In 1768, the emperor was given a pair of exotic jade plates as gifts. Amazed ... purchase of many similar jade artifacts from outside China, and had his poems carved on them as well.

During the Chinese Civil War, the jade cabbage, along with other precious ... Other cabbage-related souvenirs include magnets, rulers, bottle stoppers, wind chimes, and fried egg-shapers.

Jade, which in Chinese culture represents ritual and dignity, naturally became his focus. On receiving a treasured jade piece, the emperor, who credited himself a member of the literati ...