A Dissertation on the Ancient Chinese Vases of the Shang Dynasty: From 1743 to 1496, B. C., Illustrated with Forty-two Chinese Wood EngravingsAuthor, sold by J. Gilbert, 1851 - 63 Seiten |
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admonitory ancestors ancient form CHING-TANG Chow Dynasty circumference CONFUCIUS considered containing depth depth was four depth was seven depth was three eight inches Emperor Emperor SHUN English pint engraved five Chinese inches four Chinese pounds four inches Fuh-he grandson Haou-tëen Hea Dynasty Heaven hieroglyphical honour inches and eight-tenths inches and five-tenths inches and four-tenths inches and one-tenth inches and seven-tenths inches and six-tenths inches and three-tenths inches and two-tenths inscription internal depth Kwei last character Maou measured in height mouth neck nine-tenths person Po-koo-too pounds and six pounds and twelve Prince reign closed relief remarks round the centre seven Chinese inches seven inches Shang Dynasty six Chinese inches six inches Sovereigns spear TAE-MOW temple tenths three Chinese pounds three inches Tsun Tsze twelve ounces Vase measured Vessel measured weighed five Chinese weighed four Chinese weighed seven Chinese weighed three Chinese weighed two Chinese worshipping YUEN-YUEN
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Seite 3 - ... were many of these ancient relics discovered, and a new order of things having been established, they have been preserved to the present period. Regarding them merely on account of their great antiquity therefore (above 3600 years!), independently of their symmetry and style of ornament, they...
Seite 3 - Chinese history, a custom seems to have prevailed of interring with the dead honorary vases, which reposed with them for ages ; but during the civil wars, more particularly that about AD 200, the graves of the ancient monarchs and eminent statesmen were dug up and their ashes dispersed ; then were many of these ancient relics discovered, and a new order of things having been established, they have been preserved to the present period. Regarding them merely on account of their...
Seite 61 - A MIRROR, DURING THE TANG DYNASTY. ' The above diagram represents the reverse side of a polished steel mirror. The centre represents the sun. The four animals around it represent four constellations. The next circle contains the Pd-kwa, or FUH-HE'S Eight Diagrams, by which he and his followers attempt to account for all the changes and transmutations which take place in .nature. The outer circle represents the twelve signs of the Chinese Zodiac.
Seite 3 - ... alive ; then it was that the sacred vases of the Hea, Shang, and Chow dynasties, which had been transmitted from father to son, with books of every description, were concealed by those who set a value on them, till after the death of the tyrant, when they were dug up, and highly esteemed. At one period of Chinese history, a custom seems to have prevailed of interring, with the dead, honorary vases, which reposed with them for ages, till the civil wars about AD 200, when the graves of the ancient...
Seite 49 - THE vessel on the opposite page, including the cover, measured in height, twelve Chinese inches and four-tenths ; its containing depth, seven inches and five-tenths ; the length of the neck, four inches and eight-tenths ; that of the body, eight inches and six-tenths ; and the circumference, seven inches and two-tenths. It weighed nine Chinese pounds and twelve ounces. The inscription, which was engraved on the cover, and on the vessel, is, by the moderns written Jjr "rP ]j[{:} "7^ jUj* t*I ^|R Sun,...
Seite 49 - Sun, tso tsoo yih paou tsun e, " The descendants make this beautiful or valuable vessel in veneration of their ancestor TSOO-YIH." From the form of the first ancient character, a hand grasping a missile weapon, this vessel has been denominated the Chetaou, or grasping a missile vase. The emperor TSOO-YIH reigned 1496 BC, and was the son of HO-TAN-KEA ; who, owing to great inundations, removed his court to Ho-chung-foo, in Honan province. The compiler here remarks, that the ancient forms of Sun almost...
Seite 4 - ... precious, are greatly esteemed. The vases given to the literati, it is said, were made VOL. I. H of iron ; those given to the principal ministers of state, of fine copper ; those given to the nobles, as well as those used by the emperors, were made of gold, and were indispensable when paying homage to their ancestors. The custom, in those remote times, was for the emperor, when worshipping, to use nine vessels ; a noble, seven ; a minister of state, five ; and a literary person, three. In later...
Seite 3 - Thorns remarks in his book that "in the early periods of Chinese history, a custom seems to have prevailed of interring with the dead honorary vases, which reposed with them for ages ; but during the civil wars, more particularly that about AD 200, the graves of the ancient monarchs and eminent statesmen were dug up and their ashes dispersed ; then...
Seite 13 - Chow division of the heavens, the fruits of the earth have arrived at maturity. This and the preceding vase are supposed to have been used when worshipping at the family altars, on account of a plentiful season of the fruits of the earth. It is conjectured that it was made for, or by order of...
Seite 47 - ... thirty-five vessels ascribed to this period, which differ very little in their devices. In the introductory remarks to a description of one of them it is said, — " Though the vessel is small and may be considered of little worth, yet being a Tseo vessel, one used exclusively by the nobility, hence used by the officiating officer or emperor to drink out of when sacrificing, it is a vessel of very great importance in the national rites.