LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS INTRODUCTION I. JADE AND OTHER STONE IMPLEMENTS II. JADE SYMBOLS OF SOVEREIGN POWER III. ASTRONOmCAL INSTRUMESTS OZ JADE IV. JADE AS WRITING-MATERIAL V. JADE IN RELIGIOUS WORSHIP- TIIE JADE IMAGES OF THE COSMIC DEITIES 1. Jade Images and Symbols of the Deity Earth 2. Jade Images and Symbols of the Deity Heaven 3. Jade Images of the North, East and South 4. Jade Images of the Deity of the West 5. Jade Images of the Dragon VI. JADE COINS AnD SEALS VII. PEESONAL ORNAMXNTS OF JADE 1. The Girdle-Pendant 2. The Development of the Girdle-Pendants 3. Ornaments for Headgear and Hair 4. Jade Clasps 5. Jade Buckles 6. Sword Ornaments of Jade 7. The Jade Court-Girdles of the T'ang Dynasty VIII. JADE AMULETS OF ThE DEAD IX. JADE OBJECTS USED In DRESSING THE CORPSE X. JADE CARVINGS OF FISHES, QUADRUPEDS AND HUMAN FIGURES IN THE GRAVE XI. VASES OF JADE XII. JADE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY APPENDIX I. JADE IN BUDDHIST ART APPENDIX II. THE NEPHRITE QUESTION OF JAPAN BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX