通常所说辽玉实际上包含了两个方面的意思:一是与宋对峙的辽邦(916年——1115年)玉器;二是专指辽邦统治者所占有的玉器中反映契丹族民族意识及其审美观念的一批玉器,也并非泛指出自契丹墓葬、遗址中的全部玉器。因为契丹墓葬和遗址出土的 Generally speaking, Liao Yu actually contains two meanings: one is the Liaobang (916 - 1115) jade confronted with the Song, and the other is the jade of the Liaodong ruler Consciousness and aesthetic conception of a group of jade, not also refers to all from the Khitan tombs, ruins of all jade. Because Khitan tombs and ruins unearthed