Vol. 25-Net JOURNAL OF BAISE UNIVERSITY © Jan, 2012 100732) A £1673—$233(20 2)01—0001—10 Ershe and Eryu,The Background of the Origins of Jade Earrings ——A Study on the Birth of Jade Culture from the Perspective of the Fourfold —Evidence Method YE Shusian institute of Literature of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Beijing 100732.China) Abstract: Human beings are in common in the origins of the earlobe—piercing and the ear rings, The earrings bear a close relation to the view of human body mythology during prehis- toric period, It wi featured by regarding the head and the ear as the common deity and the holy organs.and establishing the mysterious relation between the ear and the heart, Using jade wares as the earrings was @ unique phenomenon of prehistoric China and East Asia, It needs to restore the special circumstances of the interaction and combination of the prehistoric Asian jade mythology and human body mythology. Through the pertinent exploration of the Eryu (earrings made of jade) rites and Ershe (snakelike braid) mythology, this article,by using the method of the four—fold evidenc the theoretical explanations of the mythology for provid the study on the birth of the jade culture, Key words: Esshi ide earrings;the birth of jade culture;method of four—fold evidence "Gon, 2011-12-30 . © 1oRWWo0??. . >cvapay agsi~ >. - -= es 7« yore a 3 4 5 . ~ 2008, « y : 15 15 : +13 1. : 6 ) a "7 : so 2 2 2, : . 2200~ 2000 : : . : 2 e > 94,95,96 + Lt 4.2 : Cob : co”, >) « » . n ‘ ee ee ee ee 4 1994-2012 China Academie Journal Electronic Publishing House. All rights reserved. _ tty« yore a . : 2 0) aa y 6 1994-2012 China Academie Journal Electronic Publishing House. All rights reserved. _ tty niki.net12) asang “ 7 4-2012 China Academie Journal Electronie Publishing House. All rights reserved. http nikzoe : . 5300 . C18), cow «1D; « : ‘ > (Richard Broxton Onians)( ” scalp—lock( > . OnianssRichard Broxton. The Oxsins of European Thousht about the Bodysthe Mind, the Soulethe Worlds Time and Fates Can Irie a the University Press, 1951 pp. SLU—S15, 8«ow : oo 2 yad4 . oor, coo Lo (prana), ~ (the vital breaths) * : a ) , : c 18), . oy * a Ds , atm ae ® Onians: Richard Uroxton, The Origine of European Thousht about the odythe Minds the Soul,the World, Time and Fate, Can Irige tthe Universi’ Pres 1951.7. 68 1994-2012 China Academie Journal Electronic Publishing House. All rights reserved. _ttp://www.en« yore a oe > « » : “ > (Melanpus) : [Mt 1987 1980, 12002, IM cM. (lai : se don, The Johns Hopkins University Press 193,92 185—1 Ushers, Walter Structure and Histor’ in Gresk Mytholoay 10 1994-2012 China Academie Journal Electronic Publishing House (Asclepius) (2). 1991 Gantar Timothy. Early Greck Myths ol, L+Balsimore and Low and Ritual: Berkles + 4200 1999, Gudea 2008, sad London, Universit of California Prost 1978,