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2022
Journal article
The six recipes of Zhou: a new perspective on Jin (金) and Xi (锡)
Knowledge of alloying practices is key to understanding the mass production of ancient Chinese bronzes. The Eastern Zhou text, the Rites of Zhou, contains six formulae, or recipes, for casting different forms of bronze based on the combination of two components: Jin and Xi. For more than 100 years, the...Pollard, A.M. ; Liu, Ruiliang
six recipes, ancient Chinese texts, alloying practices, Bronze Age, China, and metallurgy