英语听力精选进阶版 11477（在线收听）

090 Jade bi 8 Oct 2010

Fri, 8 Oct 10

Inscribed jade disc. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, explores life in 18th-century China through a jade disc, or bi. This disc was owned by the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing dynasty at a time when the country's culture was much admired by intellectuals of the European Enlightenment. With contributions by historian Jonathan Spence and the poet Yang Lian.