夏代礼玉制度探源

5500年前，几乎使太湖地区濒临灭亡的一场大水缔结了吴地与玉化和鱼化的不解情缘，玉化和鱼化又共同造就了具有玉的秉性和鱼的天性的虚心、细腻、活跃，讲究精益求精，崇尚开拓开放的化特征。玉化和鱼化蕴育了明社会的合理内核，为泱泱中华迈入明社会的门槛，在组织结构和意识形态两个方面提供了必要的历史基础，而玉器从实用器进而逐步发展成为国家礼器的整个过程也即是夏代礼玉制度的重要渊薮。

The Origin of the Ritual System of Jade of Xia Dynasty

The jade culture and the fish culture which became the rational core of the ci vilization in Tai lake region provide China a necessary historical basis to come into the civilization. It was an important course for the ritual system of jade of Xia dynasty that the jade articles developed from the applied articles to th e ritual articles of the country.