Yulu 玉露 [jade dew]

The original text is yulu 玉露 [jade dew]. The term yulu xiongjiang 玉露瓊漿 [jade dew and fine jade liquid] is a byword for wine. It is a mythical belief that drinking this jade liquid will make someone immortal. The term appears in Song Yu’s 宋玉 (298 BCE—222BCE) famous poems of the Verses of Chu 楚辞, Zhaohun 招魂 [Summons of the Soul]: “Having arranged luxurious spoons, there is some fine jade liquid” 華酌既陳, 有瓊漿些. And also Wang Yi’s 王逸 (89—158) Jiusi 九思 [Nine Thoughts]: “Sucking jade liquid to quench my thirst; biting Lingzhi flowers to feed my hunger” 吮玉液兮止渴, 囓芝華兮療飢.