Nature of Society: Liu’s folk prophecies, as interpreted by modern Chinese mystics and rural storytellers, describe a prehistoric “golden empire” of enlightened rulers—sometimes called the “Kingdom of the Jade Dawn” in oral lore.
Untranslated Fragments: Texts like “The Jade Dawn Lament” (a rumored title) or village chants remain in Classical Chinese, their poetic density (e.g., four-character phrases) resisting English simplification.
Oral traditions speak of “jade instruments” or “sounding stones,” possibly symbolic of harmonic tools (e.g., musical resonance for balance), contrasting with Atlantis’s militaristic tech (e.g., Plato’s triremes).
In Chinese mythology and folklore, the Jade Emperor and celestial beings govern the cosmos with strict rules about divine interference:
Their stone axes are made largely of jade or nephrite, a mineral which, strange to say, geologists have not found in place on the continent of Europe." (Foster's "Prehistoric Races," p.
Leaves of jade in spar mocked nature.
Chalchiuhtlicue, whose name translates to "She of the Jade Skirt," was an important deity in Aztec mythology.
She is often depicted wearing a skirt made of jade and carrying various water-related symbols.
Chalchiuhtlicue was venerated in temples dedicated to water deities, where offerings such as flowers, jade, and small animals were made to seek her favor.
The most esteemed precious stones were the ual, translated “diamond,” and the xit, which was the impure jade or green stone, so much the favorite with the nations of Mexico and Central America.
During the Shang dynasty, phoenix and dragon images were popular as burial objects, with several jade phoenix and dragon artifacts unearthed from Shang dynasty tombs.
According to legend, the garden is situated in the Jade Palace on Mount Kunlun, an ethereal and divine realm.
The Jade Rabbit is often depicted as accompanying her.