Instruction Functions of Taoism Philosophy on Jade Carving

Taoism philosophy has instruction functions on jade carving, which is mainly reflected in three aspects:obey the laws of nature, action or inaction, contrary and connection.Qiao colour skill with artfully carving, namely, using the colour of stone to creative aesthetical works, is the most common skill to obey the laws of nature on jade carving.Action and inaction are two different kinds of creation philosophy, aiming at two different aesthetical standards.The former one thinks highly of the artificial beauty on jade carving, and the latter prefers natural beauty.As for jade carving, the thoughts of contrary and connection present obvious.In image design, the objects of jade carving are different from each other in many aspects, such as primary and secondary, near and far.All the objects should be well organized to get a harmonious feeling.In fact, contrary is also a kind of connection.All the contrary relationships make up the harmonious jade works.In general, the Taoism philosophy and jade carving can benefit from each other.