| 释义 |
‖ tsung, n. Chinese Archæol.|tsʊŋ|
Also ts'ung.
[Chinese cóng (Pinyin), ts'ung (Wade-Giles).]
A ritual artefact (usu. made of a single piece of jade) consisting of a hollow cylinder with a central rectangular section, found esp. in graves of the Shang-Zhou period (16–11th cent. b.c.), and regarded as a symbol of, or sacrificial offering to, the Earth.
[1851E. Biot Tcheou-li I. xviii. 434 Avec la tablette Tsong, de couleur jaune, il rend hommage à la terre.] 1904S. W. Bushell Chinese Art I. vii. 139 A perforated round symbol (pi) of cerulean tint is used in the worship of heaven, an octagonal symbol (tsung) of yellow jade for earth. 1935Ashton & Gray Chinese Art 36 The ts'ung was used in the primary ritual of earth-worship and was probably also associated with fertility rites. 1963K. Chang Archaeol. Anc. China ix. 276 A ceremonial pit was uncovered which contained over twenty stone discs of various sizes and a number of jade and stone ceremonial objects (circular yüan, square tsung tubes, wuan-kui, etc.). 1983Washington Post 10 Oct. d3/2 The Stone Age jades on view—the highly polished discs, the rings and tsungs and ceremonial axes—were seen..as relatively modern. |