Study on Jade Culture inThe Dream of the Red Chamber from Perspective of “The Precious Jade of Spiritual Perception”

“The Precious Jade of Spiritual Percept”was a piece of mysterious jade created in the novelThe Dream of the Red Chamber.Through the plot design about the“The Precious Jade of Spiritual Perception”, the author of the novel rethought the Chinese traditional jade culture deeply from all aspects, towards which his attitude was neither fully positive nor completely negative.His understanding of the origin and the function of jade had a strong tint of myth and religion.He paid a tribute from the bottom of his heart to the natural beauty of jade, exactly described the different attitudes of the various strata towards jade, disclosed the phenomenon in the jade market which was filled with counterfeits, and had pity on the common people’s production of the counterfeits.“The Precious Jade of Spiritual Perception”was not only a piece of beautiful jade, but also a symbol of the feudal hereditary and successive system.It could decide a person’s political power, economic status, life style and marital choice.Cao Xueqin criticized these skillfully and deeply.The jade culture inThe Dream of the Red Chamberwas a stereo portrayal of the jade culture of Cao Xueqin’s era.