The golden jade coat, which is something used by the dead. To put it simply, this is the use of jade pendants as cloth and gold wire as needles and threads to create high-level benefits.
The cost of the golden jade coat is extremely expensive, and measured by the current vision, the assets cannot be built without astronomical numbers, taking the golden jade clothes of Liu Sheng and his wife, the king of Zhongshan Jing, as an example:
Liu Sheng's jade clothes share 2498 pieces of jade, gold wire weighs 1100 grams, Dou Xuan's jade clothes share 2160 pieces, and gold wire weighs 700 grams.
It can be seen that it is extremely difficult to create a golden jade garment, which requires huge manpower and material resources to support, and cannot be used by non-princes. After Cao Pi replaced Emperor Xian of Han in establishing Wei, he ordered that the use of golden jade cloth be banned. Therefore, at present, a total of 12 pieces of jade clothes have been excavated across the country, all of which are from Han tombs without exception.
These princes and nobles of the two Han Dynasties, dressed in jade robes, thought that they could be incorruptible for a thousand years, but they did not know that it was precisely because of their rich burials that they attracted the covetousness of tomb robbers and made them unable to be at peace after death.
However, when people excavate some Han tombs today, they find that the golden jade clothes have long been destroyed, the jade pendants are scattered on the ground, but the golden wisps have long disappeared, and the rich funerary goods next to them are also missing, and it is obvious that they have encountered tomb robbers.
So what causes these tomb robbers to only take gold silk and not jade pendants? Is it because the jade pendant has the spirit of the tomb owner attached to it, so they are afraid of retribution? If the tomb robber is afraid of retribution, he will naturally not engage in the business of tomb robbery.
One simple reason is that only circulation produces value. Before the Tang, Song and Song dynasties, jade, as a luxury, was not something that anyone could afford, only the princes and nobles could afford to use, which was a status symbol.
Secondly, jade is different from gold and silver, and once it has been processed, it is basically impossible to carry out secondary processing. In particular, the jade on the golden jade coat, the things used by dead people can be seen at a glance, unlike other jade products that cannot be seen whether they have been used by dead people.
To put it bluntly, the jade on this golden jade coat cannot be circulated if it is stolen, and there is no profit if it cannot be circulated, so why waste this time. This is a bit like the fact that luxury cars are often not stolen, and low-end cars are easy to be stolen.
Although jade was the exclusive property of princes and nobles before the Tang and Song dynasties, it does not mean that before the Song Dynasty, tomb robbers did not steal jade, and some tomb robbers would still take away other jade products. Since the princes and nobles can afford to use it, there will naturally be sales, although the sales are not large.
After the Tang and Song dynasties, not to mention, jade products have entered the homes of ordinary people, and tomb robbers have become even more rampant in stealing jade. In the face of boldness, it doesn't matter what kind of golden jade clothes or silver jade clothes you have, I am afraid that I will receive them all according to the order. Think of the picture of Sun Dianying stealing the tomb of Cixi in the past, no matter what jade you have, take it all.