen 



kuei and ta kuei 92 



25-27. Round Jade Tablets, yuan kuei 93 



28. Jade Tablet, ts'ing kuei 95 



29. Pointed Jade Tablet, yen kuei 95 



30. Jade Tablet with "Grain" Pattern, ku kuei, Upper and Lower Faces 96 



31. Jade Tablet kuei on a Han Bas-Relief (from Kin-shih so) 97 

 3 2- 33- Jade Tablets, kuei 98 



34. Jade Tablet, chang 101 



35. Jade Tablet, ya chang 102 



36. Jade Astronomical Instrument, siian-ki 105 



37. Lower Face of Astronomical Instrument in Fig. 36 107 



38. Jade of the Tribes I (I yii) 108 



39. The Ring pi-liu-li (from Kin-shih so) no 



40. Imperial Jade Tablet Am for writing 116 



41-46. Alleged Jade Wheel-Naves (from Ku yii t'u p'u) . . 123, 126-128 



47. Green Jade Tube, ta ts'ung 130 



48. Black Jade Tube, ta ts'ung 131 



49~5o. Jade Tubes, huang ts'ung 132 



1 Chinese drawings with no indication of source are derived from the book of Wu Ta-ch'ing (see 

 Introduction, p. 12). 



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