Linguistics and Literature Studies Vol. 4(4), pp. 252 - 261
DOI: 10.13189/lls.2016.040403
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Genetic Study on Aesthetic and Metaphysical Tension of Chinese Jade in a Dream of Red Mansions

Juan Wu ^*
School of Foreign Language, Beijing Institute of Technology, China

ABSTRACT

This paper starts from the jade image in literary narratives, A Dream of Red Mansions to the genetic study on jade mythological concepts to illustrate the aesthetic and metaphysical tension of jade, to illustrate the particular characteristics of Chinese culture, to reveal the underlying mythological concepts that dominate the ritual behaviors and literary narratives, and highlight the prototype function of mythological concepts in the construction of the jade ideology and narratives. Once the prototype of jade myth is revealed, the evolvement track of its cultural narratives and the operative relations between coding and re-coding will be better understood. Besides, the scope and subject of jade study extends from literary narratives in written form to the pre-writing prehistoric jade articles for worshiping purposes.

KEYWORDS
Chinese Jade, Aesthetic, Metaphysical, A Dream of Red Mansions

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Juan Wu , "Genetic Study on Aesthetic and Metaphysical Tension of Chinese Jade in a Dream of Red Mansions," Linguistics and Literature Studies, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 252 - 261, 2016. DOI: 10.13189/lls.2016.040403.

(b). APA Format:
Juan Wu (2016). Genetic Study on Aesthetic and Metaphysical Tension of Chinese Jade in a Dream of Red Mansions. Linguistics and Literature Studies, 4(4), 252 - 261. DOI: 10.13189/lls.2016.040403.