Don, what does this iconic symbol represent?

唐，這個標誌性符號代表什麼？

It has a very long history.

它的歷史非常悠久。

It's one of the longest things carved in jade.

這是用玉石雕刻的最長的東西之一。

It's a pagan symbol.

這是一個異教符號。

The classical B is really much larger.

經典 B 確實要大得多。

It really wasn't jewelry until much later.

直到很久以後，它才真正成為珠寶。

It was huge, sometimes, you know, a foot across.

它很大，有時，你知道，有一英尺寬。

And it represented the heavens, the sun.

它代表著天、太陽。

In burial jade, the deceased is laid to rest with a B under his head and a cun on his chest.

在殉葬玉器中，死者頭下有乙，胸前有丙。

Cun, you know, represents the earth, B, the heavens.

要知道，"存 "代表 "地"，"乙 "代表 "天"。

So you're residing between heaven and earth, as it were.

所以，你就像住在天堂和人間之間一樣。

It became jewelry, oh, I don't know, a few hundred years ago, really.

它成為珠寶，我也不知道是幾百年前的事了。

A B really has to be kind of formalized.

A B 確實必須是某種形式化的。

The hole can't be too big, or it's called an annular ring or a hololith.

孔不能太大，否則就叫環狀環或整體石。

It should be about a third to a quarter of the diameter of the whole thing to be, you know, a B.

它應該是整個直徑的三分之一到四分之一，你知道，B。

That's, I think, probably the symbol that is most asked about.

我想，這可能是人們問得最多的一個符號。

Would you say it's one of the more common symbols in jade jewelry?

您認為這是玉石珠寶中比較常見的標誌之一嗎？

A lot of reasons for that.

原因很多。

Yeah, it is.

是的，就是這樣。

Number one, it's easy to cut.

第一，容易切割。

If you're cutting a jade rough, you've got a bunch of stuff left over, sometimes not thick enough for a calve, sometimes not big enough for a carving.

如果你要切割一塊玉石毛坯，就會剩下一堆東西，有時不夠厚，不能做小牛，有時不夠大，不能做雕刻。

What are you going to do?

你打算怎麼辦？

Well, a B is pretty good.

好吧，B 也算不錯了。

You can do lots with it.

你可以用它做很多事情。

So yeah, it's practical.

所以，是的，它很實用。

It's also very popular.

它也非常受歡迎。

I've been wearing this one for 40 years.

這件衣服我穿了 40 年。

Wow.

哇

Yeah, that's kind of a nice one.

是啊，這個不錯。

It is.

就是這樣。

Yeah, I like to wear jade, and it's supposed to be close to the skin.

是啊，我喜歡佩戴玉石，它應該是貼近皮膚的。

Can't get closer.

無法靠近。

Do you rub it?

你擦了嗎？

Do you rub it like a worry stone?

你會把它當做煩惱石來摩擦嗎？

Actually, I do from time to time.

事實上，我時不時會這樣做。

Does it help?

有幫助嗎？

Well, I haven't been hit by a car yet, you know.

你知道，我還沒被車撞過呢。