object

Bi

Objects · Rituals · Traditions

A named flat jade disk with a round hole, a Chinese ritual form. Not Heshi bi the famous jade, not the Heirloom Seal, and not jade as a material.

Also known as Jade bi

Chinese tradition

  • Bi appears in Chinese tradition.

    Laufer’s Jade treats the bi as a named perforated disc of early Chinese jade. A named form in that archaeological survey, not He Shi Bi the treasure-gem and not generic jade.

    from Berthold Laufer · Jade, 1912

    appears in · sourced · culturally specific

sources

  • Jade · Berthold Laufer

    Berthold Laufer, Jade: A Study in Chinese Archaeology and Religion.