User:Donald Trung/List of Chinese numismatic charms by inscription

'''This page serves as "the editing history" of the English Wikipedia article "List of Chinese numismatic charms by inscription" and is preserved for attribution. Note-to-self: David Hartill is absolutely correct that it is rather arbitrary whether something is a "peace inscription" or an "auspicious inscription" or not. Re-organise the list after I'm done with the Manchu Qing Dynasty to be "Number of characters on obverse and / or reverse" > "Number of strokes in the character", the only exceptions being oddly shaped amulets, cash coin inscriptions, and funerary items.'''



Chinese numismatic charms are a large family of different types of Chinese charms, amulets, and talismans that have been influenced by the numismatic objects from Chinese history, primarily cash coins. While most Chinese numismatic charms feature similar designs as cash coins (round with a square centre hole), they could in different shapes and sizes and have a large amount of different inscriptions relating to various things from Chinese culture and history. Chinese numismatic charms first started appearing during the Han dynasty period as the earliest charms were just slightly modified cash coins until more designs and categories started appearing throughout Chinese history.

In the case of these coins, "charm" in this context is a catchall term for coin-shaped items which were not official (or counterfeit) money. However, these numismatic objects were not all necessarily considered "magical" or "lucky", as some of these Chinese numismatic charms can be used as "mnemonic coins".

Chinese numismatic charms have a wide variety of inscriptions, including auspicious inscriptions, inscriptions related to the imperial examination system, the various religions in Chinese society as well as the Gods, immortals, Bodhisattvas, spirits, and people associated with them, wealth, business success, marriage, sex life, having children, surviving childhood, famous and notable horses in Chinese history, protection from evil spirits and demons, to protect the wealth of money vaults, as well as death and the afterlife. Chinese numismatic charm inscriptions also appear on the inscriptions of some Japanese, Indonesian, Korean, and Vietnamese numismatic charms, as well as in other forms of art, such as the inscription Changming Fugui (長命富貴) appearing on a porcelain plate.

Variants and number of types
A large number of Chinese numismatic charms have been cast over a period more than 2000 years, these charms have evolved with the changing culture as time passed which is reflected in their themes and inscriptions. In his 2020 work Cast Chinese Amulets British numismatist and author David Hartill had documented over 5000 different types of Chinese numismatic charms. Traditionally catalogues of these amulets are arranged in various of number of methods such as by shape, their size, the meaning of the charms, the Emperor's name, or any other common feature. Unlike other catalogues, Cast Chinese Amulets deliberately avoid such categorisations as it would not be immediately clear to a novice (non-expert) whether an individual Chinese amulet would be considered to be a "Lucky", "Religious", "Family", or "Coin" type charm.

The book Cast Chinese Amulets includes 295 open-work charms, 310 pictorial amulets, 109 zodiac amulets, and 4543 inscription amulets. Cataloguing a total of 5257 Chinese amulets.

Colour codes and organisation

 * = The Chinese numismatic charm is made from silver.
 * = The Chinese numismatic charm is made from gold.
 * simplified Chinese characters = The inscription of the amulet is actually in Simplified Chinese characters as opposed to the more commonly used traditional Chinese characters, which were typically used for numismatic inscriptions throughout the imperial period.

Charms are generally organised by theme, subject matter, of specific type (including those based on shape), but those that do not fit in a general are organised based on number of characters and other characteristics.

Lei Ting curse charms
The inscriptions of Lei Ting curse charms are read up to down and then right to left. Inscriptions can contain both Chinese characters and Taoist "magic" writing. Usually these curse charms request Leigong to fight malicious spirits and bogies but Laozi may also be called upon for this task.

The following inscriptions are found on Lei Ting curse charms:

Religious charms
Purely or specifically religious amulets are quite rare since Chinese folk religion mixes elements of the three great philosophies, Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism. There, most Chinese amulets tend to be syncretic amulets where we have both religious elements (images or names of deities or immortals), symbolic motifs (trigrams, etc.), prayers, and/or secret graphs (符, fù). There are specifically Buddhist or Taoist amulets and syncretic amulets, but also Christian amulets.

Chinese cash coin inscriptions
In general all cash coin inscriptions are used for Chinese (and other) numismatic charms, this list only includes cash coin inscriptions if they include reverse inscriptions that weren't used by the original cash coins.

Zhouyuan Tongbao
The Zhouyuan Tongbao (周元通寶) is one of the most commonly used Chinese cash coin inscription for amulets and many varieties of it have been produced due to fact that the real Zhouyuan Tongbao cash coins were manufactured using metal from Buddhist statues and objects requisitioned from Buddhist pagodas. For this reason these cash coins have always been a sought after object by Buddhists.

Palace cash coins
The expression Tianxia Taiping (天下太平), which is found on the reverse side of Chinese palace cash coins, has been known to have first appeared in the ancient Chinese encyclopedic text Lüshi Chunqiu, this text is known in the English language as Mister Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals, which was compiled about 239 BC. The text reads Tianxia Taiping Wanwu Anning which translates into the English language as "when there is peace under heaven, all things are tranquil and calm".

During the Tang dynasty and Song dynasty periods, it was quite common in imperial China to see a similar sentiment expressed on Duilian, which are Chinese parallel sentences or "antithetical couplets", that are written on scrolls and were then hung on doors during Chinese holidays and festivals which were celebrated during this period. The expression was Shangtian Yanhao Shixia Jiebao Ping'an which requested Zaojun, the "Stove God", to "ascend to heaven and report good things and then descend to earth and protect the peace and tranquility".

! Inscription (Transliteration) !! Traditional Chinese !! Simplified Chinese !! Hànyǔ Pīnyīn !! Literal English translation !! Meaning !! Catalogue number(s) !! Image

Burial coins
Note that because of the taboos that exists with burial coins as they were often placed in the mouths of dead people, many coin collectors do not want to collect them and they are typically not listed in any catalogues.

Horse coins and gambling tokens
Please see: "Horse coin" for a list of horse coins and gambling tokens by inscription.

Vase-shaped pendant charms
Some rare Chinese pendant charms are unusually shaped like vases or bottles. The vase in hidden and implied messages on Chinese amulets symbolises "peace" because the Mandarin Chinese word for vase, ping (瓶), has the same pronunciation as the word for peace in the phrase ping'an (平安).

Taoist pendant (plaque) charms
The ancient Chinese had a strong belief in the number five (5) which originated with the Five Elements (五行), also known as the Five Phases (五行). The primal concept of the number five may have had its roots in a mathematical system based on five (one hand of five fingers) as opposed to a base ten (two hands with ten fingers). Likewise, much of the Taoist worldview could be ordered into fives. For example, there are the five great mountains and each is associated with one of the five directions (五方, namely: north, south, east, west, center), five mythical animals (Four Auspicious Beasts (四象) and the Yellow Dragon), five colours (五色, namely: yellow, red, green, black, white), and the Five Sacred Emperors (五岳大帝).

Political and military inscriptions
This list includes legendary figures.

Yin and Yang charms
Yin and yang coins (陰陽錢), also known as jian pu qian or "coins for casting spells", are Chinese numismatic charms based on the I-Ching. They generally bear the Eight Trigrams on one side, which will be considered as the empty side, and a more or less esoteric inscription on the other side, which are considered as the inscribed side.

World of Brightness charms

 * Obverse side


 * Reverse sides

Zodiac charms
The zodiac amulets, which in China are called "coins of the animal of birth", or "coins of the fundamental destiny", are amulets to which one supposedly lends protective powers according to their sign of birth. According to traditional Chinese beliefs each individual, their life, their course, and their success are linked to the protection granted to them by the Benming Guan (本命官, "Mandarin of Basic Destiny") who resides in the star of the constellation North Bushel (the Big Dipper) which corresponds to their year of birth. This year takes place in a cycle of twelve symbolised by twelve cyclical signs and by twelve animals. Zodiacal amulets bear either the animal of birth, or the Benming Xingguan, or the zodiac as a whole, or combinations of these three forms.

Catalogue numbers

 * Hartill = Cast Chinese Amulets by David Hartill (13 August 2020).


 * ACV = Amulettes de Chine et du Viet-Nam by François Thierry de Crussol, Paris (1987), in French.


 * AC = Amulettes de Chine by François Thierry de Crussol, Bibliothèque nationale de France (2008), in French.


 * CC = Classic Chinese Charms. Editor: Zheng Yiwei, Deputy Editors: Guo Yi-ling et al. Shanghai (2004).


 * CS = Sequel of Classic Chinese Charms. Editor Zheng Yiwei, Deputy Editors Liu Yuan, Li Guangjie. Shanghai 2006.


 * CKCC = Op den Velde, Wybrand & Hartill, David - Cast Korean Coins and Charms (2013).


 * CCC = Hartill, David - Cast Chinese Coins, Second Edition. (2017).


 * EJC = Hartill, David - Early Japanese Coins (2011).


 * L = 刘春声 (Liu Chunsheng) - 中国古代镂空花钱鉴赏 (Zhongguo Gudai Loukong Qian Jianshang). Catalogue of Ancient Open Work Charms. Beijing (2005).


 * EJM = Metal Charms and Amulets of China by Edgar J. Mandel.


 * Grundmann = Amulette Chinas und seiner Nachbarländer by Horst Grundmann (2003), in German.


 * Remmelts = A.A. Remmelts. Chinese Charms and Amulets. Amsterdam, 1968.


 * ZGHQ = Xu Liuliang (余榴梁) and others, Zhongguo Huaqian (中国花钱), Shanghai, 1992, 509 pages.


 * CCFAC = Chinese Charms: Art, Religion and Folk Belief by Dr. Fang Alex Chengyu (2008).


 * LZH = 卢振海 (Lu Zhenhai) - 中国古代压胜钱谱 (Zhong-guo gu dai ya sheng qian pu). Chinese Old Talismanic Coin Register. Shenyang (1991).


 * S = С. Н. ШЕВЦОВ - КИТАЙСКИЕ МОНЕТОВИАНЫЕ АМУЛЕТЫ НАЛПИСИ, CIOжEты, CимВОлы (Sergei Shevtsov - Chinese Coin Amulets. Inscriptions, Narration, Symbols), Moscow (2019).

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"On this official holiday, which falls on every tenth day, good friends gather together, and a galaxy of distinguished guests from distant places fill the hall.  I, as an immature young man, have the good fortune to take part in this grand banquet on my journey to visit my father, who is a magistrate of a county" (十旬休假, 勝友如雲; 千里逢迎,高朋滿座.  家君作宰, 路出名區; 童子何知,躬逢勝餞). The expression used in this context refers to a person having either an exceptional literary or an exceptional artistic talent. ||
 * Zhilan Yushu || 芝蘭玉樹 || 芝兰玉树 || "Irises, orchids and a tree of jade." || A talented young man of noble character. Zhilan (芝蘭) literally translates into the English language as "irises and orchids", but the phrase has the implied (or hidden) meaning of being of "noble character". Yushu (玉樹) literally translates into the English language as a "tree made of jade", but the phrase is commonly used in Mandarin Chinese to describe either a handsome or talented young gentleman. The term "Jade tree" furthermore has the implied meaning of what is called a "scholar tree", which is a laudatory title for male children. ||
 * Guizi Lansun || 桂子蘭孫 || 桂子兰孙 || "Cassia seeds and orchid grandsons." || Honourable sons and noble grandsons ||
 * Ronghua Fugui || 榮華富貴 || 荣华富贵 || "Glory, wealth, and rank." "High position and great wealth." || An auspicious inscription. ||
 * Liansheng Guizi || 連生貴子 || 连生贵子 || "May there be the birth of one honorable son after another." || A wish for the Confucian ideal of having many sons. In Confucian society sons were highly desired because ale offspring carried on the family line and they were tasked with performing the ancestor worship rituals. ||
 * Tengwen Qifeng || 騰蛟起鳳 || 腾蛟起凤 || "A dragon soaring and a fenghua dancing." || A phrase found in this excerpt from Wang Bo's poem:
 * Ronghua Fugui || 榮華富貴 || 荣华富贵 || "Glory, wealth, and rank." "High position and great wealth." || An auspicious inscription. ||
 * Liansheng Guizi || 連生貴子 || 连生贵子 || "May there be the birth of one honorable son after another." || A wish for the Confucian ideal of having many sons. In Confucian society sons were highly desired because ale offspring carried on the family line and they were tasked with performing the ancestor worship rituals. ||
 * Tengwen Qifeng || 騰蛟起鳳 || 腾蛟起凤 || "A dragon soaring and a fenghua dancing." || A phrase found in this excerpt from Wang Bo's poem:
 * Tengwen Qifeng || 騰蛟起鳳 || 腾蛟起凤 || "A dragon soaring and a fenghua dancing." || A phrase found in this excerpt from Wang Bo's poem:
 * Tengwen Qifeng || 騰蛟起鳳 || 腾蛟起凤 || "A dragon soaring and a fenghua dancing." || A phrase found in this excerpt from Wang Bo's poem:
 * Zidian Qingshuang || 紫電青霜 || 紫电青霜 || "Purple Lightning and Blue Frost." || A phrase found in in an excerpt of Wang Bo's poem, In this poem the swords in General Wang's arsenal are compared to "Purple Lightning and Blue Frost", which were swords of Sun Quan. ||
 * Qinse Youzhi || 琴瑟友之 || 琴瑟友之 || "With the qin and the se be friendly to her." "The qin and se zithers warm her heart." || The expression comes from a poem named "Cry of the Ospreys" (關雎), found in the Classic of Poetry. The "Cry of the Ospreys" celebrates the giving of birth to many offspring. ||
 * Zhongsi Yanqing || 螽斯衍慶 || 螽斯衍庆 || "May your children be as numerous as grasshoppers." || Grasshopper were viewed as a symbol of fertility and procreation im traditional Chinese society, especially among the traditional Confucianist families that tended to wish for numerous male offspring and grandsons that will further continue the ancestral (blood) lineage, and are tasked to carry out the religious duties ancestor worship. ||
 * Qinse Youzhi || 琴瑟友之 || 琴瑟友之 || "With the qin and the se be friendly to her." "The qin and se zithers warm her heart." || The expression comes from a poem named "Cry of the Ospreys" (關雎), found in the Classic of Poetry. The "Cry of the Ospreys" celebrates the giving of birth to many offspring. ||
 * Zhongsi Yanqing || 螽斯衍慶 || 螽斯衍庆 || "May your children be as numerous as grasshoppers." || Grasshopper were viewed as a symbol of fertility and procreation im traditional Chinese society, especially among the traditional Confucianist families that tended to wish for numerous male offspring and grandsons that will further continue the ancestral (blood) lineage, and are tasked to carry out the religious duties ancestor worship. ||
 * Zhongsi Yanqing || 螽斯衍慶 || 螽斯衍庆 || "May your children be as numerous as grasshoppers." || Grasshopper were viewed as a symbol of fertility and procreation im traditional Chinese society, especially among the traditional Confucianist families that tended to wish for numerous male offspring and grandsons that will further continue the ancestral (blood) lineage, and are tasked to carry out the religious duties ancestor worship. ||


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Primaltrek sources (Daoism)

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Confucian High rank expansion
Jiaguan Jinlu 嘉官進祿 嘉官进禄 May office and salary be bestowed upon you Dawei Gaosheng 大位高升 大位高升 May you be promoted to a high position
 * Wuzi Dengke || 五子登科 || 五子登科 || || "May your five sons achieve great success in the imperial examinations." ||
 * Xibao Sanyuan || 喜報三元 || 喜报三元 || || "Good news of a triple first in the imperial examinations." ||
 * Lianzhong Sanyuan || 連中三元 || 连中三元 || || "To be first three times in a row (in the imperial examinations)." ||
 * Lianzhong Sanyuan || 連中三元 || 连中三元 || || "To be first three times in a row (in the imperial examinations)." ||
 * Lianzhong Sanyuan || 連中三元 || 连中三元 || || "To be first three times in a row (in the imperial examinations)." ||

Yipin Dangchao 一品當朝 一品当朝 (May you be) an official of the first degree at the imperial court

Zhuangyuan Jidi 狀元及第 状元及第 (May you be) the first rank at the examination for the Hanlin Academy.

Yushu Shenghua 玉署升華 玉署升华 The Hanlin Academy promotion is glorious
 * Duzhan Aotou || 獨佔鰲頭 || 独占鳌头 || || "To stand alone on the head of the ao (Occupying alone the sea-monster's head)." ||

一 色杏花紅十裡壯元歸去馬如飛 一色杏花红十里壮元归去马如飞 yi se xing hua hong shi li zhuang yuan gui qu ma ru yi (A scholar who just achieved the honor of coming in first in the final Hanlin examination sees an expansive field of blossoming red apricot flowers which prompts him to make his horse gallop even faster on his way home).
 * Fuyu Xianlangdi Yizhi || 付與仙朗第 一枝 || 付与仙朗第一枝 || "To give to an immortal young gentleman the first branch."
 * Fuyu Xianlangdi Yizhi || 付與仙朗第 一枝 || 付与仙朗第一枝 || "To give to an immortal young gentleman the first branch."

Religious charms pre-adding space

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John Furgeson's Sportstune.com charms (Phase 3)

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David Hartill's estimate of the number of different Chinese numismatic charm variants

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TransAsiart Amulets (Phase 4)

 * User:Donald Trung/TransAsiart Chinese and Vietnamese amulet expansions.

Vladimir Belyaev's (Cyrillic script: Влади́мир Беля́ев) Chinese Coinage Web Site (Charm.ru) website - Charms and Fantasies (Phase 5)

 * User:Donald Trung/List of Chinese numismatic charms by inscription/Vladimir Belyaev's (Cyrillic script: Влади́мир Беля́ев) Chinese Coinage Web Site (Charm.ru) charms and fantasies.

Inscriptions
Chinese numismatic charms have a wide variety of inscriptions, including auspicious inscriptions, inscriptions related to the imperial examination system, the various religions in Chinese society as well as the Gods, immortals, Bodhisattvas, spirits, and people associated with them, wealth, business success, marriage, sex life, having children, surviving childhood, famous and notable horses in Chinese history, protection from evil spirits and demons, to protect the wealth of money vaults, as well as death and the afterlife.

Chinese numismatic charm inscriptions also appear on the inscriptions of some Japanese, Indonesian, Korean, and Vietnamese numismatic charms, as well as in other forms of art, such as the inscription Changming Fugui (長命富貴) appearing on a porcelain plate.

Spin-off projects

 * User:Donald Trung/Taipei 101 cash coins in art. ✅.

David Hartill's latest book on this

 * https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1800316623/ref=dbs_a_w_dp_1800316623

Can't believe that he finished his work before I finished here, will order this book in the future and might use it to improve some of this article, likely will just continue working on this article as-is and then expand using this book in the distant future. --Donald Trung (talk) 05:16, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

Tianxia Taiping coins (天下太平錢)

 * User:Donald Trung/Tianxia Taiping coins (天下太平錢).

Changming Fugui (長命富貴)

 * User:Donald Trung/Changming Fugui (長命富貴).

Final amulet article I'm planning on ever writing. As I'm exhausting the sources and this is the most commonly used Chinese and Vietnamese amulet inscription. After this article is launched I'm likely "completely done with Chinese amulets" and can "move onto" different subjects.

Redirects

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 * 2) Chinese numismatic charms by inscription.
 * 3) List of Chinese numismatic charms by legend.
 * 4) Chinese numismatic charms by legend.
 * 5) List of Chinese numismatic charms.
 * 6) List of Chinese amulets by inscription.
 * 7) List of Chinese amulets.
 * 8) Chinese amulets by inscription.
 * 9) List of Chinese amulets by legend.
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Cast Chinese Amulets
In case all other cash coin and Chinese numismatic charms works are done re-organise it as:


 * User:Donald Trung/Cast Chinese Amulets.