According to Lin Yu-tang,
both Po Chu-i and Su Tung-po
‘desperately admired’ Tao Yuan-ming,
a poet of nature who wrote a single love poem,
a poem thought by Chinese dilettantes to be
the one ‘blemish in a white jade’.
Can a poet be faulted for calling a woman
carelessly perfect in beauty?
He chose to long for her by envying
the candle that glowed upon her
beautiful face, the shadow
that followed in her every move.
Yet the nature poet Tao Yuan-ming, at home
with the sudden turning of seasons,
now feared the shadow in darkness,
a discarded fan that once stirred her hair,
feared the candle at dawn. At last believed
that for beauty he had lived in vain.
Daniel Halpern, Careless perfection
from here
An 18th-century Chinese white jade model of Guanyin holding a rishi fungus, seated beside a phoenix
Mirror with gilt plate, carved with goose and falcon in white jade, gemstones, ruby, sapphire and jadeite - Early Yuan Dynasty around 1200 / 1300 CHINA
Superb Chinese Qing Dynasty Hetian Jade Kwan-yin Statue w Rosewood Base https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/146146964_superb-chinese-qing-dynasty-hetian-jade-kwan-yin-statue-w-rosewood-base
Hetian White jade Chinese zodiac dragon pendant https://www.etsy.com/listing/1307216875/29176-hetian-white-jade-chinese-zodiac?click_key=7be5e8ce5202c9202a50e19ebe0b310bd82d078f%3A1307216875&click_sum=39ddfd7d&ref=shop_home_active_2&frs=1
Feast your eyes on these lovely pieces of white jade & green jade. Just a sample of what I sourced recently. They'll become minimalist necklaces for my etsy & folksy shops - BeadedDelightsByStef.