Asian Art Forums - Detail List

Asian Art Forums

Group: Message Board

Not to make things worse than they are!

Posted By: Bill
Posted Date: Feb 05, 2009 (11:23 AM)

Message
Dear Mircea:

So your best defense (defence) for your lack of knowledge in Hongshan jade and for that matter jade material is to attack me?

You really do not have any idea of how an authentic Hongshan jade carving should look like, do you? Because if you have even bothered to study them you should immediately recognize that the last Hongshan bird I posted in my last message is an authentic Hongshan piece posted by the well-known Mr. Zhou Nam Quan in his article regarding credible material for authentic Hongshan jade carvings.

Have you even read a single Hongshan jade book written by Professor Guo Dashun, the late Mr. Sun ShouDo, Mr. Zhou Nam Quan, Mr. Qing Xu, Mr. Gu Fang or Mr. Boda Yang? Do you even have any ideas who they are?

If you have not even heard of any one of the above people or have read any books/articles written by them, I regret to say that you know nothing about Hongshan jades and please stop acting like a Hongshan jade expert or for that matter an expert in jade, period.

You see, I have never claimed that I am expert in anything but I have one BIG advantage over you in that I can read and write Chinese fluently, I can speak both Mandarian and Cantonese fluently, and therefore I can read and learn from the best Jade experts in China while you cannot. (*Actually you can if you want to, because some of their book had English sections.) That does not mean I am expert in anything but only means I will not make such blanket and absolute statement such as:

"There was no nephrite jade discovered in Taiwan."

Again, I am sorry if I have upset you or if I seem to be arrogant (which I admit I was sometimes) but just I cannot stand anybody who will talk down to me and try to act as my teacher while himself is not qualified to do so. That is why I refute your postings because just like the title of a message posted by another member I believe they are:

"Nonsense."

You cannot continue to demand other members to post evidence and reference to support their statements regarding jade carvings or jade material while you continue to post your own personal opinions or quoting from your own books as "reference or evidence" to support your own arguments. That is just not acceptable in this forum or in the academic world. Until you can do what you demand others to do, you will never be a scholar in anything or earn the respect from even novices like me.

I believe I have said all I want to say in this matter and I advise you not to make things worse than they are.

Thanks.

Bill

Post a Response

Responses: