lingzhin.
/ˈlɪŋdʒi/, /ˈlɪŋdʒə/, U.S. /ˈlɪŋˌdʒi/ The fungus Ganoderma lucidum, believed in China to confer longevity and used as a symbol of this on Chinese ceramic ware.
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1904 S. W. Bushell Chinese Art I. vii. 148 The ju-i sceptre..derives its peculiar form from the sacred fungus called ling-chih, the Polyporus lucidus of botanists, one of the many Taoist emblems of longevity.
1915 R. L. Hobson Chinese Pottery & Porcelain II. iv. 38 Branches of ling chih fungus supporting the Eight Precious Symbols.
1958 W. Willetts Chinese Art I. iv. 290 The ling chih, ‘fungus of immortality’, is cultivated and harvested by the Immortals as ordinary people grow rice.
1974 Country Life 26 Sept. 826/1 The saucer dish..painted with..the fungus the Chinese call ling chih which is a symbol of longevity.
1980 Catal. Fine Chinese Ceramics (Sotheby, Hong Kong) 46 A rare early Ming blue and white Ewer,..the shoulders [encircled] by an undulating lingzhi (ling chih) scroll amidst foliage.
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