以玉為神靈和永生的信仰和神話體系，可簡稱之為玉教。本文從探討儒道兩家思想背後的深層文化基因與原型編碼，依據考古學新發掘出的玉禮器實物，提示玉教信仰及其神話觀在中國自史前期至文明期的形成和發展脈絡，分析和論證儒道兩家共同崇奉的聖人（聖王）傳統與遠古巫師傳統的關聯性，在夏商周三代以玉崇拜為本源和核心的禮樂文化中，透視儒家以玉比德思想及道家以玉為永生象徵的觀念由來、道教食玉信仰的文化之根。儒道兩家小傳統的共同點在於，它們均發源于「巫以玉事神」的大傳統。

This article explores the deep culture of Confucianism and Taoism thinking behind genes and prototype code from the emerging field of cultural anthropology--material culture study, according to a large number of jade ritual kind through those new archaeological excavations, and suggests that the jade religious belief and its mythological concept in China since prehistoric times to the civilization of the formation and development context, analysis and demonstration of traditional sage (the divine king) the relevance of the ancient Shaman tradition of common worship of Confucianism and Taoism, the origin of the three dynasties of Xia, Shang and Zhou Jade worship and the core of the ritual culture. In terms of Confucian thought, jade is compared to the virtue, and gentlemen must to wear jade objects. For the Taoist, jade is the origin of the concept of divinity and symbols of immortality. The Taoism jade eating practice could also be traced into prehistoric cultural roots of Jade faith. Traditional Confucianism and Taoism have in common is that both originated in the great tradition of the “shaman serve Gods by jade.”