On The Design Thought Of Jade In Kaogongji

The aim of this article is to study the jade design thought in Kaogongji. The paper obtains from the historical literature,through the exhaustive reading of text, carefully excavates each kind of jade shape the naming reason, the construction stipulated,concrete function, design thought, thus inquired the true connotation of jade design thought in Kaogongji.Kaogongji surmounts Western Zhou Dynasty, Spring and Autumn Period, the Warring States three historical period, this is precisely the important historical stage which China ancient times thejade developed. Shang Dynasty's jade has "the Shenyu culture" characteristic, but the Zhou Dynasty jade most major characteristic is "the ritual jade culture". The emperor, the feudallord at the sacrificial offering, in the etiquette a series of significant politics activity enjoys the jade, its goal is forstrengthen take the blood relationship patriarchal system as the corerank idea, consolidates the Zhou Dynasty the political system,subsequently achieved "ritual" the highest boundary-Harmony between Man and Nature. " Gathers the sky,the earth, the material and the skill four factors, then may for be good." is the entire core design idea in Kaogongji. Unifies the movement rule of the nature and the rutial systerm of the society, respects nature and human's morality, this is precisely the harmonious design view of beautity gathers good, harmony as beauty in Kaogongji.This design thought has the vital significance to the contemporary design sustainable development. This also is the significance which the author studies is at.The first chapter is about general survey acient jade in Kaogongji times. First outlines the overall characteristic which China ancient times the jade developed, then analyzed the situation of ritual jade uses in the Western Zhou Dynasty, Spring and Autumn Period, the Warring States three historical stage. Finally concerns the book in circulation age, the book in circulation nature and the survey on Kaogongji·yuren. This chapter is the entire elaboration foundation,and from the specialized angle of the jade to carry on the elaboration.The second,third,forth chapters are about the text reading of Kaogongji. In bases in the text foundation, through the massive ancient times literature material, comprehensively and carefully analyzed jade gui(圭),jade bi (璧),jade cong(琮),jade tablet with a pointed(璋), each kind of concrete shape naming, the construction, the function, the design thought and attempted to inquire the quintessence of design idea of jade in Kaogongji. This part is the entire argument foundation.The fifth chapter is about the design thought of jade's theoretical analysis in Kaogongji. This chapter divides three aspects to analyze the jade design thought: One, the material idea of jade in Kaogongji; Two, the decoration idea of jade in Kaogongji; Three, the design esthetics thought of jade in Kaogongji. The summary induces: the design idea of jade in Kaogongji manifest one kind of system design view and harmonious development view——"Harmony as beauty".The conclusion part is to the entire paper summary, pointed out the jade design thought contains in Kaogongji·Yuren to have the vital significance regarding the contemporary design sustainable development.