Bai Yulong’s new pledge

[White Jade Dragon Nugget]

White Jade Dragon Nugget, yuan, 5.8 cm long, 5 cm wide and 4 cm high
The jade inscription is square, slightly thick, with a raised glyph on the bottom. The upper part is a dragon-shaped button. The body of the dragon is short and looks like an animal body. It has horns on its head, and its hair is covered. Its limbs are thick. The elbow is decorated with a raised flame pattern, with three split ends, one long in the middle, and the upper part is connected with the hair on the head
Pledge is a symbol, which is signed on the document to indicate personal promise, and then carved for ease of use. Tao Zongyi of the Yuan Dynasty recorded in his “Record of Cultivating” that “the officials of today’s Mongolia Semu people can’t hold the calligraphy and calligraphy, for example, they can print it with ivory or wood carving, and those who get the order can use the jade book for inscription, which is not specially given.” Therefore, it can be seen that the identity level of those who use jade for inscription is higher than those who use ivory or wood carving.

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