15-08-07 There was a treasure mountain on the sea, where there were many, many rare treasures shining with brilliant light and dazzling the eyes. A seaman got a pearl of 1 can (1/30 metre) in diameter, which glistened brightly. He took a ship to take it home...

15-04-07 A cock was once strutting up and down the farmyard among the hens when suddenly he espied something shinning amid the straw. Ho! ho! quoth he, that's for me, and soon rooted it out from beneath the straw. What did it turn out to be but a pearl that...

14-10-17 A fisherman, Bei Gongzhi got a very precious and rare luminous pearl, and all his acquaintances came to congratulate him. And the minister of the state of Song promised to take him to see the king of the state of Song and promised him that he would...

13-12-05 Long long ago, there was a clam（蛤） raiser who wanted to make the biggest pearl in the world. He went to seaside to select sand grains. He asked the sand grains whether they wanted to turn into pearls , but in vain. Clam raiser despaired. Finally...

13-10-29 Vessels Paisley Rekdal Shouldn't it ache, this slit（裂缝） into the sweet and salt mix of waters comprising the mussel（蚌） , its labial meats winged open: yellow- fleshed, black and gray around the tough adductor（内收肌） ? It hurts to imagine i...

12-07-25 Mimicking the way mother of pearl is created in nature, scientists have for the first time synthesized the strong, iridescent（彩虹色的） coating found on the inside of some molluscs（软体动物） . The research was published July 24 in the journal Na...

12-05-08 A man from the state of Chu wanted to sell a precious pearl in the state of Zheng. He made a casket（小箱，棺材） for the pearl out of the wood from a magnolia（木兰） tree, which he fumigated（熏制） with spices. He studded the casket with pearls a...

12-02-07 Then the diver came up for the last time, and the pearl that he brought with him was fairer than all the pearls of ormuz, for it was shaped like the full moon, and whiter than the morning star. But his face was strangely pale, and as he fell upon th...