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CATALOGUE
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CHINESE COINS
FROM THE VIIth CENT. B.C., TO A.D. 621.
INOLUDINa THE SEEIBS IK THE
BMTISH MUSEUM.
BY
TERRIBN DB LACOUPERTB,
Ph.D., Litt.D. (Lotan.).
EDITED BY
REGINALD STUART POOLE, LL.D.
KEEPEE OF COINS AND MEDAIS,
COERESPONDBNT OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE.
LONDON :
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EDITOE'S PREFACE.
This volume of the Catalogue of Coins describes the earlier coinage of China
from the British Museum Collection and other sources. The Museum specimens
are distinguished by the numbers being in thick type and by not being included in
brackets. The metal of each coin is stated, and its size or average size in inches
and its weight or average weight in grains. The classification is under forms for
convenience of reference.
An Introduction is prefixed explaining the technicalities of the series, two
chapters being devoted to the numismatic chronology of Ancient China, and to
an alphabetical list of geographical or mint and other names occurring on the
coins.
The work has been written by M. A. Terrien de Lacouperie, and the proof
sheets have been read by me.
REGINALD STUAET POOLE.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
Editor's Preface iii
Inteoduction : —
Ch. I. Numismatic Chronology of Ancient China .... . . vii
„ II. A Short Glossary of Chinese Numismatic Terms xvi
„ III. Shapes of Currency from Barter to Money xx
„ ly. The Making of Coins xxii
„ V. The "Writing and the Legends of Coins Xxxii
„ VI. Weights and Measures , xli
a. Weights xlii
b. Length-Measures xliv
„ VII. Alphabetical List of Geographical or Mint and other names on the Coins . xlvi
The Monetary Unions xlviii
Approximate Dates of the various kinds of Coins .... xlix
Alphabetical List xlix
„ VIII. Bibliography Ixviii
Desceiption of Coins.
Hia-Shang-Tn and Tchou Dynasties.
Uninscribed and variously shaped Currency . 1
Inscribed Currency.
I. Pi-tch'an, or Spade-money .......... 4
(A.) With hollow handle 5
I. Square shoulders ........... 5
a. Larger sizes ........... 5
6. Smaller sizes ........... 12
II. Shoulders down ........... 14
III. Shoulders up 15
(B.) With flat handle (dubious) 16
(C.) Two-legged . 17
II. Weight money (or saddle coins) 18
(L) Series of Wei (czVciJ 665-375 B.C.) 19
A. Eound shouldered 19
B. Square shouldered .......... 27
(IL) Series of Tchad {eircd, 345 B.C.) 29
(III.) Other series . . . ,30
III. Pu money . . . 31
(I.) Square footed 32
A. Square shouldered 32
a. Single names 32
6. Associated names 115
B. Eound shouldered, two names .120
(IL) Bound footed 121
a. Single names 121
&. Double names 128
(III.) Point footed 129
IV. Knife money . 213
A. Larger sorts 214
I. Older series. . 214
a. Various single names 214
IL Later series • 215
a. Associated names 223
IIL Ts'i series . 227
1. Six character legends 227
2. Pour character legends . . . o . • . .232
3. Three character legends 234
CONTENTS,
B. Smaller sorts ....
a. Various series
h. Pointed scries
c. Ming series .
1. Square point class .
3. Left class
4. Eight class
5. Wai Kiun class
6. Tai class
C. Unknown and doubtful sorts
V. Sundry shapes ....
VI. New Pu money ....
a. Han Period. Wang Mang. 7-22 a.d.
h. Unknown, dubious
VII. New Knife money
a. Han period .
h. Unknown and dubious sorts
VIII. Ancient round money .
(I.) With round hole
a. No legend. Older period
h. Value only. Later period
c. Geographical names
(II.) With square hole
a. Value only .
h. Geographical names
c. Unknown and of doubtful date
Ts'in dynasty. 255-206 b.o. .
Former Han dynasty. B.C. 206 to a.d. 24.
Independent and contemporaneous currencies.
Former Han dynasty (continued)
Interregnum. Sin Wang Mang. a.d. 9-22
Independent currencies with Chinese legends, durin
dynasty and interregnum. B.C. 206 to a.d. 24.
a. Copper currency of the Yueh-ti. Historical notice
6. Iron currency of Shuh (tze-tohuen)
The Later Han, or Eastern Han, djniasty .
Period of the Three Kingdoms, a.d. 220-277 .
I. The Minor Han, or Shuh Han dynasty .
II. The Wei Kingdom
III. The Wu Kingdom
The Western Tsin dynasty, a.d. 235-316
The Eastern Tsin dynasty, a.d. 317-419 .
The sixteen Kingdoms independent of the Tsin dynasty
I. The After Tchao. a.d. 319-351 .
in. The Han, formerly Tcheng. a.d. 304-307 .
IV. The Former Liang, a.d. 323-376 .
XV. The Northern Liang, a.d. 397-438
Epoch of division between North and South, a.d. 420-581
South. — The Sung dynasty, a.d. 420-478.
The Ts'i dynasty, a.d. 479-502 .
The Liang dynasty, a.d. 502-557.
The Tch'en dynasty, a.d. 557-588
Noi-th.—Thn Northern Wei dynasty, a.d. 386-534
The Western Wei dynasty, a.d. 535-557
The Eastern Wei dynasty, a.d. 534-550
The Northern Ts'i dynasty, a.d. 550-577
The Northern Tchou dynasty, a.d. 557-582
The Sui dynasty, a.d. 581-618 ....
The Wu tchu currency. Residuum ....
Indexes ........
B.C. 179-15
g the Former
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INTEODUCTION.
CHAPTER I.
NUMISMATIC CHRONOLOGY OF ANCIENT CHINA.
The ancient Chinese, like other civilised nations of antiquity, had no regular
system of chronology. Events were dated from the accession of the raling
sovereign, and longer periods were calculated by the addition of the respective
lengths of intervening reigns. With this want of exactness, discrepancies could not
fail to arise, and the traditions disagree until 841 B.C., when we find that the various
sources of information henceforth agree together. The famous sexagenary cycle,
in use for computing days from remote times, was not applied to years before
104 B.C., when Szema Tsien, the renowned author of the She Ki or " Historical
Records," employed it backwards to the said date of 841. The common scheme
of chronology beginning with 2697 b.o. as first year of Hwang-ti, was not esta-
blished before the eleventh century of our era. It was the work of Shao K'ang-
tsieh {d. 1077 A.D.) and Liu-shu (1052-1078 a.d.), and was based on assumed
recurrences of regular periods and on other processes of computation foreign to the
historical method.'
Several references to chronology in ancient authors, such as Yiih Hiung (eleventh
century B.C.), Ts'o Kiu-Ming^ (fifth century B.C.), Meng-tze^ (372-289 B.C.), Hwang
P'u-Mi* (a.d. 215-282), and a certain number of astronomical statements which
modern science has been able to verify,'* enable us to restore some ancient
dates on a more trustworthy basis. For this difficult period, the common scheme,
that of the Annals of the Bamboo Books, severally referred to in the present work,
and the corrected dates are here put together for easier reference.
' Cf. among others the great work of P. E. Souciet, Observations MatJiematiques, Astronomiques,
GeograpMques, Chronologiques, et Physiques tiroes des Anciens Livres Chinois, 3 vol. 1729-1732.
The second and third vols, contain works of P. Gaubil. Also (with caution) Thomas Pergusson,
Chinese Chronology and Cycles, Shanghai, 1880. Dr. H. Pritsche, Director of the Russian Observa-
tory at Pekin, On Chronology and the Construction of the Calendar, with special regard to the
Chinese computation of time compared with the European, St. Petersburg, 1886.
2 Tso tchuen, Siaen Kung, iii. 4. She Ki, Ts'u She Kia, Kiv. 40, f. 9.
' Menoius, vii. 2, xxxviii.
■* Ti wang She Ki. — Nien lih.
« Of. E. K Doxigl&a, Karly Chinese Texts, " The Calendar of the Hia dynasty," pp. 1-60 (T. de L.,
Orientalia Antiqua, i. 1882). E. 0. Knobel, Hon. Sec. Royal Astronomical Society, Notes on an
Ancient Chinese Calendar, 1882. Prof. C. Pritchard, of Oxford, " Chart of the Principal Stars,
chiefly Zodiacal," &c., Bacred Boohs of the East, vol. iii. p. 27. J. Edkins, " On the Twenty-eight
constellations," China Review, 1877, p. 323. Gr. Schlegel and Pranz Kiihnert, Die Bchu-King
Finsterniss, Amsterdam, 1889, 4to., 20 pp. (Konigl. Ahad. d. Wiss. zu Amsterdam). This is the
eclipse mentioned in the Shu King on the fifth year of Tch'ung Kang. Two eclipses, May 7, 2166,
and May 12, 1904, B.C., are pointed out as satisfying the locality and month of the year and time of day.
That of 2165 is by far too ancient, while the other suits very well. S. M. Russell, Discussion of
Astronomical Records in Ancient Chinese £ooJcs, pp. 137-200 ; Journal of the Pelting Oriental
Society, vol. ii., Peking, 1888. John Williams, " On the Eclipses recorded in the Ancient Chinese
Historical Work called Chun Tsew," 1863 : Astron. Soc. Month. Not. xxiv., 39-42 ; and other works.
viii INTEODUCTION.
Notwithstanding its remote position, which always required a lapse of time,
China has never remained entirely without knowledge from time to time of
the progress and evolution of western civilisation, and has taken advantage of
this knowledge. Its numismatic history is so closely related to that of Western
Asia and Europe that it has been thought necessary to introduce here some
western annals of this class, as they throw much light on subsequent Chinese events
of the same kind.
The field of history covered by the following chronology is so new in several
respects, that not a few statements, here put in the briefest form, ought to have
been accompanied with their demonstration in subsequent sections ; but the limited
space at my disposal does not admit of the publication in this place of any such
illustrative material. The various subjects which could not be treated of in this
Introduction are the following^ : (1) The basis of the chronology ; (2) The primitive
currency of the country in shells and cowries, and the trade by barter ; (3) The use
of metal by weight amongst the early civilisers of Chinaj (4) The introduction of the
Ring-currency from the West and the Treasury enactments of the Tchou dynasty ;
(5) The beginning of coinage and its introduction in Shantung in 675 B.C. ;
(6) The materials of money: a, Early metallurgy; h, Gold and silver ; c. Copper and
bronze, with an inquiry into the invention of bronze in Asia Minor and into its intro-
duction into China, through Meshed, Kiu-tse and the Kokonor, circa 1741 B.C.;
d, Iron, tin and lead ; e, other materials, such as cloth, clay, cardboard, jade, &c. ;
(7) The traditional and monumental evidence of writing in China from the embryo-
writings of the Aborigines, the introduction of writing from Western Asia, its
adaptation to new surroundings, and its popular transformation into that of the
coin legends.
Common Bamboo Rectified
Scheme. Annals Dates.
2697 2388 c. 2332 First year of Hu Nak Kunta {Yu Nai Hwang-ti), leader
of the Bak Sings "g Jj| in the West.'
2647 2338 c. 2282 In his fiftieth year, Tu Nai Hwang-ti, general leader of
sixteen Bak families, arrives on the banks of the Loh
river (in Shensi), and sacrifices (Bamboo Annals). His
people, or at least their chieftains, are acquainted with
the art of writing, and with many other important crafts
derived from the Chaldseo-Elamite civilization acquired
south of the Caspian Sea.' In metallurgy they knew of
gold ^, silver ^ :^ or ^, copper ^, and antimony or
tin ^. For trade they bartered all commodities, besides
wrought and unwrought metal by weight,
2356 2146 c. 2076 Ti Yao, ruler of the Chinese (in Shansi).
2255 2043 c. 2004 Ti Shun, his successor, at Pu-fan (C. Shansi, Gat., p. 29),
amongst other enactments, regulates the steelyard,
' Several other monographs have been published : T. de L., CMna and Japan, pp. 190-235, of
Coins and Medals, their place in, Sistory and Art, by the authors of the British Museum Official
Catalogues, edited by Stanley Lane-Poole, London, Elliot Stock, 1885. " Paper Money of the Ninth
Century and supposed Leather Coinage of China," 1882, Numismatic Chronicle, vol. ii., third series,
pp. 334-341. The Old Numerals, the Counting Rods and the Swan-pan in China, 1883 : ibid.
vol. iii., pp. 297-340. " Babylonian and Old Chinese Measures," Academy, Oct. 10, 1885. " The
Metallic Cowries of Ancient China, 600 B.C., 1888," J. B. A. 8., vol. xx., pp. 428-439. Une Monnaie
Bactro-Chinoise bilingue da premier siecle avant notre ere, Paris, 1890, 14 pp. (Extrait des
Comptes-Eendus de I'Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres).
2 Following the researches of Hwang P'u-mi, in his Ti wang she hi and Nien lih.
' Cf. for the proofs of this fact, about fifty articles and papers since 1880, in the JoMrMaZ o/i^e
bociety of Arts, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, TJte Academy, The Babylonian and Oriental
Record, Proc. Soc. Biblical Archseology, &c. A'so, T. de L., The Languages of China before the
Chinese, 1887, and Pans, 1888 ; Origin of the Early Chinese Civilization from Western 'Sources,
J892; R. K. Douglas, China, 1882, 1887.
INTRODUCTION. ix
Common Bamboo BectifleS • i j. i i /• xi l £
Scheme. Amiaia. Dates. Weights and measures, and fixes the amounts ot
metal ^ to be received for redeemable crimes. In
1955 B.C. he is buried at Tsang-wu in Ming-tiao Park,
nwr An-yh, S. W. Shansi.
2248 2035 1996 Arrival of (trading) parties from the West. Same in
1712, 1685, &c.
2205 1990 1954 The Great Yii, founder of the HiA dynasty at An-yh
[Cat,, p. 21). He is reputed to have extracted metal ^
from the Li shan (near Pu-fan), and cast pi ^ valuables,
(i.e. metal implements or commodities easy to barter)
for the relief of his people in distress during the over-
flowing of the Hwang-ho. In his time, the Chinese
become acquainted, from the indigenous populations, with
Iron, which they called the Barbarian metal (^) and
also other names {^, ^) borrowed from the native
dialects.
2155 1948 1904 On the 12th of May, a solar eclipse in the fifth year of
Tchung Kang, third successor of Yii, at Tchen-sin (in
Mih, Honan).
1897 1619 1741 Settlement of a branch of the Kun-wus of the Kokonor at
Hiu (N. Honan). They introduce the western art of bronze
brought from Asia Minor, through the tin stations from
west to east. The initial proportion of tin to copper,
which increased in the east and diminished in the west,
was 15 per cent. For details, cf. my monograph On
the Western discovery of bronze and its introduction in
Ancient China.
1766 1558 1686 Tcheng T'ang, founder of the Shang (Traders') dynasty at
Poh (Shangkiu, Kweiteh fu, B. Honan). According to
Kwan tze (seventh century B.C.), he gave'metal ^ from
the Tchwang shan, in 1684, to be cast into pi ^, to
redeem the children whom his subjects, in want of food
after a drought, had been compelled to sell.
1610 1448 1536 In 1712, 1685, 1554 and 1536, arrivals of (trading) foreigners
from the west. The subseqaent arrivals are stopped in
their route eastwards by the Tchou people settled in
Shensi.
1401 1315 1389 P' an Keng, nineteenth ruler of the Shang dynasty,
1387 1301 1375 P'an Keng, in the fifteenth year of his reign, removes the
capital from Keng (Ho tsin, Kiang tchou, S. W". Shansi)
to Yn-Poh (Yen-se, Honan fu), and Yn became hence-
forth a frequent appellative of the Shang dynasty. He
rebukes his ministers for their greediness in hoarding
cowries and gems. (Shu King, iv. Pan Keng, ii. 14.)
The Chinese had adopted and regulated for their own
wants a currency in use among the Pre-Chinese tribes of
Eastern China, consisting of tortoise shells of various
Bizes and cowries. It is mentioned twice in the Yh King
(41 and 51 kwas), and- in the Shu-King (Yii Kung),
cf. my monograph On Barter and the Shell currency of
Ancient China.
1200 Prom the seventeenth century, the currency of Western
Asia consists chiefly of armlets or rings, uninscribed, of
various sizes, in gold, silver and also of bronze (as found
lately in the Caucasus), cast on the Babylonian standard
of weights.
h
X IXTRODUCTIOX.
comra.R lumboo Rcctiied T c\^\y,2u where the practical and not the o ryiamental is
Scheme. A oials. Dat.s. -^"^ ^ -{ • ^ i II ,"™
souo-ht tor, the metallic curr-ency consists ot small im-
plements of daily use in bronze, such as hoes, spades,
and sickles, uuinscribed and exchanged by weight.
Their regular formsecuresan approximately regular weight.
1148 1076 1136 Lunar eclipse in the thirry-seventh year ol: Weu Wang of
Tchou, chief of the West. Tch'ou-Sin, the last King
of the Shang-Tn dynasty, stores up tsai ^, riches, in
the Stag gallery, Luh tal.
1131 1059 1120 Third year of Wu Waug, son of Wen Wang, Prince of
Tchou.
1122 1050 1110 Beginning of the Tchocj dynasty. Wu Wang of Tchou
having, with the help of eight non-Chinese nations, over-
thrown the Shang-Tn dynasty, distributes to his followers
the tsai which Tch'ou-Sin had collected.
c.ni7 r.l045 . .1 105 Arrival of trading parties inland from the west.
1109 1038 1U97 Arrival about that year of three trading parties from Indo-
china. The southern sea trade from the west with
Arrakan and Pegu is not yet open.
1103 1032 1091 In the thirteenth year of Tcheng, second King of Tcffou,
his minister, Kiang Tai Kung, establishes the nine
Treasury offices, and regulates the currency in metal
and silk (gold in cubic-inch, bronze in rings, in ingots or
m plates, to circulate by weight and silk in pieces of a
regular size.) The historical statement is given in the
Tsien Han Shu, or Annals of the Former Kan Dynasty
(Shih ho, iv. 2). With reference to metal, it says :
w.^ii it M n- Jr m. mm nun j^'n,
which we understand as " gold was in square inch, weigh-
ing one kin, bronze money was round (or in rings),
tongue-like (or in boards) and in squares (or ingots) and
their weight was ascertained by tchus. The second state-
ment is generally understood as meaning that " the copper
coins were round enclosing a square," which is against
the full weight of evidence, circumstantial and direct. No
doubt the historian of the Han has misconceived the
original statement and altered it according to his pre-
judice.
1091 Kiang Tai kung, establishes afterwards the same regula-
tions in his State of Ts'i.
985 945 985 Important expedition of Tchou Mah vjang on the northern
borders of Tibet. The Chinese learn the western art of
inlaying metal.
907 927 967 Interruption of inland anivals from the west. In 893 they
begin again, but henceforth always through the traders
of Shuh (Sze tchuen), until the Han period.
950 911 950 In his fifty-first year, Tchou Muh vmng, through his
minister Liu, enacts his penal laws with the optional
redemption of corporal penalties by the payment of
BC. mulcts in ^^ hwan or Ring-money still uninscribed,
which had been introduced by the Tchou from the west.
852 The southern country of Ts'u supplies tortoise shells and cowries^ which
have become scarce, for currency.
841 Common date of agreement between the various traditions of chronology,
called Kung-ho ifc 5^.
820 Ideographical reform of the written characters, by Sze Tchou, historic-
INTRODUCTION. xi
B.C. grapher of the King Siuen of Tchou, in view of making the official
writing more significant to the eyes even at the expense of the phonetic
expression. The Ku-wen writing had diverged to some extent from
its original fordis and mode of composition ; and the number of
characters had increased and continued to increase from several sources,
viz., local variants of the standard forms ; necessary additions from
progress of knowledge; pictorial equivalents, of difficult or litr.le known
standard characters, actually created among the less cultured portions
of the Chinese agglomeration. The writing of Sze Tchou is generally
called tchuen %., or curved writing, and better Ta tchuen, or Great
tchuen (of. below, v. 2).
776 Sixth year of Tchou Yu wang. Solar eclipse on August 29th.
770 End of the Tchou dynasty and beginning of the Tung Tchou or Eastern
Tchou dynasty, with its capital at Loh-yh (Loh Yang, Honan), whose
king was not much more than the nominal suzerain of the various
principalities united in a federation.
750-700 Beginning of coinage in the West.
At ^gina, Pheidon, King of Argos, establishes a minj for silver coins.
In Lydia electrum coins are struck. The coins consist of small ingots
of regular weights, bean-shaped, and stamped with a distinctive mark
or emblem.
722-481 Tchun-tsiu period, so-called from the Ephemerides of Ln, for these years,
written by Confucius, and completed by the Ts'o tchuen or Chronicle
of Tso K'iu-Ming (722-464 b.c.) the most valuable literary relic of the
Tchou dynasty. Eighty-five Chinese principalities are mentioned
therein.
720 An envoy from the Tchou kingdom goes to the State of Lu to ask the usual
If fu, or contribution, including currency, towards the King's buriil.
697-695 Sennacherib, the Assyrian King, introduces Syrian sea-going ships in the
Persian Gulf, which after being used for war, ply for trade in the
Erythraean Sea in competition with the old Sabsean traders.
679-581 Period of the Five Pas, Jj. ^, Wu Pa, daring which one of the great
principalities took successively the lead of all the states, because of the
impotency of the suzerain, the King of Tchou. No less than 181
separate states existed during the Tchou dynasty, 55 of which were
contemporaneous ; 25 have left records of their existence and 13 were
important. Hwan, Prince of Ts'i, was the first Pa, 679 643 B.C.
679-675 The state of Ts'i being at war during these years. Prince Hwan was
finally, afraid that his armoured bannermen were not sufficient in
number ; in order to facilit ate enlistment he successfully authorized the
payment of mulcts for slight offences with their own metal knives,
instead of the legal Ring currency as heretofore since 960.
675-670 Introduction of coinage in China.
The sea-traders of the Indian Ocean establi'sh a colony in the Gulf of
Kiaotchou (S. Shantung), which they call Lang-ga (Lang-ye) after the
Ceylon Lanka, a name given also to several intermediary places. Tsih-
mie, afterwards Tsih-mnh, was their emporium and mint.
They started the device of inscribing their large bronze knives (of regular
weight, i.e. one-eighth of the larger standard unit) for currency, with a
distinctive mark or emblem, a practice they learnt from the western
coinages, consisting in this instance of the name of their place in a
curious form of Chinese symbols (p. 214). The shape is still rude aud has
not assumed the symb lical form of the ring at the end, which a little
afterwards was introduced into the Chinese Ts'i state.
670-666 In one of these latter years, Hwan, the Prince of T'si, leader of the
States, enacts rules, framed by his minister Kwau I-wu (Kwan King
xii INTEODUCTION.
B.C. tclning, Kwan tchungj or Kwan tze), for the weiglits of metallic
currency {She Ei, xxx. 21). The Taos (knives or sickles) and Pus
(hoes or adzes), according to Kwan-Tchung's works, formed the lower
currency. Prince Hwan ordered his Tso Sze-ma, or Left Equerry,
Pe Kung, to cast pi money with metal from the Tchwang mines, to
make known the models and weights to the people. Later on, i.e. after
659, he commanded his Tchung Ta-fu, or Second Grand Officer,
Wang-yh, to carry 20,000 coins to Ts'u for the purchase of a living
stag.
The coins are inscribed with legends indicating their place of issue, their
object and weight- value. The knife-shaped coins, preserving a practical
size and form, bear the following inscription : Ts'i fanwang tze kiu hwa,
returnable-reviving currency of Ts'i. On the reverse : 8an shih, thirty
units, and yuen, a ring, either figured or suggested by the carefully
made ring at the end of the handle.
Great wealth is acquired in the state of Ts'i by the trade in salt (^ ^^
boiling the brine) which its merchants supplied to the states of Liang
(0. E. Shansi), Tchou (W. Honan), Sung (E. Honan), Wei (N. Honan)
and others, which, we are told (cf. the authorities in E. Hirth, 'Early
History of fhe Salt Monopoly in China, 1888), were in great trouble
when the usual supply was not forthcoming at the proper time. This
trade was the chief cause of the extension of coinage in the states.
c. 660 The quince-fruit of Media is introduced into China through the Indian
Ocean sea-trade. Of. my Notes on Botanical Relations between Ancient
China and Western Asia in Antiquity.
655 Extinction by the state of Tsin of the small principality of Yir (q.v. in the
Alphabetical List below) in S. W. Shansi, which, following the rules of
Hwan and Kwan-tchung, had issued some saddle-coins or weight-money
bearing their name and respective weights.
The old Ring-money of the Central Kingdom of Tchou was probably
inscribed then for the first time, and became a coinage.
642 Coining money is not yet known in the state of Tcheng (Kai fung fu,
Honan) as shown by the following circumstance. The Earl of Tcheng,
for the first time paid a Court visit to the Prince of Ts'u (Hupeh) who
gave him a certaia quantity of metal {^) and made him a condition not
*to use it for casting weapons. In consequence the Earl of Tcheng made
with it three bells (Tso tchv.en, 5, xviii. 1).
641 Collapse through its own expenses and conquest by Ts'm of the small
state of Liang [q.v.) in Shensi C. E., where the financial innovations of
Ts'i had been followed, and saddle-coins or weight-money had been
issued, with the legend Liang^ Mu hin-yu erh shih tang lueh, Kin-yu of
Liang's treasury, 20 equal a liieh, of several sizes and variants accord-
ingly {Gat. p. 22, corr.). Liang was supplied with salt by the merchants
of Ts'i.
618 Wei, Earl of Mao, comes from the Tchou kingdom to Lu, asking money
^ contributions for the expenses of the King's burial {Tchun tsiu Tso
ichuen, 6, ix. 1).
613-590 Tchwang, King of Ts'u, the last of the Five Pas, issues two sizes of small
coins, bean-shaped (in the fashion of the ^gin^tan and Lydian coins of
750-700 B.C.) and inscribed with their respective weights. The old
cowrie-shell currency had become too scarce for requirements. They
were nick-named Eo pei tsien, or metallic cowries {Cat. p. 300) ; cf. my
monograph "On the Metallic Cowries of Ancient China," 1888,
J.R.A.S. x:s:. 428-439. Later on, considering that the money was too
light, he altered it and made the small coins larger, ^ 5 J^ ^ ^ ^
M .W >h M ^, but his people gave up business, until, on the advice
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B.C. of his chief minister, Siin Shuh-ngao, he had restored things to the
former state. ■
611 Neko II., of Egyptj srives a great impetus to distant navigation in the
Southern seas.
580-560 Non-Ohinese Guild merchants of 1. Tsih-moh, in Lang-ta; 2. An-yang; 3.
TcHENG-YANG; and 4. Kai YANG, in Kiu (Shantung S.B. coast) issue
large knife-coins ; those of 1,2, and 3 separately, while 1 and 2, and 1 and
4 were in partnership, before their submission to Ts'i, This is the begin-
ning of the monetary unions, cf. below vi. 1, and Gat. pp. 215-222, 225-226.
561-360 An-yh in S.W. Shansi, residence of the Wei clan, begins its coinage
with issues of so-called saddle-money or weight-money, like the former
coins of Tij and of Liang, all three towns of TsiN {Cat. pp. 20-22).
547-493 After their submission to Ts'i (650-547 b.c.) and previously to their
conquest by Wu (493 B.C.), the Guild merchants of Tsih-Moe issue large
knife-coins in partnership with those of An-yang [Gat. p. 224), and
also with those of Yng-ling, capital city of Ts'i and of Kai-Tang {Cat.
p. 225), all specially inscribed. These led those of Yng-ling and of
Tso-YH to issue a similar coinage {Gat. p. 223). During the same
period guild merchants of Ts'i in connection with those of Kwang-tchung
(Shensi S.E.) issue a special coinage of large knives, with a remarkable
. inscription setting forth its object, viz. : " Returnable-reviving currency
of all travelling traders of Ts'i and Kwan-tchung " {Cat. p. 226). The
monetary unions make coinage known where it was not so before.
Knife-coinage being more extensively known in Ts'i and the border states,
the obverse legend of the knife-coins is simplified into Tsi tchi kiu hiva,
instead of the more explicative legend which the novelty of coinage had
suggested in 674-665 B.C. {Gat. p. 332).
Coinage is then current in Tcheng (Kai-fung fu, Honan) but is refused by
the Prince of Ts'in for the release of an officer of Tch'eng Kiun, who
insists that it must be iirst exchanged for silk {Tso tchuen, 9, xxvi. 4).
c. 540 The Western art of tempering iron is known in Eastern China.
523-336 In his 21st year {i.e. 523 b.c) the King King, of Tchou, finding that the
tchu unit of weight enacted in 1091 B.C. for the currency was too
light, notwithstanding the contrary advice of his minister Tan Muh Kung,
issued larger, i.e. heavier, coins inscribed Pao Hwa, and weighing four
times heavier than the current standard (cf. Gat. p. 329, No. 156 only and
below p. xxxvii.) But the innovation was not accepted by the people, and
he was forced to resume the former coinage, which lasted until it passed
into the hands of Ts'in, 336 b.c. It consisted of the hwan unit and frac-
tions, yuen, pan-yuen, Hang, and tchus, in flat rings. There is no record
of the time when they were first inscribed, but it cannot have begun
before 655 supra.
500-350 c. Spade-money of two sizes form chiefly the currency outside Ts'i and
TcHOD. They consist of little spades with hollow handles, weighing 20
to the higher standard unit of weight. Being more tools than coins,
they required only attenuated legends. Cf. infra, v., 14, and p. 4 sq.
490-390 c. Second and last period of monetary unions. About fourteen coinages
of small spades and pus, henceforth useless as tools and with clear
legends, are issued in the region between the marts of the sea-coast of
Shantung, 'N. and S., with Shansi and Honan B. Cf. infra, vi.
481-255 Period of the civil wars, or Contending States for the Imperial supremacy,
or Heptarchy, from the seven principal states engaged in the struggle.
475-221 Period of the Pu-money. Square-footed, round-footed, and point-footed
pus are issued in one hundred (or more) different localities of the states.
The exact dates in each case cannot be ascertained but from the founda-
tion or destruction of the localities, or their conquest by Ts'in after
xiv IXTEODUCTIOX.
B.C. 336 B.C., when the Imperial coinage was entrusted to that state by the
Kino- of Tcaou. The merchants of Ts'i become richer and richer from
their salt industry, and the circulation of coins is considerable. Besides
their knife-coinage they used also unwrought metal, as was still tradi-
tional in the less civilised regions of Tueh and Min (from Kiangsu to
Fuhkien) . See following.
c. 460 The King of Ts'0 helps to establish in Yueh three boards of finance for
the currency of — 1. gems; 2. gold ; 3. coins and silk.
423 Accession of Prince Wen of Wei, g^, who during his reign (423-386 B.C.),
on the advice of his minister Li Huei, laid down for the purchase of
goods by the State regulations which gave a great impetus to circula-
tion of metallic money.
367-355 The Eastern Tchou dukedom, established in Honan in 440 B.C., is separated
into Eastern and Western Tchou. They each issue flat ring- coins
inscribed with their respective names (p. 328).
336 King Hwei of Ts'iN, to whose state his suzerain, the King of Tchod had
granted the privilege of coining money (for Imperial purposes, i. e.
without local name upon it), issues his first coinage of large P'an Hang
pieces with a central square hole (p. 336) . This coinage is gradually
imposed wherever Ts'iN extends its dominions.
330 A general of Ts'u establishes in Yun-nan, the kingdom of Tsen, which
lasted until 224 a.d. It commanded the trade routes to and from the
south, and its name, known in the west through the Southern ocean
traffic, became in the first century a.d. the western name of Ghina
(cf. B. and 0. R. 1889, pp. 139, 151, 157-159).
325-317 Su, Prince of Tchad, grants to Tchang-y, a secret political agent of
Ts'iN, the privilege of issuing pu coins of the saddle-pattern.
323 Meng-ko (or Mencius) the philosopher, ii. 2 ; iii. 1, refuses a hundred
kien kin (see "Numismatic Terms") or knife-coins from the Prince of
Ts'i, but he accepts afterwards seventy yh from the ruler of Sung, and
fifty yh from the Earl of Steh (W. Shantung).
317-228 Large issues of small knife-coins begin at Ming, in Tchao (S. Tchihli),
(p. 266), Kan-tan (p. 247), and other places with legends ; also at
KiiJ, where they are pointed (p. 251), and without obverse legends.
These issues continued until the conquest of Tchad by Ts'in in 228 B.C.
316 The King Hwei of Ts'in establishes his protectorate in Pa and Shvh
(N. Szetchuen) over the Lin Kiun and Pan-tun Ttian aborigines, and
organizes their paying taxes and fines by Hangs.
c. 275 Issue in KiiJ of round coins, square-holed, with an outside raised edge as
the large knives, inscribed Pao sze hwa and Pau luh hwa (p. 329-330).
They were cast in clusters in the same fashion as practised before
in Rome 350-269 B.C.
255 End of the civil wars period (although the submission of several states
was not achieved before 222 B.C.), and of the nominal sway of the
Tchou dynasty.
227 Li-sze, chief Minister to the King of Ts'in, adopts an abbreviated and
simplified mode of writing the Tchuen or curved characters in a
fihform way, hence called Siao tchuen. Cf. 820 supra.
221 The King of Ts'in assumes the title of She Hwang-ti, "the first universal
Emperor." The use of gems, pearls, tortoise-shells, cowries, and tm
is henceforth forbidden for currency. Issue of a new coinage, more
convenient and smaller than that of 336, also inscribed P'an Hang, in
round pieces with a square hole for bronze, and for gold in small
cubes yh.
219 Appearance of Buddhist missionaries in China,
212 'Hie uncertainty and large number of variants of the Siao tchuen characters,
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B.C. leads the Chinese Emperor to adopt for official purposes the Li ahu, a
bold, square and thick brush-made writingj invented by Tcheng Mao.
206 Rise of the Han dynasty. Coinage is free.
186 Issue by the Queen ^^n Kao hou of a state coinage consisting of round
Pan Hang, weighing 8 tchus. (p. 342). Ancient Pu and other coins
remain in circulation.
175 Issue by Han Wen Ti, of P'an Hang, of round coins weighing only 4 tchua,
as a pattern for all. With the intention of putting an end to false
coining, he leaves the people to cast their own money (p. 348).
160c. Pi, King of Wu (Tcheh Kiang) issues a large round coin marked Liang
s/ie, equivalent to the old P'an Hang of 12 tchus^ which' meets every
requirement. Teng T'ung, the Chinese Croesus, in N. Szetchuen, issues
also a currency favourably received, but its description has been
lost (p. 352-353).
140 Issue by Han Wit, Ti (140-87 B.C.) of small round coins of three tchus,
San tchu, and thus inscribed (p. 354).
136 Issue of round coins of same size and weight as the preceding, with a
raised edge to prevent their being clipped or filed, and inscribed Pan
Hang (p. 355). Private people issue iron coins of the same pattern.
135 Free coinage is forbidden and the ancient coins, Knife, Leaf, Saddle,
JPu, and otherwise shaped, which had remained in circulation in various
parts of the Empire are demonetized and forbidden.
122-115 Tchang K'ien, envoy of Han Wu Ti, sent for the second time to Eastern
Turkestan and Transoxiana, opens relations with numerous states there,
and sets up Chinese protectorates which lasted till the third century.
The Middle Kingdom receives henceforth anew many products and
ideas from the West.
119 Issue of a currency of white metal, and sale of deer-skin badges ; issue
also of round coins value five tchus with a raised edge in red copper
(p. 358-360).
118 First issue of the Wu tchu coinage, which, with various fortunes, remained
the standard currency of the country until the T'ang dynasty.
116 Establishment of a general State mint under the management of three
oflicers (as in Rome and Greece). All the former currency had to be
melted and re-coined. The most formidable and skilled of the false
coiners are engaged as workmen therein.
50-25 The Yueh-ti, having migrated westwards into Transoxiana, issue with the
Grseco-Bacfcrian King Hermans a bilingual coinage (p. 393). While
settled on the N.W. borders of China in the third century, they
had known and made use of the pan-kin, and TcJmng .... Hang
inscribed coinages.
48 Counterfeiting (see iv. p. 22), has brought the metallic currency to such a
low ebb that the question is seriously considered of reviving the use
A.D. of grain, silk, hempen and silk-cloth, and shells as media of exchange.
7 Wang Mang, as Regent, issues round coins inscribed Pao hwa, like those of
523 B.C., and a short knife-shaped money (pp. 311-318) ; also six sorts
of round coins called and marked ^ Tuiuen (pp. 367-380).
10 Having assumed the supreme power, Wang Mang discontinues his coinage
of knife-money and establishes new sorts of currency, in gold, silver,
torboise-shells and cowries (pp. 381, 382), and ten sorts of copper ^
P'u money (pp. 302-304).
14 All the previous and eccentric currencies are abolished, and a new
currency of round copper coins marked Ho-pu is issued (pp. 382-392).
24 Silk and hempen cloth, grain and metal in lumps, are again used for
currency, because of the extensive counterfeiting of the coinage. Kung
sun Shuh, a rebel, in Szetchuen, issues iron coins of the Wu tchu pattern.
xvi IXTEODUCTIOK
A.D.
25 Beginning of the Eou Kan or Latee Han dynasty. Issue in the following
year and in 40 a.d. of Wu tchu coins of the former standard. No change
was made in the currency until 190 a.d.
88 Sii shen is commissioned to compile an explicatory list of the best Tchven
characters in their abbreviated and simplified forms. His work, the
Shwoh wen, containing 9353 characters and published in 123 a.d., after
his death, has remained the standard work on its subject.
165 Liu Teh-tcheng, improving upon the Li shu, makes the Heng shu or
current- writing.
190 Temporary issue of Wu tchu coins without outside rims, because the rim
of the former issues was usually clipped ofE.
220 End of the Latee Han dynasty, whose dominion is split into three
kingdoms, of Shuh-Han, Wei, and Wu until 277.
221 In the We£ kingdom, N. China, the Wu tchu coinage is abolished, grain
and silk cloth are by decree the regular currency ; six years afterwards
the copper coinage is re-established.
284 Roman copper coins of a.d. 14-275, are brought about that date into Shansi,
under the Tsm dynasty, by Western merchants through the South sea
trade.
S47 Copper coins are substituted in the kingdom of the Foemee Liang dynasty
(W. Shensi), for the old currency of silk and hempen cloth which
obtained there,
379 Wang Ri^n tcJii, improves the Keng shu and makes it the Kiai shu, or
pattern writing, which, slightly altered during the Sung dynasty, has
remained in use for printing to the present day.
401 An iron coinage is issued by the Noetheen Liang (E. Kansuh).
402 Under the reign of Ngan Ti, of the Eastern Tsin (a.d. 317-419, at Nanking),
metallic currency is so much debased by counterfeiting, that a proposition
is made to suppress it, and to renew the old currency of silk and grain.
402-421 Copper coins of the Wu tchu pattern are issued at Kwei-tse or Kudja, and
at iShu-lele or Kashgar.
S13-516 Issue of clay-money in Kiang-su and Shantung, under the eighth and
ninth Emperors of the Wei dynasty.
516-519 Issue about these years of Chinese-like copper coins at Kao-tchang (the
TAe shi of the Han period, near the present Karakhodjo and Turfan, in
E. Turkestan), with the inscription, ^ ^ 'n ^!l Kao-tchang kih-li.
558-565 Sassanian gold and silver coins circulate under the Noetheen Tchou
dynasty in Shensi.
583-598 Re-organization of the copper currency by Kai-huang, of the Sui dynasty;
patterns exposed for public information, and opening of five mints.
621 First issue of the Eai yuen tung jjoo ^ % jl R, the standard copper
coin of the T'ang dynasty, which remained in use for several centuries
and was imitated in Central Asia, Corea, Japan, and Annam.
CHAPTER ir.
A SHORT GLOSSARY OF CHINESE NUMISMATIC TERMS.
a. Denominations and general terms.
The purpose of this chapter is to present a list of various expressions, peculiar
idioms, popular appellatives and also soubriquets, attached to the currency described
in the Chinese books on numismatics, or mentioned in works of political economy.
INTRODUCTION. xvii
It does not pretend to be complete, and many expressions relating to currency
whicli are found in the dictionaries and are known, have been left aside, as they
would have increased unnecessarily the bulk of this glossary, and occupied the
space required for terms whicfe cannot be understood but by Chinese numismatists.
1. — ^ Tsai, Riches. Tsai is one of the oldest terms employed with reference
to money, or the valuable goods which, by preference, were employed for barter in
early times. The Shu-King ' gives that name to the treasures which the last
ruler of the Shang-Yn dynasty had piled up in the Luh-tai or Stag-gallery
(xiith cent, b.c.)
2' — ^ ^j Tsien-tsai, hoes and riches.^ A general term for wealth and for
medium of exchange.
3. — ^, Fu, a term occasionally employed in the Classics, and explained as
contributions, from one State to another, for the funeral of a ruler, including money
(cf, in 720 B.C., Tchun tsiu, 1 ; iii. 4),
4. — ^, Kin, metal in general used for money. In 618 B.C. the kingdom of
Tchou asks from the State of Lu a contribution of money (hin) (cf. Tchun tsiu,
6; ix. 1). ^
5. — ^ Tsiuen, Source, spring. The term was used in ancient times for currency
in general, and so far as it was paid in, not paid out. It occurs thus in the Tchou li
or Institutes of the Tchou dynasty ; ' and by extension it is met with in old works
without any distinction. One of the treasurers of the Board of Finances derived
his name Tsiuen fu ^ ^ from it."* In the transcription of old works in modern
characters, it has disappeared ; ^ Pu, clotli, seldom, and ^ Tsien, hoe, most
generally in their acceptation of currency, were substituted for it.* For instance,
Tchou sin, the last ruler of the Shang-Yn dynasty, had hoarded ^ Tsiuen in his
palace of Luh-tai or Stag-gallery, and Wen Wang distributed them to the people.^
In tbe modern statements of the fact the word Tsien has been put in its stead.'
At the time of his archaistic revivals, the usurper Wang Mang, in a.d. 7 and 14,
renewed the use of the term Tsiuen for money, and had it inscribed on his
currency (cf. pp. 367, 383). It reappeared in a.d. 236 on an issue of Wu at the
time of tbe Three Kingdoms (p. 403), and in 561 (p. 429).
6. — 1^ ^, Kiao-pi, Bridge money. Another name of the following.
7. — ^ ^ ^, King shih pi, Tingle-dangle money. Numismatic soubriquet
of metallic dangles, of a musical instrument, formerly used as a convenient medium
of exchange. Cf. below, p. xxi.
8, 9, 10. — §^ hwan, ^ yuen, ^ yuen, Eound (money). Name of the Ring
money (flat and holed discs), which was in circulation in 950 B.C., and remained so
to the end of the Tchou dynasty.
11. — JJ, Tao, Knife (money). Pattern of an extensive currency which began in
the seventh century in Shantung, and continued to the third century (i.e. 221 B,c.).
It was revived for a few years and in a strangely altered form in 7-10 a.d. ; by
extension it has been occasionally inscribed on some round money in the same
years, under the following names.
12.-^ 7J,K'ih-tao, Bond-knife. (Two sorts of Knife money, the blade short
=S Ci \r, . , , T 1 • 1 1 -J. -^ and round flat head, issued by the
13.—^ 7]> Ts'oh-tao, Inlaid kmfe. \ Usurper Wang Mang in 7-10 a.d.
14. — m Pi, valuables. The symbol Pi was formerly written with the deter-
1 Shu King, Part V., Book III., par. 9. For a later use of the term, viz., in 590 B.C., of. Tsq
tehuen, 7 ; xi. 2). - l a
' Sucb, for instance, the name of the God of Eiches, ^ ip$; or ^ ^ M ^•
s Tchou-li, Tien Invan, Kiv. 6 ; trad. Edouard Biot, 1851, tom. i., p. 128.
* Ibid. T'i kwan, kiv. 14 ; tom. i., p. 326.
» On the equation Tsiuen and Tsien, cf. Szema Tsien, She Xi, Tien Kwan shu, hia. Comm.
' In the Shti King, as stated under Tsai, it is the latter character which is employed and not
Tsiuen.
1 K'ang U tze Hen, s.v. 85 + 5, fol. 29.
xviii INTEODUCTIOX.
minative ^ cowry, instead of ]\i cloth.' It was used as a general term, for
instance, in the writings of Kwan-tze (supra, in 665 B.C.), and is still found not
unfrequently in literature. It occurs in titles of numismatic works as shown by
the list below.
15- ^ ^ Pt ic/t'aji. Spade money. Name given by numismatists to the copper
currency of that shape issued by private people, and afterwards regularly in the
seventh century, in imitation of small implements of husbandry which had been
found convenient for barter (pp. 2-17).
16.-^ m .1, Fi tch'eng ma, Saddle money ; [ Appellatives of a curious shape of
,„ .X'^ T^- • \ coppermoney,bearmgits weight
17 — ^ b| Ktu ma, same meaninar ; \ f^ , .^•' °j. •, P
J. I. j}i ,^, -u-tit ;«u, .am . ^ ^' I value, and the name of its place
18.—^M^,K{atsehma,shp-weig}xtmonej;\ ^f j^g^^^ ^^^ ^.j^g seventh to
19.—^ .11, Tseh ma, same meaning. ^ ^i^e fourth century B.C.
20— ;jjj Pii, cloth, afterwards money. First applied to hempen or silk pieces of
cloth. Used as a medium of exchange and regulated into a currency in 1091 B.C.,
it came into use in a looser way as money, and was especially applied to all small
plates of metal employed for currency, except the knives. It is chiefly applied by
numismatists to the small shape of money derived from the spade and saddle
money.
21. — '^ ^ Eo-pu, exchangeable (cloth) money. A special type of copper money
(p. 308) issued by Wang Mang in a.d. 14.
22. — ^ ^ PM-f.siuf;!, source of (cloth) money. Legendof a round money issued
by Wang Mancr in ad. 14, and soon discontinued.
23. — ^ ^<i So r*me;i, source of exchange. Legendof a round money issued by
the same ruler in a.d. 14, which was extensively used until the following Han
dynasty. It was also employed in a.d. 376 (pp. 383 and 408).
24. — |g Tsien, hoe money. Tsien v/as formerly a light instrument of husbandry,
perhaps a hoe or sickle,^ although it is applied at present to the mattock.^ When
currency in the shape of various implements of the kind was an historical fact, the
term was used as a general designation. It occurs in such ancient writings as
the Kwoh-yu, the She Ki, the Tsien Han shu, the Tchun-tsiu of Lin Pu-wei and
other works ; and it was applied to the currency of the states of J^ Tchou, ^ Ts'i,
^ Ts'in, ^ Tsin, ^ Ts'u and |t Tc?tao.^ In re-writing the ancient texts it has
been substituted for the former ^ tsai and ^ tsiuen.
25. — ^ K Tsien ho, hoes and goods,
26. — |g ;j5| Tsien pu, hoes and cloth. General terms for wealth and media of
exchange.
27, 28, 29. — % Tiih, ^ 3Iai, ^ Mai. These three terms are those for
barter, purchase and sale. Their ideographical spelling is suggestive of their
respective meanings. Yiih, barter, is composed of ^ muh, " a pleasant, sub-
missive or harmonious eye," and of ^ pei, " property." 2Iai, " to buy," is written
pt^] wanrj, " a net," and pei," property," lit. " net in the property." MoA, " to sell,"
is composed of the preceding mai, "the netted in property," and [ii tch'uh, "to
come out." "
30. — ;^ Kiuen, equivalent. It means properly to weigh or balance on the
steel-yards, and is employed by the native numismatists to indicate the equivalence
between the various classes of currency.
31. — S; Tchti.ng, weight. A term employed on the flat ring-money of the
Tchou dvnasty, (p. 321), where it precedes the figures indicating the weight.
' Min Ts'i-kih, Li'h shu i'uny, kiv. 7, fbl. 13 v.
" It i= mentioned in the She King, iv. (2), ode I. 2.
3 WfU.i "Williams, Syll. Biet., p. 9^2.
" A- btated by H "j* ^ Wei Liao-ung, ^ -^ ^ Zm Kin Kao.
' The Sir II r-t tire of Cliineie Charru-ters, after the Shwoh-v:an, b}' John Chalmers, 1882;
X^.s. 2:';2. Stand 1C2.
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32. — JI ^^ Yuen-fah, current rule, or better rules of currency. A denomina-
tion used in reference to the enactments of Kiang Tai Kung, concerning the
currency of tte nine treasury oflSoes at the beginning of the Tohou dynasty.
33. — •^ = ^ Tiiu, treasurd? This symbol occui-s on the knife-money of Ts'i and
on the weight-money of Liang. On the latter currency, which dates from the seventh
, century B.C., several variants occur, Nos. 121, 12, 13,14, and more especially 124 and
125, which, show that it is merely a simplified form of ^, viz., without the deter-
minative ;Jj*. It had been hitherto misread by native numismatists for f^, which,
however, was not thus spelt in former times, as shown by the numerous instances
exemplified in the palaaograpliical dictionaries and texts, where it is always written
m.
34. — ^ ^, Kiu-Hwa. Literally treasure to exchange, is the expression
equivalent to currency which occurs in the knife-money of the state of Ts'i
(670-221 B.C.).
35, 36. — ^ ^, Pao ho, precious exchangeable merchandise. Old denomina-
tion of round money issued in 623 B.C. and also in 7 a.d. It is an equivalent to the
modern Fung pao jj Jf, current money. See the alphabetical list of legends.
37. — "^ ^ ^, Ho-pei tsien, exchangeable cowries, metallic currency ;
38. — $a A ^' Y-fi tsien, ant's nose money;
39. — % B3, Kwei-tou, ghost-heads ;
40. — ^ ^, Kwei-lien, gb.ost-ia,Ges } all denominations and soubriquets of the
metallic cowries issued as currency c. 600 B.C. in the state of Ts'u (Hupeh) (cf.
p. 300, and list of legends).
4X_ — •^ JJ^^ Yh tcheh, red-bent. Denomination of a certain sort of money
issued in 120 b.C. and having a raised edge in red copper (p. 360).
42. — ^, Tchuan, pattern. Special name of round pieces of money in a white
metal, issued in 119 B.C. (p. 358).
43._g[5 _^ ^ Teng she tsien, money of Teng-she. An unknown copper
currency issued after 160 B.C. by Teng-fung, the Chinese Croesus (p. 353).
44. — llf ^. Yii-Kieh, elm-leaves. Derisive name of thin money, in various
sizes and shapes issued by private people at the beginning of the Han dynasty
(P- 340).
45_ — j^ ^^ TYu pi, a soubriquet of a fanciful coin cast under the Sui dynasty,
on which the figure 5, i.e. £., was marked on the four sides.
46. — if @ Ki-muh, hen's eyes ; *
• 47. — j^ @ Kiu-muh, dove's eyes ;
48. — 11 IS Ngo-yen, goose's eyes ;
49. — ;p J^ gl5 Puh tch'en lang', unsinkable lads ;
50. — j|5E 3^ Yen-hwan, tassels, rings ; all popular names of the very small and
light currency of about 465 a.d. (p. 418).
51. — 1= ^ Hing-yeK, weed leaves. Soubriquet of the thin copper money of
the fifth century (p. 418).
52^ 53. ^ ^ ^, ^ M Kung-shih tsien and Niu tsien. Male and female
money,' soubriquets of the round copper money issued after 502 a.d., from peculiari-
ties in their design (p. 420).
54. m ^ Nan tsien, a soubriquet of the Kung shih tsien, so called because
the people believed that a woman who carried this money about her would be
delivered of a boy.
55. ^ .f Lai tze, a soubriquet of the small coins of two tchus, issued m
465 A.D. (p. 417). , .^ , ^
56. ^ ^ Kien Kin, the sort of money offered to Mencius by the Duke of
Ts'i in 323 B.C. The first character must be read ^ sickle, appropriate name of the
curved knife-shape of the currency of Ts'i.
IXTEODUCTION.
b. Technical Wards.
In the Chinese numismatic works the few characters which follow are used as
technical expressions, and are seldom found in the dictionaries with these special
meanings : —
^ Juh, lit. the flesh, i. e. the ^eld of
the piece.
^ hao, lit. a hole in a wall, i.e. the
central hole.
^ jtf juh hao, same meaning.
f|) liwoh, lit. a city wall, i.e. the raised
edge.
JU ^ icAoM Tcwoh, surrounding raised
rim.
f^ or f^, i/wen, a ring of which the
central hole is wider than the
rim.
^ or ^, hvjan, a ring of which the
central hole and the rim are
equal.
^ pien, i.e. the obverse and reverse
margin.
■^ mien, face, i.e. the obverse.
^ pel, back, t. e. the reverse.
^ and j'^ man, same meaning.
J^ ^ Tze erh, same meaning,
^ 'jj'anfj, side, ?.e, the side right or
left of the central hole.
PI| wa, deep, i.e. incuse.
|2| tieh, in relief.
X we», ornament, i.e. the legend.
[^ ^ 2/«wgr wen, characters in re-
lief.
^ "K yn wen, characters sunk, or in-
cuse.
U tchu, pillar, i.e. raised dots on
the field, otherwise a very small
ring incuse.
{ij tch'uh, going forth, i.e. radiating
line from an angle of the central
hole.
^ Jdoh, horn, i.e. protruding angle
of the same.
J^ sing, star, i.e. a dot.
^ hwan, ig ki, "^ kwan, |^ min,
151 hiang, a string of 1000
cash.
^ A-w, smelting furnace.
Wi 9> ^^ shou, melting metals, cast-
ing (coins).
CHAPTER III.
SHAPES OF CUEREKCT FEOM BAETEE TO MONEY.
I. XAirEAl.
II. COJDIEECIAL.
1. Gems. Ancient China
2. Grain (in bags). Anc. China
3. Grains. Pelew Islands
4. Bitter almonds. Anc. India . .
5. Elk-teeth. K. America
6. Eock salt. Abyssinia
7. Tortoise sbells. Anc. China . .
8. Pearl oyster shells. Anc. China .
9. Cowry shells. Pre-Chinese China
10. Gold dnst. Tibet and Indo-China
11. Cinnabar. S. China, 9th cent. A.D.
V,12. Qnicksilver. Ditto.
\
Kola nntte. (Niger).
By pang or pair.
Ditto.
On strings (Anc. China,
Indo - China, India,
Africa).
In bags (Indo-China).
Indo-China, Tibet.
1. Tea in bricks. Frontiers of Tibet
2. Salt in cakes. Anc. China . .
•3. Opinm in pills. Frontiers of Tibet
4. Betel in nnts. Indo-China
5. Cntch and Jnggery (ibid)
6. fckins. Is". America Skin-talUes of
Kuasia.
Ancient
INTRODrCTIOK".
XXI
III. iNDTTSTBIil.
1. TJn wrought metal. Anc. China
2. Metal from crucible. Chinese silver
Sycee
3. ^etal in lumps. Lydian ingots .
4 Metal in flakes
5. Metal in plates (rough;
6. Metal in regular bars .
7. Metal in lozenges . .
8. Metal in plates . . .
9. Silk Cloth. Anc. China ,
10. Hempen cloth. Anc. China . .
^ 11, Shirtings, &c., Africa, Borneo, &c.
/12.
fl
I
Small implements
(Anc. China) .
of husbandry
13. Knives of Ancient China.
14. Das of the Khamtis, &c.
v,15. (Fish-hooks)
16. (Deer skins)
17. (Cornaline earrings) . .
18. Gold empty- nobs of Tibet
19. Armlets and rings . . .
A
20. Fans, in Ancient Egypt.
21. Glass beads, ibid.
1^ 22. Collars, &c., ibid.
23. Gold and tin ....
24. Shell-like (silver) of Burmese-Shans
25. Oyster-like (silver)
26. (From stamping)
27. (Cowries)
28. (Ring money)
29. (From cuts of round money)
30. (From successive improvements)
31. (From contradistinction) , . .
Stamped Beads of Ts'u.
Long lumps of Japan.
Beads of Japan and
Java,
Small gold flakes of
Nepal.
Cut plates in Japan,
Ancient India, &c.
Ann'amite silver bars.
Laotian iron lozenge.
Obang and Kobang of
Japan.
Regular in size and
length. Anc. China.
Ditto.
Cangyans of Malays,
guineas, tobas and to-
kaki in Africa, blankets
in N.W. America.
Spade money and its
smaller derivatives^
Saddle and Pu-money.
Imitations in Luristan
and Ceylon.
Deer-skin badges (Anc.
China).
Mataganas of Japan.
Ring money of Syria,
Caucasus, Ireland,
India, &c. Flat ring
money of Ancient
China, Central Asia,
Australasia, &c.
Gold cubes in Ancient
China. Bundles of tin
blocks in Malacca.
The cliulbn
Same, stamped for fines.
Cup-shaped coins of An-
cient S. India, Java,
and Cambodia.
Metallic cowries (Anc.
China).
Modern Chinese money.
Crescent silver money of
Ancient Pegu, and of
Tibet.
Round money of Europe.
Recent octagonal money
of Europe (Belgium).
xsii IXTEODUCTIOX.
CHAPTER IV.
THE MAKING OF COINS.
1. Metallurgy and Counterfeiting.
1. The coinage of ancient China circulated always by weight for its intrinsic
value. The weight and the various patterns were regulated by the State, and
every one, including guild merchants of private and town communities, subject to
these rules was at liberty to issue his own coins, bearing his distinctive symbol
(written characters) or name.
It consisted chiefly of bronze of several patterns which we describe in another
patre below, § 10, until the gradual adoption of a round coinage issued by the
State .336, 221, and 186 B.C. (2.V.)
2. Gold, silver, copper, tin, bronze, lead, iron, and tutenag were the various
metals which were employed in Chiua as mediums of exchange during the period
covered by this volume. All of them, however, were not either known or
used from the beginning. In the twenty-third century the civilisers of the country,
the Bak Sings in X.W. China, knew gold, silver, copper, and tin (or antimony),
whose symbols are traceable to their antecedents in the mother writing of Western
Asia.' They had great difficulty in finding silver in their new country and the
discovery of the " obstinate metal " {^+^=i^) under the Hia and Yn dynasties
has remained historical. It was always very scarce until the opening of the
South. They learned to know Ieon from the native populations of Sze tchuen, who
were well acquainted with it, and they called it the barbarian metal (^+^ = ^),
as well as other names, tieh ^ and lou @, borrowed from the native dialects.
The knowledge of bronze was brought to them from the west in the middle of the
eighteenth century B.C.
3. Although the country is rich in metals, mining operations have never been
allowed to any large extent. Private individuals were not permitted to work
mines except in rare cases ; and when the privilege was granted, it always
carried with it heavy taxation. The government, in fear they say of enriching
the wrong people at the expense of morality and simplicity of life, kept the mines
as State property, to be resorted to only in cases of extreme need. The rudeness
of the mining processes and the dearth of metal which ensued caused the
metaUic currency to suffer greatly in several instances noted in the following
volume.
4. The shortcomings of metaUnrgy in China h&ve had a sad and lasting
influence on the vicissitudes of her coinage, and the rude process of minting has
been the cause of many deplorable events in her history. Its course has been
marred from olden times by the incessant activity of smugglers, forgers, and
counterfeiters. It is a well known fact that the Chinese are the most able counter-
feiters in the world and their views about the genuineness of things are peculiar.
Our ideas of authenticity are only partly shared by them, and their feelings con-
cerning fitness do not go beyond the outside appearance in the generality of cases.
Exact imitations of objects have often been looked upon by them with as much
' For gold and tin cf. B. O. S., v. 38, 39, in T. de L., From Ancient Chaldaea and Elam to
Early China, § 16. — Silver as white metal, as in the West ; copper, tnng, is derived in Chinese as in
the West from the symbol for crucible. — For the derivation of the symbol for gold, fonnd indepen-
dently by the Eev. C. J. Ball, cf. his " Ideograms Common to Accadian and Chinese," P. iS. B. A.,
Dec. 1600.
INTEODUCTION. xxiii
favour as originals, and in course of time have become confused with them. We
know that in cases of archseological discoveries of interest, exact reproductions of the
objects have often been made for distribution to collectors. Let us confess that such
imitations have helped to the prteervation down to modern times of at least the form
of certain antiquities which otherwise might have been lost altogether. But the
value of these preserved copies, and of copies of them depends upon the faithful-
ness of the reproductions. Sometimes we are enabled to check them by comparison
either with other copies or other objects contemporary with them. Generally they
are faithful, sometimes they are not. The copies were often made by an a peu
pres method much liked in the Middle Kingdom. It is therefore impossible to
lay down any general rule in the matter, and the numismatist is left to his own
experience and judgment to discriminate the counterfeited Chinese coins. Coin
dealers, especially at Puhtchou and Sutchou, pretend to supply the European
collectors with any ancient coins they wish, since on demand,^ with a reasonable
delay, they forge them either from genuine specimens or from the native works on
numismatics. As to the rust and patina which the Chinese are very clever at
producing at short notice by several ingenious processes, they are often in case of
false coins simply imitated by several coats of paint, and it is very easy to wash
them off with acids.*
5. Some very interesting coins are only known to us through reproductions,
as shown by several illustrations in the present volume (Nos. 2, 3, 6, 16, 24, 26,
27, 28, 72, 282, 293, 301, 313, 330). Some of these reproductions are themselves
antiquities, as the taste for collecting ancient coins, or facsimiles, has prevailed
since the sixth century if not earlier.^
6. In the preliminary notices on the series of coins in the present volume
we have had to relate repeatedly the evils resulting in the Chinese currency
from the plague of counterfeiters ; and until the present time the same doleful
history has continued. An increase in the proportion of tin, the legal alloy,
the substitution for it of lead, a diminution in size or in weight, a fabrication of lead
or tin pieces, which, when strung between genuine coins, might pass unperceived,
were the various means resorted to by the forgers. The unusual skilfulness of the
Chinese counterfeiters has been the insuperable obstacle to the issue of coins in
gold or silver.
Notwithstanding their cunningness in counterfeiting matters, the Chinese have
made but slow progress in metallurgic art.'' Their methods have remained
undeveloped and stationary in many respects, and the manufacture of their
coins was not improved until the Han period. The casting process, which has
always been followed by them, afforded incessant facilities to false coiners, and
compelled the Chinese authorities, in order to baffle their projects, to make frequent
changes in the designs of their coins. These changes were sometimes of the most
' These coins are generally made of pewter, painted to imitate the patina. Eeady-made collec-
tions of coins attached on a cloth are sold to amateurs ; the few specimens therein of the knife, weight
and pu money, and of the Bashpa coins of the Yuen dynasty are almost always forgeries.
' The Chinese themselves are sometimes deluded in the matter. A forgery of the type No. 16
was presented once to Mr. William Lockhart at Peking by a high official as a valuable present. I had
it cleaned at the British Museum because I had some doubts about it, and it was found covered with
several coats of paint, red and green ; the metal was bronze with patches of lead.
' While writing the present remarks I have on my table a work by i|§ ^ '^ styled f[S f^ J^,
called if tf 1^ pll ^ lif ^ H^ ^ fi li ^, puUished at Hua hien (Canton), new edition
of 1864, containing illustrations of the curious modes of hollowing the Mexican dollars and substituting
copper or lead for the silver.
* The method of smelting iron ores in China is similar to that used in the Pyrenees, and known
as the Catalan process (cf. St. Julien et P. Champion, Industries Anciennes et Modernes de VErrvpire
Chinois, p. 55). It is also that which is practised in the Shan states (cf. Voyage d' Exploration en
Indo-Chine, t. ii. p. 150), and is also known in India. Dr. B. Hejne {Tracts Historical and
Statistical in India, 1814) had seen it in 1814 at Yeragutty.
xxiv INTEODUCTION.
trifling character, consisting often of minutiae which European numismatists will
fail to discriminate. The style of writing the legends was altered as a whole or
in parts, and numerous instances are known of two or three characters out of four
written each in a different style. In other cases the sole difference between issues
consists in the leno-th or thickness or arrangement of one single stroke of a character.
On the occasion of the issue of the P'an Hang coins in 187-180 B.C., we have indicated
(p. 342) the eight variants which are distingaished by scrupulous namisma,tist3.
In earlier times, when the issue of coins was not under Government supervision,
and could be made by monetary unions or separate towns with their own legend,
there was not the same need of such frequent distinctions. However, a good many
differences at an early period were rendered necessary to check the activity of the
forgers. In the series of the pu coins, ten towns' issued from 14 to 26
different designs during the fourth century B.C., designs differing only in the
inscription of a serial on the reverse, or in a change in the arrangement of the
written characters. Some of them issued as many as 60 variants. It is withthe
small knife coins, the worst part of the present work, as it is of all collections
of Chinese coins of the period, i.e. about 300 B.C., that the worst features of the
case are disclosed. We have in the following pages no less than 336 entries of
their variants and we have not exhausted the matter.
2. Minting and Moulding.
7. But it is also unquestionable that another agent was at work in the production
of these variants, and that-this parallel cause was no other than the carelessness of
the mould makers, and the roughness of the process entrusted to illiterate and
unskilled hands for the small coins. The sPADi-money, which required a greater
care, is more regular, and the inscriptions, consisting generally of one character
only, are well drawn (p. S-9) in comparison with the others.
We have thus been able to trace up to the process of minting much of the
rudeness of the designs, multiplicity of issues and variants in the legends. We
may ascribe to the same source the variants in the weights, which are far from
approximative to the current standard ; and, moreover, the same cause was active in
the selection of shapes, and in the variable sizes of the coins.
8. Let us begin with gold and silver.
The shape that was commonly given to the ingots of gold and silver in ancient
times is not described. The cubic inch of the regulations of the Tchou dynasty for
gold, does not seem to have been continued for long, and the non-appearance of
any special name for the unit of each of the two precious metals does not permit
any but a negative inference . on the matter. We may therefore surmise that the
most common shape was no other than the simplest one, i.e. that of the crucible
itself in its most convenient oblong form, which is still at present in use for the
silver currency.* The metal, while still hot and soft in the crucible, is impressed
either with a stamp marked with a legend, or concentric circle-lines, or with several
stamps inscribed ; the stamping causes the metal to rise all round, and the result is
to shape the ingot like a boat or shoe. In the middle ages the Chinese ingots of
gold or silver in Central Asia, were called balish or ydstoh, both which words mean
" a cushion," and although supposed by some ^ to allude to this so-called shoe-shape,
may perhaps refer to the loaf-shape, such as those of ancient Japan and of the
' Ping-tchou, 14 ; Kao-Ui, Ma shou yh. Ye shan, each 15 ; Lu Yang, 16 ; Siang yuen.
Pel Kiu, each 17 ; Tcheh yang, 18 ; Tchung tu, 2.3 ; Kuan, 26.
^ One, if not the most, carious form resulting from the process of manufacture is the cMlon or
chaubinbank, the well-known Shan shell-money; they are the result of the natural efflorescence of
silver under certain methods of smelting. There are several specimens in the British Museum.
•' Cf. Yule-Burnell, Glossary of Anglo-Indian Terms, p. 628.
INTEODUCTION. xxv
Laocian states^ which are exemplified ia the numismatic collections of the British
and other Museums. The previously mentioned shape of ingot is compared to a
boat in descriptions of the gold imported from China to India in the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries.* Taver^er, in 1676, says that they were called goldschuyt by
the Hollanders, i.e. a boat of gold, and this word schuyt is supposed to have
suggested the English term shoe, applied not long afterwards to the same ingots.
The Chinese silver shoes in Penjab in 1862, and at Kashgar in 1876, were called
yamhu,^ and compared to a deep boat. Kur was also a term used in the latter
place.'
9. There is no reason to suppose that the present shoes of silver and gold in
China do not preserve a form that was used in times anterior to the Han dynasty.
Sycee, Chinese ^0 |)^, fine silk, is the general term for lump silver, and is explained
as meaning that, if pure, it may be drawn out under the application of heat into
fine silk-Ulce threads.* This is, of course, a script-etymology, and pure fancy, de-
rived from the ideographical meaning inherent in the symbols, while the historical
etymology must be sought for in a foreign term transliterated thereby.^ Tuen-
pao PC ^ is the common name among foreigners for the silver ingot which bears
some resemblance to a native shoe.* There are a certain number of these silver
shoes in the British Museum collection.
10. For the bronze coins the shape was either that of small instraments of
husbandry such as spades or of knives, and ilat rings gradually reduced in size
and varied in form, as we have explained in a previous part; of this Introduction.
Moulds could thus be easily made from them, and the legend once properly written,
there was no diflSculty in its reproduction without alteration. But the process was
not safe, and the repetition of moulds made on casts, could not but result in a
diminution of size. Hot metal filling a mould contracts when cold, and therefore
gives a somewhat smaller size to the mould made afterwards on it. The difierence
is infinitesimal in each case, but the multiplicity arising from the little resistance
and short use of the moulds, makes it sensible. The expansion in length by one
degree of heat, Fahrenheit, is 1.105 900 for copper, 1.9380 for brass, and 1.72510
for tin, which melt at 2548, 1869, and 442 degrees respectively. Therefore, if
repeated only a few times, coins will lose sensibly in size. Unscrupulous officers
and forgers did not fail to remark the fact and avail themselves of the ad-
vantage, since they could make a larger number of coins than the legal quantity,
whence the frequent irregular specimens in collections. In order to maintain the
size, special moulds for moulds were made in better material than those made for
casting the coins.
11. Many ancient moulds or fragments of moulds of coins, have been found in
' C. Pederici in 1566, Conto in 1611.
^ Yamhu, lit. a silver (one) in Tibet; other Tibetan words for the same are rdo-t'sai, standard
weighted, dngtil-rmig, silver ingot, rta-rmig-ma, horse-hoof, &e. Cf. H. A. .Faschke, A Tibetan
English Dictionary, 1881, pp. 131, 211, 287, 422, 445, and 507. Of. also T. de L., The Silver Coinage
of Tibet, 1882, p. 4.
8 For all these statements, cf. Yule-Burnell, O. G., s.v. Shoe of gold or silver, pp. 628-629.
« Herbert A. Giles, A Glossary of Reference, 1878, pp. 138 and 128.
' At Sin-hui, in the Kwang-tung province, the standard and ideal unit oE silver is called
J£ ^ ?S ^■'w SZ6 ma, i.e. tsu-sze weight, whatever might be the meaning of the term. It looks
as if sycee, tsu-sze and shoes were connected through a fourth and antecedent term.
* There are some other shapes in use, for instance, in Shen-si, the Lan-tchou silver is shaped
like " fowl's kidneys," at Meng-tze, in Yunnan, the Kiai ting |f |(£ or Paifang ^ ^ ingots are
flat and the outside has eight curvilinear lines (something like the No. 1579, p. 301) ; the Mu-A%
Kwo -^ $% 1^ ingot is like a narrow oblong cup with spiral lines on the top, &o., &o., cf. J. Oh. Br.
B. A. 8; pp. 65, 72, 73, &c. ; for tsu-sze ma of the preceding note, p. 71. — The gold shoe ingots
are called Kin-iiao ^ j^; those in form of leaf, measuring about 08 inch square and weighing
about 30 gram, or 463 grains, are called £in yeh-tze ^ ^ ■?, ibid. p. 56.
d
xxvi INTRODUCTION.
China, by chance and occasional excavations, as arclieeological diggings have never
been made for fear of disturbing the geomantio influences and the spirits of oldea
times. These moulds are of various sorts, and give us an inkling into the processes
followed in minting the coins in ancient times, such as the Knife money of Ts'i, the
variously shaped coins of Wang Mang, and round coins from the time of the
Pao sze hua and Poo luh hua (p. 329), and the varied Wu tchu until the Tchang ping
tvu tchu, of the Northeen Ts'i dynasty in 553 B.C. Curiously enough of the two
hundred, or about, moulds hitherto" unearthed and described in the native
catalogues of numismatics, there are none of coins of the pu class, probably because
of their friability. The moulds were in bronze, stone, earthenware, or in beaten
clay, and sometimes in iron ; their legends were plain or reverted, in relief (= yang
wen ^ '5L), or sunk (= yn wen |^ ^),^ which shows that they were made for
different purposes, partly illustrated by the present mode of casting coins and small
bronze objects, as we shall see further on. The coins were cast singly, in pairs,
or in clusters^ arranged like a tree, or in a circle.
12. The moulds are sometimes inscribed with the year of the issue on their re-
verse, either as a regular inscription when they were cast, or as graffiti which cannot
always be deciphered. In the latter cases, signs are added, indicating the success of
the operation, such as ;/ij ^ Ta Mh, greatly fortunate, or H fij Jeh li, day's profit, or
:^ flj ta li, great benefice, tsiu tcheng, ^Jt ^> completely perfect, hao tcheng jtf ^,
weU completed, "g :ft /" ^uei, wealth and honour, or others ; and besides, the quantity
of coins cast, the name of the mint master, &c. So far as known at present, the
habit of inscribing moulds began under the Foemee Han dynasty, and the oldest
instance I am in a position to quote, is that of a stone mould of Pan Hang with a
crossed legend (p. 351, No. 1685) of circa 157 B.C., which bears under the back a
scribbling of the character Wan ||, ten thousand.-'' The system of dating begins
with the Wu tchu £. ^ of the years Pen she 7^ ^ or 73-70 B.C. (p. 362), while
signs denoting good success do not occur before the years Wu-fung 3l Ma or
57-54 B.C. of the same coins, and the time of Wang Mang in a.d. 7, on moulds of
the Ta tsiuen wu shih type (p. 370).*
Some moulds bear two dates, such as, for instance, a mould in baked clay for
Wu tchu coins of the reign of Han Suan-ti, to be cast in a cluster arranged as
a tree ; the dates are thus marked : Yuen hang san nien er yueh yh hai tsao,
X^H^H^ 2i^3§(on t^e) third year Yuen hang {i.e. 63 B.C.) second
month, 12th day of the cycle ^ made. The other, which like the first, is scribbled
on the outside, runs thus, Wu fung -ping shen tsiu tcheng, 5. UL !^ ^ Wt )^) *-^-^
" (On the first year) Wu-fung (i.e. 57 B.C.) 33rd (day of the cycle) just completed.'"*
Another mould of the same reign, and curiously enough of years within the
duration of the preceding one we have just quoted, bears the following graffiti :
Shen-tsio er nien sze yueh ping-wio tsao : jp^ "^ H ^ E3 ^ ^ 'iP JS' '-•'''• " (^°-
the) second year divinely noble (i.e. 60 B.C.), fourth month, 43rd (day of the cycle)
made" ; the second scribbling says : Kiu yueh yh yu tchuh, ^ .^ 2* W ^/ " C-'^
the ninth month, 22nd (day of the cycle) set up."*
13. Occasionally the inscriptions are much more explicit, as in the following
instance of a bronze mould, vnth plain legend and raised characters which bears
the following statement, " Kie^i wu shih luh nien san yueh ping shen Tai puh
' Also called lOj 3[ tieh wen, and jUJ ^ wa wen.
Traces of severing the coin from a cluster may be seen, Nos. 1605, 1632, 1633, 182.
Illustrated in Huh tsiuen hwei, tcheng ii., fol. 14 D.
Cf. Xu tsiuen hwei, tcheng xiii., fol. 11, 19; Buh tsiuen hwei, tcheng iii., fol. 1, iv., fol. 3.
The signs of the sexagenary cycle apply here to the days.
' Illustrated in JTk tsiuen hwei, tcheng xiii., fol. 13.
' Li Tso-hien, £u tsiuen hwei, tcheng xiii., f. 14, has not read the last character. For my deci-
pl.tim 'nt, cf on two other moulds of the same period, Suh tsiuen hwei, tcheng iii., fol. 7 and 7 vers.
* All these inscriptions are written in li shu. Cf. infra, ch. v., § 2.
INTRODUCTION. xxvii
Jfi'en lull Tsang Wao Jmng ling i'vnq trh'enq hivoh linq She Fang kiniq tehoit y tsao,"
Uii the Ibth year hen wii {i.e. 40 a.d.), third month, 33rd (d-iy of Dhe cycle), Tsani^,
Great Chamberlain, Inspector of Inscriptions, (after) having controlled the work,
ordered that it should be continued ; the senior man, Fung Kung, completed and
achieved it." This shows the care taken for the making of the types of coins
when the issue of money had become a Government business. The coins issued
were the Wu tchu, described p. 396.
A bronze mould for eight Pu tsiuen, '^ % oi the Noetheen Tchod dynasty,
now in the British Museum, bears the following legend cast with the mould,
" Pao-ting yuen nien Ts'ung hwanfu tsao," %^ jt^ if,| "^ ^ 5s- " On the first
year of ^^ao ting {i.e. 561 a.d.) made in the department of the Comptroller-general,"
written in the seal character.
14. The last-mentioned specimen is representative and similar ones are found
in various collections.^ Modern counterfeiters have cast specimens out of moulds
made with the ancient models, as in the present case, and besides they have
actually forged some patterns which may deceive numismatists unaware of the
fact. "We may mention, among others, a four-fold Ta tsiuen wu talu, with a
fifth shape bearing the design of a tortoise, a double Ro pu with a Ta tsiuen
wu tchi and a smaller coin without inscription, a four-fold ho tsiuen ^ with four
small coins without inscription, and bearing on the reverse " Fu Jen ta ivan,"
"M J^ :^^ ^> " Great myriad of a wealthy man." These spurious antiquities are
shaped like would-be ash trays in bronze, oblong or square, and sometimes with
round or ornamental angles.
3 5. We have learned many important data from the fragments of genuine moulds
of ancient times hitherto unearthed and described, and much of the information
derived from them has been noticed either here or in the body of the present work.
Some knowledge of the processes of casting followed by the minters may be
derived from an examination of these moulds in connection with the coins
themselves.
The knife-money and the -p'u money had reverses inscribed with characters or
designs, but curiously enough the circular money from the oldest to the beginning
of the Wu tchu coins in 118 B.C. had no reverse.
The ancient moulds, complete or fragmentary, hitherto discovered belong to
two classes, 1, moulds for moulds; and 2, moulds for coins.
a. The moulds for moulds, or mother (•^) moulds, as they were sometimes
called, were made of bronze or baked clay, with a legend plain and in relief {yang
wen) as required for their final purpose. They served to make moulds for casting
the coins, in "beaten-clay or sun-dried clay.^ The oldest known are, one in bronze
for a couple of knife-coins of the type Ts'i hiu hwa, large size of the latest period ;
also the fragmentary half of one in bronze for one Pao sze hwa and one Fao bih hwa,
where four may have been cast at the same time ; one also in bronze for small P'an
Hang coins, in a cluster of six, arranged, the Chinese say, in a mirror-like fashion, of
136 B.C. ; and one in baked-clay for Wu-tchu coins of 73 B.C., arranged on the tree
shape.
' Illustrated in Suh tsiuen hwei, tcheng v., f. 1-3. — Li Tso hien reads two ~p instead of -p /\
and thus finds a disagreement, as it is the sixteenth year which is mentioned in the numismatic sources
for that issue ; but many instances in the present work show that '/\ was often written ~^.
' The original specimen seems to have disappeared, and Li Tso-hien in his extensive Catalogue,
has been unable to describe it.
' Numismatists will remark that these forgeries refer all to the types of coins issued by the
usurper Wang Mang, 7-22, a.d.
* Cf. Kill ting tsien lull, Kiv. iv, fol. 9. Si tsing Ku Kien. Ku tsiuen hwei, tcheng xiii., fol. 2 .
A special monograph on the art of casting coins ^ J^ Tchu tsien, appears kiv. iv., fol. 11 sq. of
Ku-y, Sin Shu, of the second century B.C. Cf. Liu-hiang's Catalogue in Tsie7i Han shu, kiv. 30,
fol. 13.
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b. The moulds for coins were in stone, bronze, and seldom in iron, engraved,
or in moulded clay beaten or sun-dried,^ with a legend reverted and sunk {yn wen).
The inside was sprinkled with fine sand to avoid adhesion, and the metal was
poured in through an opening of the cover for those made flat, or through a
running channel from the top when held vertically. The oldest specimens are the
following, in every one of the four materials aforesaid : a stone mould for ten Pao
luh hwa coins (p. 329) arranged like a tree, whose stem and branches are the rivulets
for the metal, and fruits or leaves the coins j several other stone moulds of the
same kind show that the same system was used concurrently with bronze for the
various issues of P'an Hang coins in the second century B.C., but no more stone
moulds appear afterwards. Bronze moulds for casting begin with issues of
P'an Hang under the Han dynasty ; and the same thing must be said of moulds in
earthenware, the date for both being 175 B.C. Moulds in clay, but for one coin
only, have been found for the P'an Hang coins issued by She Huang-ti in 221 B.C.
In iron the oldest and sole instance is that of a mould for six ta tsiuen wu shih
coins of Wang Mang.^
16. Coins were formerly made also by some other processes.' Although the
evidence is very slight and consists only in the inference which may be derived
from late imitations, it is not unlikely that a few coins, some say fifty of the Pao hwa
large type (p. 331, No. 164), were chiselled from disks of bronze; but there is
no statement of a trustworthy character. Another process was that of minting the
p'u coins. That they were made singly and in a rude fashion is shown by the
appearance of the coins themselves. The rims and hatchings, the thickness and
softness they display according to the newness or wear of the moulds are valuable
indications. The process still followed in China for small brass castings answers
so well, that in the absence of any statement to the contrary and the find of
moulds previously described suggesting it, we doubt not that it was used for
the p'm coins we are speaking of.* " Two tiles or bricks, fine grained, are chosen;
one face of each ground smooth, that they may lie close ; and stops and holes made
' These moulds engraved in stone or in baked clay, remind us singularly of the stone moulds
for casting jewellery found at Kouyunjik. Cf. Layard, Discoveries, p. 597 ; Perrot-Chipiez, Sist.
Art. Ant. ii., fig. 436, 437.
- With few exceptions, all these instances of genuine moulds are carefully figured and described
in Li Tso-hien's works, Za tsiuen hwei, tcheng xiii. and xiv. ; Suh tsiuen hwei, tcheng ii., iii., iv., v.
' Under the T'ang dynasty, a model of the coin in wax was made of the required shape, enclosed
in an earthen matrix and exposed to the action of heat, which melted the wax so that it ran out of a
hole left for the purpose, leaving a cavity into which the metal was poured. — S. W. Bushel), I. c. below.
* This description I find in William Lockhart, The Medical Missionary in China : A Narrative
of Twenty Years' Experience, 1861, pp. 78-79, as weU as the following, which must be compared with the
preceding : — " The casting of copper cash (at present, — T. de L.), does not admit the use of these brick
moulds. For this a frame of wood is employed. This frame is two feet in length by one foot broad,
the sizes about an inch square, and being laid on a board on the floor of the workshop, is filled with
founder's sand, very similar to the sand used in this country by brass-founders. When the sand has
been beaten into the frame till a fine flat surface is formed, a model of the cash required is laid upon
it, and halt' driven into the sand by a few clever blows of a wooden paddle. This model, a foot and a
half in length, of hard pewter, is shaped like the branch of a tree, with a central stem and small
horizontal branches from it, at the ends of which are the model coins. The central stem and these
branches, of which there are as many as possible, are the channels for the molten metal, the stem
projecting at one end of the frame. Two such models are placed longitudinally in one frame, of which
eight or ten, fitted and furnished in a similar manner, are arranged in a pile. The frames are then
removed singly, each retaining its sand, and the models are taken out one by one. The frames being
replaced and shoi-t bars of wood laid across, above and below, they are firmly tied together to keep the
pile solid. Holes are next bored with a wire in various directions, for the escape of the air, and the
system of moulds being placed endwise on the ground, the melted metal is poured in at the channels.
As soon as this is cool, the frames are taken apart, the sand removed, and the cash on its branches
withdrawn. After being broken ofi' the branch by a hammer, the face of each coin is cleared by rubbing
on a coarse tile ; they are then strung by the hole in their centre on an iron rod, on which they are
held tight while they are filed smooth and all irregularities removed, and the roll of cash is then
finished."
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in the bricks to told tbem together. The mould is cut out with great care from
the face of the brick, one half in each brick ; a channel for the metal to run in is
next cut j then the bricks are tied together with a piece of string, and the mould
is ready for use." •
17. The Chinese coins were cast in units or in clusters, and the arrangement of
these clusters in the shape of a tree, which still obtains in China, and which
was in use not long ago in Japan, is identical with that followed by the ancient
moneyers of Rome. The comparison has been made and a common origin for
both has been suggested in 1872 by Dr. T. W. Bushell,^ who in support of his
view has reproduced in his paper figures of a Chinese tree ^ mould in stone and of a
Boman one* also in stone. The oldest instance of this tree shape in China is that
used for casting the Fao luh hwa coins (p. 329) which have been incorrectly
attributed to Tchou King, in 523 B.C., by whom they cannot have been issued. I
have given, infra, List of Legends, the reasons which indicate their issue in Kiij circ.
350 B.C. The fact that this form of mould was dug oat from the ground in the
vicinity of the gulf of Kiao-tchou (south side of the Shantung peninsula) which
was the extreme point of the sea trade from the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea, makes
it diflBcult to avoid the inference that we must see in this case another instance of
Western influence.
The Romans began to cast copper coins about 350 B.C. or before,* but they did
not stick to the process, and adopted the Greek system of stamping about 269 b.c.^
The casting of coins is otherwise unusual in the West and the only other instances
of the practice are those of Parthia^ and ancient India, North and South.'
Therefore the inference of a Western origin of the process made use of in the vicinity
of the ports of Western sea trade in China between 400 and 350 B.C. is fully justified.
18. In 116 B.C. Han Wu-ti * placed the superintendence of the State Mint under
the authority of three high officers.' Here again this institution is imitated from
the West, as such was the organisation of the mints at Athens, and Rome," and the
notion may bave been carried by the trade to the East, in the same way as were
other Greek ideas and inventions.
There is nothing extraordinary in this, as the new organisation was made
by the Chinese Emperor, when despairing of success with the state coinage ; after
' In a short paper " Eoman and Chinese Coinage," pp. 117, 118 of China Review, vol. i., Sept.-
Oct. 1872.
' Of the Pao luh hwa, from Ku tsiuen hwei, toheng xiii., fol. 3.
' From an engraving of Seraux d'Aginoourt ; Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Anti-
quities, Art. " As., Forma."
* Cf. Bahrfeldt, Geschichte des dlteren Bomischen Munzwesens, Vienna, 1884. — The theory that
Roman copper coins began in 45 i or 430 B.C. is untenable, as they are not probably earlier than 350 B. o.
Barclay V. Head, Sistoria Numorum, 1887, p. 15. According to the latter authoritj^ bronze
coinage began in 406 at Athens and in 404 B.C. at iEgina (cf. pp. 315, 333).
' Herbert A. Grueber, Soman Coins, p. 47 ; Coins and Medals, their place in Sistory and
Art, edit. Stanley Lane Poole, 1885. — Tlie Imperial Greek coins were sometimes cast. The Itomans
began again occasionally to cast coins at the time of Septimius Severus. Cf. S. Reinach, Man. Fhil.
Class., vol. ii., p. 158.
' Of. the woodcut of Parthian coins found by W. K. Loftus at Warka : Travels and Researches
in Chaldcea and Susiana. 1857, p. 212 ; and the traces of severing the cast coins in the plate v. 14
of Percy Gardner, The Parthian Coinage, 1877; but in the latter cases the metal was probably cast
first in clusters and afterwards stamped.
' Of. Alex. Cunningham, Coins of Ancient India from the earliest times, p. 60. — Cf. also for
later instances, E. H. Campbell Tuf nell, " Hints to Coin Collectors in Southern India," part ii.,
pp. 161-164, Madras Journal of Literature and Science for 1887-1888.
' Tsien Han shu, Shih ho tchi.
' They were members of the 8hang-lin Academy which he had established in 138 B.C.
•" Of. Pr. Lenormant, La monnaie dans V Antiquiti, vol. iii., p. 50 sqq. — The system worked so
well that it was imitated in Rome, probably before 250 e.g. Cf. Herbert A. Grueber, Roman Coins,
O. C, pp. 65 and 47. Cf. also Salomon Reinach, Manuel de Philologie Classique, vol. i., p. 102 n. —
Seyfferl's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, 1891, s.v. Viginfi-sexrxri.
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the failure of his cunningly devised Yh tcheh coins issued two years previously,'
and was thus necessarily opea to any suggestion of a practical character, even from
outsiders.
3. Other Shapes of Metallic Coins.
19. The shapes of ancient Chinese m3tallic money that we have successively
examined belong to three classes : (a) the Ksife, [b) the Spade, and (c) the Ring ;
the latter is clearly a foreign importation and useless in its form, while the two
first betoken the practical character of the people aud the primitive barter of toola
from which they are derived. The Kaife pattern has not produced any diverging
derived forms, while the Ring has left its mark in the hole of the coins to the present
day. The Spade, on the other hand, has not survived, but it has produced two
derivates, the so-called slip-weight or saddle-money, and the pu or plate money, in
which little remained of the original purpose and pattern.
20. The Ingots constitute another class distinct from the preceding. Their
variants include : — The cubic inch of gold of the monetary institutes of the Tchou
dynasty ; the so-called metallic cowries of the state of Ts'u which have been described
below ; the so-called shoes or boats of gold and silver described in a preceding
section ; and finally the coinage mentioned in the following paragraph.
21. No. 1579, of page 301, has been given to illustrate a currency, peculiar in
shape and in its legend, of which we know hardly anything. There are no
specimens in any of the collections I have examined, and we know it only through
native authorities.^ The legend of this coin which was preserved in the numis-
matic collection of the Imperial Palace, was reported upon, some time during the
period Men t'ung, i.e. 860-873 a.d. of the T'ang dynasty, by members of the Han-lin
Academy,^ and deciphered as Ts'i Itwei hwa, ^ |f flj. No remarks are made as
to the sense intended by these three symbols. The general shape is that of an
ingot, like those still in use for silver in some parts of the country, and the date
must be some time during 550-577 a.d., as explained in the alphabetical list below.
22. Coins unrepresented here, and shaped like oblong plates, square and of
several sizes, inscribed, were also used. Only two specimens of difFereat sizes have
been discovered. On the two sides they bear scrolls and clouds, or what the
Chinese call yun lung, ^ f|, clouds and dragons, and on the centre of one side,
making it the obverse, is delineated a flat ring money with its legend. On the
largest, which measures 3'3 inches in length and 1-2 inch in width, the legend runs
from right to left, Liang Kin sze tchu K ^ H "^ " Four tchus * of Kin of Liang."
And on the smallest, measuring 33 inches in length, andl'2 inch in width, the legend
is the same, with the difference of the figure, which is — instead of 0 and therefore
reads, " One tchu of Kin of Liang.'' The Liang city ^ g^, the present Shan tchang
in Ten-tchou fu, Shantung W., is mentioned in 529 B.C. as a meeting place of the
princes of Tsin and WuJ' but nothing else seems to be known of its history in the
sources at my disposal. The legend is written in the tchuen style of writing, and
so far as we can infer from its particularities, may date from the fifth century.
The identical legend has been reproduced on round coins with square holes,
with a different arrangement : on the large model, on one side and reading from
left to right, viz., left, bottom, right and top, while on the smaller specimen it
reads right, left, top and bottom.
' According to tradition they had a raised edge in red copper, while the body of the coins was in
ordinary bronze. Cf. p. 360.
- ijra ting tsien lull, kiv. ii., fol. 4 verso.
^ Such is the statement of an ancient work on numismatics IB sS Kin-pn, quoted in the Tsiuen
telle of Hung tsun (1149 a.d.)
* Tso tchuen, Tchao Knn^, l.Stli year.
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23. Some curiously shaped objects have found their way into Chinese collections.
Suchj for instance, as the dangles of musical instruments, which are said to have been
used at the time of barter as mediums of exchange, because of their metallic value
and the smallness of their size. They are the Kiao-pi or more exactly, the King
sheh pi, illustrated p. 3 of this volume.
24. Another peculiar sort of implement, also classified, wrongly in our opinion,
among the coins, is that called ^ >J^> ^ ngou sin tsien, heart-of-water-lily-root
money. One of them among the twenty-one published in the Ku tsuen liwei,^ bears,
in the Li-shu style of writing, on one side, % 5^ 0 ^ I ili, Yuen yen. sze nien
Wang tching,"ln. the fourth year yuen-yen {i.e. 9 B.C.) Koyal Government." On
the other side, M ^ j^ Tu-tchang Jiou, Marquess of Tu-tchang. At that time Tu-
tchang-was the name of the present Tchang yh ^ g^, in Lai tchou f u. Shantung E.
Two others are marked, -^ ^ K Tsien kin she, Tsien kin clan (chief of).
The two sides of these objects are distinct pieces, and thus shaped the one fits
exactly into the other; no two are alike, and the parts which fit are peculiar, as if
to avoid forgery or imitation. The Chinese numismatist, however, has nothing to
say as to their nature and object.^ — The legends we have quoted seem to me to
indicate that they are some of the tallies ' or |g |^ K'i-k'iuen,^ one half of which
was given to an officer as evidence of his authority. The inscription in two parts
previously described, shows that this precious specimen was that of the marquisate
of Tu-tchang; there were 241 such marquisates in the Han dominion, and Kao-tsu,
the first Han Emperor, who ruled from 202 to 194 B.C. was the first who established
the custom of giving those tallies to all the marquesses.*
25. Another sort of object of the same kind has also wrongly found a place in
Chinese numismatics. It consists of ornamented tablets, with a head composed
of a dragon and a square under it, enclosing the figure of a winged horse, a frog,
a man, or something else, some of them bearing on the obverse figures of flying
birds or dragons. They have no regular connection with the currency, and
therefore have no more right to be classified here than the tallies of the preceding
paragraph.^ They were simply tablets for circulation used as temporary passports,'
and they do not bear any inscription whatever, their symbolism being considered
sufficiently clear from their ornamentation.
26. The class of coins which the forgery figured on page 301, no. 104, is intended
to represent, belongs somewhat by its form to the tablets we have just described,
and deserves some remarks. As to the false specimen itself, the reasons which have
induced us to publish it, are its rarity, and the evidence from its make that it has
' Ku tsuen kwei, ^ iii., fol. 2-8. — A description of these objects is given in the .H. tU ^ n ffl
by Wang Fu (1119-1125).
^ The authors of the Kin ting tsien lull refer their readers to the Biuen Ho Toh ku tu ; the
Tsien tchi sin pien, kiv. 20, I'ol. 7, gives them a Russian origin ; but the shapes esemplitied are not
exactly similar to those given in the Ku tsiuen hwei, and repre.sent punches of the ancient Russian
leather currency (cf. supra, ch. iii.).
' The system of symbols of authority in two fitting parts, one left behind as a check to the genuine-
ness of the other part, is a very ancient institution among the Chinese. They were of several sorts in
precious stones and metals. Those in use during the Tchou dynasty are described in the Tchou-li.
* On the K'i-K'iuen, cf. Tai ping yu Ian, kiv. 698, fol. 3-6.
5 The Empire of the former Han dynasty was divided into 103 hiun, 241 hou or marquisates,
32 tao, and 1314 hien and yh.
^ They are classified in the Ku tsiuen kwei, ^ iii., fol. 8-14, where eight specimens are illustrated,
among the " ie» shing tsien /|^ ^ ^, hardly-adequate-to-coins " series; but the other does not
say anything as to their real character and object. In the supplement of the same work, Buh Tsiuen
hwei, ^ i., fol. 4 and 5, two more specimens are represented ; one of them has the outlines of a goat
figured upon it. Cf also five specimens in the Kin ting tsien luh, kiv. 16, fol. 1-3.
' Cf. Tchou li, kiv. 14, f. 39. A commentator of the Han dynasty remarks that in his time
these tablets, in copper, bore tiger figures.
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been cast, not from the genuine and original specimen, but from a mould made in
imitation of a rubbing of that specimen ; in the absence of a genuine coin we have,
rightly or wrongly, thought better to reproduce this than nothing, in order to draw
th'e attention of numismatists to it. The style of writing of _§. Tsie, shows that
it must be later than the end of the Ts'in dynasty, while the intended archaism of
the two other characters give to the whole a special appearance. No information
is available on the currency it represents, but the period of its issue must be that
following the decay of the Ts'm and the rise of the Han, i.e. between 210 and 202 B.C.
It was apparently local, and the legend refers to a quantity of grain, and not to
units of money. The currency thus represented by so inadequate a specimen was
probably issued by the petty state of Yen 3?e, which was established in the North
part of the present Tchih-li between 209 and 202 B.C., when it was subdued by the
Han Emperor.'
27. From the stand-point of art there is hardly anything to say of Chinese
coins ; it is conspicuous by its absence. The fact that they were cast and not
stamped precludes in making moulds of a temporary character anything like the
work, long and delicate, which could have been, as elsewhere, bestowed on the
engraving of a die in hard material, for continual use. It is only in the coins
of a later period than those described in the present volume, that the disposition
and internal arrangement of the written symbols display the elegance and
ingenuity which deserve a special study of the matter to be understood. Failing
the representation of human figures, which enhance so greatly the interest
presented by the coins of all countries except the Muhammedan, Chinese numis-
matics stand on the same dry and unattractive footing as those of the latter class.
Exceptions must be made for the Chinese tokens and medals, which are especially
interesting from religious and folklorist points of view, because of the many scenes
and figures represented on them. Such medals and tokens began with the Han
period. In the present volume, there is only one coin which deserves attention
under this aspect, as will be seen in a following page.
CHAPTER V.
THE WRITING AND THE LEGENDS OF COINS.
1. The inscriptions of the ancient Chinese coins require, if possible, a greater
consideration under several aspects than is the case with many coinages of olden
times. They belong to a little-known period of the history of Chinese writing,
they constitute the sole ornament (?) of the coins, and they are the only means of
discovering the probable places and dates of the issues. The scantiness and brevity
of the legends, which generally consist simply of a proper name, whose variants
have their significance, compel the numismatic Sinologist to a greater care in his
decipherments than otherwise might be necessary. And the importance thus taken
by the writing of the legends is on a par with the prominent place, unparalleled
anywhere else, and recognised by all, which the written characters have attained in
China. In course of time it has come to be almost a worship.^ With reference to
' Cf. the Li tai Ti Wang nien piao. — Degnignes, Mistoire des Huns, vol. i., pp. 23, 24, has
given a short notice of this state.
' Written paper is looked upon with special reverence, and when disused must not be wasted but
burned. Cf. for instance on the matter the King sih tze tcTii ^ 1^ ^ |R} or " Exhortation against
desecrating the Written character."
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coinage, the patterns of the legends were generally written by authority {vide iv.
IB), and in subsequent centuries it happened several times that the written
characters inscribed on the official coins were due to the imperial pencil. Bat
during the period of private cwinagesj especially that of the pu coins, it often
happened that the characters were written by unskilled handsj in a sort of abridged
or popularly and irregularly cursive form, as if in defiance of any principle of
spelling, which singularly enhances the difficulties of decipherment. The rudeness
of the writing is on a par with the rudeness of the coining. The reproduction in
the present volume of the actual characters of the legends of ancient coins cannot
be looked upon witbout interest by all the orientalists and numismatists interested
in the palaeography of the far Bast and the history of writing. Special attention
has been paid and copious illustrations have been given of the matter, in the
hope that the monumental evidence will help to dissipate some of the deeply
rooted errors and misconceptions current at present amongst many concerning
the evolution of the Chinese writing, in its early phases and subsequent
history. They exemplify the writing of several periods, extending actually over
fourteen centuries, and virtually, from the conservatism of the country, over a much
longer period, and thus far they form an important contribution to the study of
Chinese palaeography.
2. A careful inquiry into the history and evolution of the Chinese writing is
therefore required to clear the ground in Chinese numismatics. Should we rely
upon the successive transformations, regular in theoiy but loose in practice, of the
written characters from an alleged pictorial stage to the thick and thin strokes,
partly cuneiform- like, of the Ku-wen ; from the Ku-wen to the Ta tchuen of 820 B.C. ;
from the Ta tchuen to the Siao tchuen of 227 B.C. ; the Li shu of 212 B.C., the Heng
shu of 165 A.D., and the Kiai shu of 379 A.D., the legends of the coins illustrated in
the present volume would present a hopeless medley. This they do in the fulness
of the term, but we can understand how this succession, true with regard to official
inscriptions, does not apply to private coinages of 670 B.C. to 200 A.D., and we know
how this curious circumstance has been brought about.
3. Traditional and monumental evidence, in numerous and uninterrupted cases,
allows us to follow the continuous use of Chinese writing from the remotest time,
employed in inscriptions of a moral character which imply the capacities of
a full-grown art. On the other hand, it is not possible to discover any symptom
or survival, in the literature or the monuments of a hieroglyphieal period of infancy
and extreme rudeness, while the slight features of the latter kind are shown to have
occurred by a singular concurrence of circumstances and with reference to isolate
characters only, not in early times and chiefly under the Tn (1875 B.C.) and TcHOU
dynasties (1110-481 B.C.).
4. The written characters imported into China by the Bak slng^s have been
gradually altered in form and increased in number from the following sources and
circumstances :
(1.) Its spread among illiterate people in new surroundings.
(2.) Gradual neglect of the original rules of spelling, and actual ignorance and
carelessness of the official scribes.
(3.) Local variants of the standard forms, afterwards entered into tbe vocabulary
with an acquired shade of meaning.
(4.) Necessary additions required by the progress of knowledge.
(5.) Pictorial equivalents, of difficult or little known standard characters,
actually invented in the less cultured parts of the Chinese dominion.
(6.J Ideographical reform, unequally spread and enforced, of a large number of
characters, by Sze-tch'ou, historiographer of the King Siuen of Tchou, during a
revival of power of tbe central authority, in 820 B.C., in order to make the writing
more significant to the eyes and more independent of the phonetic expression and
spoken language, which was splitting into regional dialects of importance.
(7.) The other official reforms of 227, 212 B.C., 165 and 379 a.d.
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5. These numerous causes of variation, irregularity, and multiplication of the
written characters, many of which are applicable to the legends of coins, and
explain the incongruous spectacle of the Chinese vocabulary, enable us to
disentangle the conflicting evidence which often obscures the _ problem of the
age of a coin. This could not have been done until the peculiarities of origin,
the unequal spreading of the official transformations, and the various sources
of disparity and multiplication of the characters, had been investigated. The
presence of pictorial symbols and of rude characters on coins of comparatively
late date are thus intelligible ; and the numismatist, in the absence of any other
characteristics to the contrary, is no more compelled to attribute them to a remote
date or to look upon them as survivals of a past antiquity.
6. An important and carious instance of the pictorial equivalents of written
characters which we have noticed (§ 4), is that which appears on the knife-
coins issued by the merchants travelling between Ts'iand Ewan-tchung,i.e. Shensi,
S.B. It represents a lad holding a flag, and is a pictorial rendering of the
character yu Ij^, now written ^, " to travel," which even in the old age and wildest
days of the Chinese writing has never assumed any ideographical form even dis-
tantly connected with it.' On a sacrificial cup and on a military weapon, which it
is alleged date from the Yn dynasty, twelfth century,'^ without anything however to
prove this contention, two parallel forms of this pictorial equivalent occur, but neither
of them, incuse, present the same touch and comparative finish as the little figure
in relief of the knife-coin No. 55. Its purpose there is clear ; it was without
doubt the badge of the traveUing-merchants who were issuing the money, and
making use of it for their commercial purposes, in the same way as it is a
symbol and not a written character in the two cases just mentioned.
7. The remarkable symbol figured on a knife-coin of Tng-ling, the capital city
of Ts'i, circa 500 B.C. (No. 52), is a flourished corruption of the character 8un, now
written ^„ grandson. It is an instance of the striking overstretch of the characters
in an ideographic direction, when the conventional and standard forms of the
writing were little known to the writer (cf . supra § 4) . In this case the symbol, like the
other we have just studied, cannot but be a mint-mark or traders' badge, justified
by their travelling requirements between Yng-ling and Tso yh. The standard form,
of J^, was that of ' a son ' -J, and ' a link ' ^, but the laxness of the scribes in
the case of sacrificial vases has given rise to no end of variants.'
The rare form of tsih P , for fff, on the oldest knife-coin * (No. 44), of Tsih mieh
a place which was the future Tsih moh, is also an instance of the same class ; the
scribe has obviously tried to figure the bamboo joint which fff was intended to
suggest, and thus make it a mint-mark.
The same remark applies to the pictorial form of the character B^ Ming, on the
small knife-money issued by the town of that name during the third century B.C. ;
the pictorial sketch of the character was obviously intended to make it a mint-
mark.
Far more important was the archaic form of Te'i ^, inscribed on the large
knife-coins issued in that state from the beginning ; the symbol was clearly
associated with the notion of current money.
8. Apart from occasional peculiarities and eccentricities like those previously
described, the legends on the coins of the Tchou dynasty belong to the period of
extraordinary disorder, which long after the reform of Sze-tch'ou, and partly
incited and justified by his principles, had sprung up among the various states of the
' Cf. the various forms in Min Tsi-kih, Jyuh shu tung, 1661, kiv. iv., f. 42.
2 Cf. Yuen Yuen, Tsih ku tchai tchung ting y k'i kw'an shih, kiv. i., f. 23, and ii., f. 25.
3 Cf. Min Tsi kih, Luh shu tung, kiv. li., f. 32 v. — The looseness of the strokes has allowed some
later transcriptions of the intended |Sj by ^ yourg, and W generation.
* A fac-simile of this coin is given in the Kin shih soh. It is the only one I have ever met with.
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dominion. The central authority had lost nearly all its power and influence, and
no hand was strong enough to keep up the standard rules for writing the characters.
Ku-wen signs are not unfrequently met with, but seldom with other symbols of the
same purity of style. They are not uncommonly mixed with characters which, once
flourished and made complex for the sake of ideographism, have been shortened
for conciseness, and have been obscured by ignorance. The legends belong to a
period of transformation, preparatory to the reform of Li-sze and others under
the short-lived Ts'iN dynasty. The first issues of the coins, when available, bear
generally characters which are clear enough so far as they go, and, with few
exceptions, can be identified ; but the subsequent issues show very often a com-
plete disregard for any principle of writing, and display a sheer ignorance about the
respective values of the constituent parts of a compound character.
9. Moreover, when specimens of the original issues have not been discovered, a
comparison of all the variants sometimes suggests a decipherment more or less
probable, but often also no likely guess can be made. It may be said without
exaggeration that such a looseness of writing had never been heard of before. And
this pitiable state of things, combined with the scantiness of information which the
legends afford, make the whole decipherment of the ancient numismatic legends a
most unsatisfactory task. Another remark, rather important and which must
always be kept in mind when criticising these badly-drawn characters, is that
the wood-cutting gives them a neatness and stiffness foreign to the half-defaced
originals.
Great eflbrts have been made by the author of the present work to get at the
right identifications, but notwithstanding his previous researches in Chinese palaeo-
graphy and historical transformations of shapes of the characters, it has been
impossible to see always through the clumsiness of some corrupted signs written
by illiterate coin-makers. Much help has been derived from the native books on
numismatics, though not so much as might have been expected, as only two or three
of them display on the part of their authors a certain amount of criticism joined to
some knowledge of the ancient characters, and it is from their examination of the
legends, often uncouth and rude, that they have been able to get at their
identifications. In many cases they do not agree among themselves.'
The decipherments on the coins issued from the time of the Ts'in dynasty
present no difficulty.
10. A critical inquiry into the various decipherments in this work, would take
too much time and space. We must be contented with a few remarks and the
consideration of several cases less uninteresting than the others.
A number of characters before the Ts'iN dynasty had not yet received the
determinative adjuncts which their special use required ; e.g., '^ stands for ■^|5, and
so forth in pages 15, 17, 22, 25, 27, 28, 29, 38, 60, 66, 67, 69, 71, 79, 82, 90, 92, 94,
95, 105, 107, 111, 113, 114, 120, 122, 125, 156, 172, 181, 185, 186, 225, 274, 304,
323, 327, 352; each case being more or less repeated through the pages subsequent
to its first appearance.
The cases of two determinatives successively added are less frequent : jjE
stands for ^, which includes -j^ and pf (p. 13) ; £ for |§ including p and ^
(p. 22) ; "i" for fif including ;}C and jfUjl (p. 28), &o.
Characters have been changed altogether : ^ has been replaced by PP
(p. 15, 211) ; H by ® (p. 320), &c.
Determinatives have been changed: for instance, gH is now |{P (p. 189), &c.
Determinatives once added have been suppressed : e. g. gjS; now written ^
(p. 84); ft now ^ (p. 189), &c.
' For instance, the character ^ on the knife-coina is rendered '& in the S. P. W. T. K.,
in the Tsien shih ta, xxi. 34 ; fi in K. T. H., and unidentified in the Kin ting tsien luh. "•
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INTEODUCTION.
Characters in two pai'tSj written separately : (a) one on right and the other
on left of the coin, e.g. : ff written ^ g, (p. 70) ; same fact with f|} (p. 44), j^
(p. 66), ^15 (p. 87), m (p. 102), M (p. 106), §p (p. 109), ^R (p. 110) &c. _ ;
Half only of the character is written, either from misconceived excision or
for want of space, e.g. : 1" for |t (p. 70), ^ for g (p. 70), y]<. for '^ (p. 89), for
ig (p. 116), g for ^ (p. 223), ^ for ^ (p. 40S), ^ for ^ (p. 417), &o.
The numerous corruptions and endless distortions figured on the_ small knife-
coins of Ming and other places are beneath criticism and beyond description ; it is
simply impossible to make any analytical remarks about them. On the other hand,
the characters as written on the spade-coins are neat and clear, their actual
identification is pretty sure, although not much can be made of their real meaning.
10. A cause of purposely-made alteration of the characters since the beginning
of the TcHOU dynasty, is the tahu, or at least its equivalent. The following instance
will show how it worked, and how difficult it may be sometimes for the numismatist
to ascertain the original purpose of a written character.
This difficulty of another class and of a peculiar character surrounds the
decipherment of Liang ^ on the coins of the weight- and pu- money types of
the present volume, pp. 22-27. The symbol is written in an abridged form, more
like Wang ^, than like Liang ^, and that there was some reason for it, as we
shall see directly. I confess that the character as figured on the coins had long
been a puzzle to me, and it has remained so for the native numismatists, who did
not agree on its rendering and have proposed various equivalents, viz., ^, ^, ^,
%, J^, or have declared it undecipherable. Others have rightly suggested that the
symbol in question ought to be taken for Liang, "^ ; from its outward appearance they
made the guess, though from a strictly palseographic standpoint the identification
is indefensible. As a fact it is an alteration of ^, which means a J^ ^, Ta Liang,
or great beam. The reason for the unusual mode of writing it in this way must be,
according to all probabilities, looked upon as a case of a tabooed proper name.
This well-known prejudice, interestingly described in a statement in the precious
Chronicle of Tso, which we quote in a foot-note,' forbade the common usage of
the character used for the personal name of a prince, or the appellation of a
' Tso tchuen, Hwan Kung, Ann. viii., i.e. 706 B.C., on the occasion of naming a baby prince.
" The name must not be taken from the name of the State, or of an office, or of a mountain or river,
or of any malady, or of an animal, or of a utensil, or of a ceremonial offering. The people of Tchou do
not use the name which they hore in serving the spirits of the dead ; and the name is not mentioned
after death. To take the name of the State would do away with the State's name ; one from an
office would do away with the office ; one from a hill or stream would do away with the sacrifice of it ;
one from an animal would do away with its use as a victim ; one from a utensil or a ceremonial
offering would do away with its use in ceremonies. The name of the Marquess Hi of Tsin (he was
called rJ -J^), made the title of Minister of Instruction (^ z^) to be discontinued (and altered into
^ ^). So with DukeWu of Sung and the title of Minister of Works (rJ §, which became "rI i|^)>
Our former dukes Hien (of Lu), called ^, and Wu (called fjC), caused two hills to lose their names.
Therefore the names of such great objects and offices must not be given to a child." Cf. Chinese
Classics, vol. v., p. 50, and Tai fing yu Ian, kiv. 362, fol. 5. On this practice of p^ ff, Pi-huy,
anciently ti-vi, cf. a paper by Liu-hie of 500-550 a.d. in his Sin Lun, kiv. 6, f. 31. Hilderic Friend,
" Euphemism and Tabu in China," Folklore Record, 1881, vol. i., pp. 71-91. E. K. Douglas, " On
tabu-ed characters, Chinese Manual, 1889, pp. 372-376. Tai ping y-a Ian, kiv. 562, fol. 8-9. Ti-vi,
cf. the talu of the Tahiti, capu of Sandwich, Patei of Madagascar. The same superstition is men-
tioned in Corea, Annam, Burmah; in South Africa [TJkhuhlonipa), in North America, among the
Esquimaux, &c. ; in Australasia, &c. In China it is also called K'i-huy tcS %% of. Wells Williams,
Syllabic^ Dictionary, p. 266. The superstition of shunning proper names has arisen among not a few
communities in a low stage of mental development, from the difficulty for the undeveloped mind of
separating the subjective meaning from the objective value of a name, or in other words, the thing from
its term. Tabu is said to have been regulated at the beginning of the Tchou dynasty (cf. Wu Sheng
Kiun, Xang Kien y tchi luh ; W. H. Medhurst, Ancient China, p. 371), and much information on
the practice is given in the U Ki (Engl, transl., t. i., pp. 66, 93, 107-8, 190; ii. 18, 138, 161, 175);
but the use of the cyclical terms to denominate the rulers in the canon of the Hia and Shang-yn
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locality or an object of nature. Now Liang ^, was the name of the state and
also that of the capital^ whence its sacredness and the necessity of altering
the spelling of the character. The same cause has undoubtedly acted as a
deterrent to properly writing theHBymbols in not a few instances.
11. The following is another problem which requires a special inquiry. In
523 B.C. the King King ^ of Tcbou issued larger coins than were before in
use, notwithstanding the contrary advice of his minister, Tan Muh Kung. The
fact is stated in the Kwoh yu,^ and also in the annals of the Han dynasty,*
with the additional statement that these coins were marked Pao Ewa, ^ '^
in the style of writing of the time. Great difficulty has been experienced
by the native numismatists in their identification, and much confusion has been
introduced by the commentators and later historians in the matter. During the
Han period the current opinion was that all the coins issued by the Tchou dynasty
were inscribed,^ and the legend Pao hwa was gratuitously supposed to have been
that of the earliest coins, ever since the financial institutions of the beginning of
the dynasty. Now there is a contradiction between the statement that the weight of
the early currency was ascertained by tchus (|^), cf . infra ch. vi., and the assumption
that this identical currency was inscribed hwa {^ = ;g|) which is a unit of a higher
standard, as shown by the scheme of ancient weights (below, vi.) Li Tso-hien/
one of the ablest and most sober of modern numismatists, has endeavoured to
overcome this difficulty. He attributes the Pao hwa, % ^, coins {Gatal. p. 329)
to the time of Tcheng Wang, and the other coins, Pao'° sze hwa, Pao luh hwa
(p. 829-331), commonly classified with the preceding, are looked upon by him as
those issued by King Wang in 523 B.C. But this ingenious arrangement cannot be
accepted; the latter coins being inscribed, value 4 hvjas, value 6 hwas, do not
answer to the requirement concerning the innovation of King Wang ; their mark
indicates their relative value, and the actual weight of the specimens answers
approximately to the standard weights ; they do not therefore weigh more than
the market value of the time. Moreover, a double peculiarity in their make,
i.e. their outside rims, and the fact that they were cast in clusters ° show beyond
any possible doubt that they were not coined before the fourth century B.C. Their
metal and the form of the edge suggest besides that they were cast in Ts'i. On
the other hand, the actual weight of the Pao hwa coins (156) shows that they were
cast on a scale four-fold the current standard, and this explains the dissatisfaction
caused by their temporary issue. Their attribution as arranged in the alphabetical
list of legends below is therefore pretty sure.
12. We have alluded in several instances to the scantiness of information supplied
by the coin legends of China in general. This is, of course, only comparatively
speaking, since we have been able to elicit from them a few interesting facts
concerning the beginnings of money in the Shantung peninsula, the notification
of the exchangeable value of the first coins still insufficiently known, and the
existence of monetary unions, in the sixth, fifth, fourth, and third centuries B.C.
{supra p. xii. sq., infra vii. 6-9) ; moreover, some inferences on the current system
dynasties shows that the custom was already in use at that time, and we take it as a reacting influence
of the non-Chinese populations still in occupation of the greater part of tlie country. Cf. B. and
O. B., Sept. 1889, vol. iii., p. 219.
• a m, ^woh yu, kiv. iii., f. i.3.-:i: Iz: + -^)i@:/«;^||flSH
'^ Han shu, kiv. 24 ; Shih hwa tchi, iv. 2.
» Siiin yueh ^ ft, (148-209 A.D.), Han K'i g| !£•
* Kv, tsiuen hwei, Li i., fol. 1-2.
' There is no unanimity in the decipherment ; the character Fao has been read by some ^pt and ^,
but no doubt can be cast on the identification given here.
° Cf. supra iv. 17. — Also S. W. Bushell, " Roman and Chinese Coinage," China Review, vol. i.,
1872, pp.. 117, 118.
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of weights and measures may be derived from the weight-money (p. 18 sq.) and
from some of the ring coins (pp. 320-330).
Apart from this, which concerns only a very small number of the coins, the
scantiness of information is painfully striking. Oa the obverse they bear one or
two characters only, until the appearance of the nien hao {infra 19) which we shall
describe further on. Except when they indicate the value of the coin, which
statement is not open to misconception, and was the exception, not the rule, before
the Ts'iN dynasty, the legends are looked upon as consisting simply of proper
names. Unihteral and biliteral ones have been clearly identified as the appellatives
of well-known cities and towns mentioned in history ; from these ascertained cases
it has been assumed that the less known symbols refer also to geographical names,
and extensive researches have been made in the historical literature,' often with the
help of native authors, by the present writer, in view of enlarging their number.
The results of these inquiries, so far as we have been able to carry them without
increasing too much the bulk of this work, and leaving, unhappily, much to be
done, are spread through the Catalogue, and are also partly given in the Geographical
Index of this Introduction.
13. The undeveloped state of many characters, either from a survival of archaism
or more frequently from a misconceived conciseness, leave doubtful many identifica-
tions when they are unsupported by circumstantial evidence. In many cases the
chances of hitting the truth are most remote, as for instance in the case of the spade
coins. Several of the characters which suggest names similar to those met with on
coins of other types are faithfully recorded as such in the list of geographical and other
names. But the greater part of them (cf. pp. 6-11) do not yield to such identifi-
cation ; some are cyclical or numeral characters, others seem to be words of a text,
and remind us of the practice of later years which consists in the use as a serial of
the successive characters of a certain text. Some parts of the Yh King have thus
been selected,^ and the most frequently employed under that respect has been the
Tsien foe wen, the " Thousand characters " (book), which was compiled between
535 and 546 a.d. It is not unlikely that the same process was resorted to by the
issuers of those of the spade-coins, which bear no other mark and required some
written indication of their successive and regular issues.
14. The classification and identification of these spade-coins of the larger and
smaller sort, which form a large number of distinctively inscribed types, is indeed
most difiicult. Their hollow handle shows without possibility of doubt that they were
practically used as implements notwithstanding their recognised value as currency.
This is more evident, if possible, in their case than it is with the knife-money. On
the other hand, they are inscribed insufficiently ; their weight and values are not
stated, and the single character which in most cases forms the whole inscription, is
not sufficient by itself to avoid confusion, and allow the return of the coin to its
original issuer should anything happen with it which required its exchange. But
the practical value of the spade-coin as a useful implement was such that it was
unnecessary to foresee such a possibility, as its circulation everywhere was secure
in any case. This circumstance is most probably the explanation required by
numismatists.
15. The cyclical characters appear on the spades and on the small knives^ but
rarely on the pu coins.^ They go generally alone, in distinct series of ten and
; The chief works where such information is available are the following: (1) the Shu King;
(2) the Tchun tsin and Tso-tchwen, 722-468 B.C. ; (3) the Kwoh yu, until 475 B.C. ; (4) the Tchen
Icvioh ts'ih, or " History of the Contending States ;" (5) the Tchuh Shu Ki nien, or " Annals of the
Bamboo Books," down to 294 B.o. ; (6) Szeme Tsien, She Ki or " Historical Kecords."
"^ For instance, the four first characters of the Yh King are employed by the author of the Ku
tsiuen liwei, for the four parts of his work. In numismatics the Corean coins bear on their reverse
the Tsien He wen series.
' Only in isolated oases on those of Wa P'ing, p. 182, Shou yh, p. 203, Ye shan, p. 208.
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twelve. In two cases only, one of the spade-coins^ and a small knife, they bear "J* ^,
ting-mao, the 4th of the cycle of sixty, but in an inverted order, and their isolation
suggests that it may be simply a fancy of the minter.
Here are the cyclical characters ' for the sake of reference —
Denary cycle ] ^ Mah 1, ^ fing 3, jrjj mou b, ^ heng 7, ^ jen 9,
or =p han ) ZjV^ 2, "f ting 4, £, Id 6, ^ sin 8, ^ hwei 10.
Duodenary ^ ^ tze 1, $[> mao 4, ^ ?^m 7, W yu 10,
cycle ^ J tchou 2, ^ shen b, ^ wei 8, J^ siih 11,
or j^ tcM J My"' 3, g, s«e 6, ^ sWw 9, % hai 12.
16. Numerals ^ appear frequently on the ancient coins either as part indication
of their current value, or as a serial differentiating the successive issues of the same
type of coin by the same mint. The saddle, or weight (p. 19 sq.), isolated cases
of pu (p. 122), the ring (p. 321 sq.), the round (p. 329 sq.), the new knife
(p. 811 sq.), and new pn (p. 302 sq.), of Wang Mang, the round-coins of that
and later dates (p. 366 sq.), all bear figures denoting their value. With the excep-
tion of the new pu-coins of Wang Mang in 10 a.d. (p. 302 sq., 382), which bear a
new set of figures which are reproduced below, the other numeric indications,
written in the ordinary symbols, and in a perpendicular line, or from right to left,
i.e., -p ~, 10 2, for 20 (p. 22 sq.) do not deserve any other remark.
17. On the pu coins of the various classes appear chiefly serial figures, when
any, of a special form which are interesting under several aspects. Some of these
serials run high, for instance, 55 on the issues of Tze she (p. 148), 67 on those of
Si tu (p. 135), and on those of Ewan (p. 194) ; 62 on those of Shang tcheng
(p. 198). The small knives oi Ming show:" 50 (p. 280), 55 (p. 273), 58, 92 (p. 295).
These figures with few, if any, exceptions ' are placed in column line, as is usual
. 4
m the case of the written characters, or from right to left, thus lo or 2 10 4 for
42. But most frequently the symbol for 10 is dropped, probably for the sake of
conciseness or of sparing writing, ^ like 2 or 2 4 for that same number, and this
short process may have suggested some notion of local value in their arithmetical
notation. An interesting anecdote told in the Tso tchuen in 543 B.C., confirms this
assumption to a certain extent.'
' The Chinese have no legend or tradition concerning the invention or introduction of these
cycles, which they seem to have been acquainted with from their commencement. Phonetic names for
these symbols occur in the Er-ya and in the She Ki. Cf. my researches on " The AflBnity of the Ten
Stems of the Chinese Cycle with the Akkadian Numerals " {Academy, Sept. 1, 1888) ; on the
derivation of the phonetic names of the duodenary cycle from the Babylonian denominations of the
months (The Babylonian and Oriental Secord, March 1889, vol. iii., p. 76) ; and on the ideogra-
phical value of the twelve signs with the Babylonian Zodiac, "The Zodiac and Cycles of Babylonia, and
their Chinese Derivatives " [Academy, Oct. ] 1, 1890).
" On the ancient and modern Chinese figures : — Ed. Biot, " Note sur la Connaissance que les
Chinois ont eue de la valeur de position des Chiffres," Journal Asiatique, Dec. 1839, viii. 497-502,
concerns only the Mongol period. — S. W. Bushell, in Notes and Queries on Ohina and Japan, 1870,
iv. 102. J. Edkins, " Local Value in Chinese Arithmetical Notation," Journal of the Peking Oriental
Society, 1886, i. 161-171. G. Kleinwachter, " The Origin of the Arabic Numerals," and " More on
the Origin of the Arabic Numerals and the Introduction of the Sino-Arabio Numerals in Europe,"
GMna Review, 1883, May-June, 379-381, July-August, 25-30. T. de L., " The Old Numerals, the
Counting Bods, and the Swan-pan in China," Numismatic Chronicle, 1883, pp. 297-340.
' Onpu coin 477 of Tsin-yang, 13 (might be 30) ; on coin 502 of Si-tu, perhaps 67, written
,«,7, but the reading must remain doubtful unless it can be established by intermediary numbered coins
still unknown.
* On this economy of writing, of. the pregnant remarks of Hu shen, Shwoh wen, introd., fE. 6, 7.
' Tso tchuen, Siang Kung, Ann. xxx. 1. — An old man said, " A small man like me does not
know how to keep a record of the years. From the year of my birth, which began on a Kiah-tze (or
first of the cycle), the first day of the moon, there have been 445 Kiah-tze and to-day is the 20th day
of the cycle now running." The music master Kwang said, " It is seventy-three years
ago " (or 616 B.C.) The historiographer Tchao said, " The character hai ^ (in its tchwen form) is
xi ixteoductio:n^.
The units were marked by straight strokes perpendicular or horizontal, but
when in conjunction with tens they remained horizontal, and the tens placed below
were perpendicular, thus : == for 44. Five was written with X O"" M (a stiff
variant of the old form of Wu 5., a usual phonetic character whose original ideo-
graphical meaning was lost),' afterwards simplified into X ; it was written also
sometimes with five straight strokes. Six was written phonetically with a character
of the writing, luh /^ {" mushroom " now & or ^) which, became shortened into
X or A . Seven was also written phonetically by tch'et p (" a sprout "), left in its
usual position, or upside down, or sideways, until it was often replaced by X X _
= X. Eight, also phonetically written A p<^t (to divide) was finally often replaced
by i:. Nine, /mt was also written by a phonetic (A " old" simplified) and after-
wards often left aside for ^. Ten, shajy + was in the same condition as the pre-
ceding, its character meaning ideographically, "grasped, completed; " it was often
shortened into i , | , or ♦ , as on the knife-coins, or even into a small circle O like a
zero ; for instance we find on the small knives of Minff, § for 50, "^ for 30 (pp. 280,
285). Had not this happened some twelve centuries before the Indo-Arab numerals
came into existence, it might have been looked upon as a possible antecedent of the
form and purpose of the Arab sifr.'
18. In the last centuries before the Christian era, the Chinese numerals for
current purposes were thus as follow —
X /\
or: I II III nil Hill X J= i = +
123 4 5 6789 10
Under Wang Mang, in a.d. 10, a new set of numerals was inaugurated for the
numbers from five to nine, as follows :
_== = STnTnmT +
composed of tioo at the head and sixes in the body of it. If you take the two and place it alongside the
sixes of the hody, you get the numher of the man's days," Sze Wang-pih said, "Then they are
26660" (i.e. 445 xOO+i(= 20) = 26660).— The text does not say on which side the two had to_ be
put, but it has been assumed that it was on the left (J. Legge, CAin. Class., v. 556, and J. Edkins,
" Local Value in Chinese Arithmetical Notation," Journ. Tehing Orient. Soc., 1886, p. 164), as in the
modern Chinese Wa tze, but this is not supported by evidence. The form of the character kai (of. Min
Tsi Kih, Luh shu tung, v. 34, 35) allows the two positions, and the numismatic evidence is distinctly
in favour of the right hand side.
' Perhaps it was " a defensive weapon." — For these various etymologies, cf. my paper on The Old
Numerals, p. 317.
"^ The matter has tempted several orientalists, notably J. E. Logan, " Note on the Chinese and
Indo-Arabic Numeral Symbols" (App. C. of Ethnology of the Indo-Pacific Islands, " L!ingna.ge,"
Part ii., ch. vi., Singapore, 1855). G-. Kleinwachter, in his papers on " The Origin of the Arabic
Numerals," which he takes to be Chinese, has failed to establish his case, as the transitions of forms
are too violent to be possible. Cf. my paper on " The Old Numerals," p. 318. — The graphical and
historical source of our Arabic numerals has been derived from India, by Dr. Isaac Taylor, "The Origin
of the Arabic Numerals," Academy, 28th Jan., 1882, p. 68, who has pointed out the derivation of the
figures 4 to 0 from Indo-Bactrian letters. Mr. G. Bertin, ibid., 11th Feb., 1882, pp. 103, 104, thinks
with, good reason that the system was developed in India from an Egyptian basis. Sir B. Clive
Bailey, " On the Genealogy of Modern Numerals," Parts I. and II., /. R. A. S., 1882, xiv. 335-376,
and 1883, XV. 1-72, upholds the Egypto-Indo-Arabic source with abundant illustrations. It was in
776 A.D. that the Arabs borrowed the numerals from India (E. 0. B. ii.) Cf. also A. Burnell,
Elements of South Indian Pal(eogrcqjhy, 1878, pp. 58-67, and I. Taylor, The Alphabet, 1883, ii.,
INTRODUCTION. xli
19. The well-known system of special denominations :^ ^, Men hao, for regnal
years, each for one or several years (from the advent oi the Ming dynasty^ one
only for each reign) is of no great importance for the period of Chinese numismatics
included in the present volume.* The actual use of a nien-hao began only in
122 B.C./ when HanWu Ti fancied that he had found a k'i-lin, and for that purpose
denominated the current year Yuen Shou, ^ ^. On coins they occurred
sporadically beginning with 266-257 a.d.', the years Ihi ping, ^ ^, when the large
round coins Tai ping peh tsien, ;:J; ^ ^ ^, i.e. "100 cash of the Tai ping" (years)
were issued at Nanking by Hwei K'i Wang (p. 405). The subsequent instances
happened in the years 376, 454, 465, 466, 495, 527, 528. And it was only in 656
in the years Hien King, ^ ^, that the tiien hao began to appear almost regularly
in .the legends of coins,' but not as a rule.
CHAPTER VI.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
1. The rough process of casting coins has never allowed in China any great
regularity in weight or size as to separate specimens, and the range of variants
has always been extensive. An error of 10 per cent, above or below the standard
was of no consequence, and could hardly be avoided. A certain allowance must be
made, besides, for the carelessness and inaccuracy so frequent in olden times,
especially as the specimens described in the present work are in bronze, and the
smaller value of the material did not require the same attention as would have been
paid to gold or silver.
For calculation of averages the greater the number of specimens the better
chance there is of accurate results, but when the number of cases is not large, the
numerical mean is not necessarily the most probable standard, because such means
are often misleading, one extreme example outweighing a small number of con-
cordant ones. As duly remarked by a most competent scholar," the safer plan is
generally to take the central example, i.e. that weight which shall have an equal
number of instances higher and lower.*
' The six preceding nien hao, which appear in the Chronological Lists from 163 B.C., were not
applied before their respective years had elapsed. Of. Szema Tsien, She Ki, kiv. 28, fol. 27-27f , and
the remarks of Tohao Y, Er-sheh-er She tcha ki, kiv. 2, in Edouard Chavannes, Le Traite sur les
Sacrifices Fong et Chan de Se ma Ts'ien, Peking, 1890, pp. 56-57.
^ There is some uncertainty about a coin (or token P), said to have been issued with the two
characters Wv, Fung jo, IB,, which is a double nien hao, viz. for the years 57-54 B.C. of the Foemee
Han, and for the years 254, 255 A.D. of the Wu dynasty. The Ki Kin luh is in favour of the first
date ; the Ku tsiuen hwei, Li ii., fol. 12 v. has it not.
* Several alphabetical and incomplete lists of the nien hao have been published, namely by B. de
Meritens, in Jowrnal Asiaiique, 184; James Summers, pp. 212-224 of his SandbooJc of the Chinese
Language, Oxford, 1883 ; and by MM. Ezerman and Van Wettum, in the Toung Pao of Jan. 1892,
pp. 372-389. The less incomplete is that of Summers,
* W. M. Flinders Petrie, The Weights of Naucraiis, p. 85, Naucratis i., 1884-5. — On p. 75
of'the same work, the author remarks that the most convenient method of reducing grains to grammes
is by 108 grains equalling 7 grammes ; thus an easy multiplicatioi^ and division will reduce one to the
other standard, within 1 in 4000.
' The average weights indicated below result from my examination of the coins in the Cabinet
des Medailles in Paris, besides those of the British Museum and of private Chinese collections.
/
xlii IXTEODUCTIOX.
ft. Weights.
2. The following list and sclienie form one of the most striking results of the
present volume. Great care and full consideration have been given to each figure
before it took successively its place among the others ; the general co-ordination of
the whole scheme, and the internal confirmation each standard gave to the others,
prove their respective accuracy. Resulting as they do from the weights of
various types of coins issued in different places, their respective testimonyis more
important than would have been otherwise the case.' The final result is much
more satisfactory than the rude evidence from which it has been deduced had led
me to expect.
3. List of Weights.
It, TcHtT=4-06 grs. Unit of weight for metallic currency as regulated in the
Financial Institutes of the Tchou dynasty {supra, i. Ann. 1091). Its weight is ascer-
tained by— 1. its relation of -^-th of the hwa; 2. -J^th of the Hang; 3. the six tchu metallic
cowries of 23 gr. ; 4. the ring coin of one Hang 14 tchu, or 38 tchu = 17l grs., and
the Bactro-Chinese coin of 2 Hang 4 tchu, or 52 tchu = 220 grs. ; 5. and by the
double standard coins of the Ts'iN and Han dynasties.
/f^, IIwA = 24-37 grs. =6 tchus, = ith liang=3Vth of the Ts'i hiu hwa knives.
Besides these equivalents its weight is ascertained by the Ho tsiuen of Wang
Mang, its double equivalent (av. wt. 48). It was the new unit for coin weights
which Tchou King Wang in 523 B.C., wanted to substitute for the old tchu which he
had found too light {supra, v. 11). The four specimens p. 329, 330, of 4, 6, 6 and
(i tchus, are extremely loose and give only an average weight of 23 gr. a tchu. It
is about the same weight as the modern tchu ( = 24'17 grs.).
Ig, TzE = 48'75, 2 hwa,— 12 tclm, or (as stated in the Bhwoh wen)=6 tchu of
the Ts'in-Han double standard. In Wu, in the second century B.C., the standard
used by Wang P'ei was frds of the old royal standard=8 tchus, hence the weight of
his double-tze coinage (16 tchu x 4 a tchu = 64 gr. p. 352).
^, LiANG = 97'50 grs. =4 hwas = 24< tchus, |th of the old hwcm knives=:^th of
the standard liieh ; about the sixth of the present Hang (^ 579'84).
^, Fun = 86 grs. = ith of the Yuen, ^. A name of the small pu coins, as
appears on those of Ko yh (p. 85), Wei (p. 188), Shu (p. 190) and Kwan (p. 192).
Its weight is ascertained from the average of 38 units in 25 specimens, viz., 16
simple, 7 double, 1 treble, and 1 quintuple.
§j\, Kin =: 195 grs. = 2 Hangs = 48 tchus, Jth of the old hwan = jijth of the
standard liieh. Weight ascertained at 188 grs., average weight of nine specimens
of two-?cms coins of An-yh, Liang, &c.
^, Yuen for ^, lit. an armlet, a ring, important unit of currency whose
weight was successively altered. At firsts 780 grs. = 30 units (hwas) as inscribed
on the oldest knife coins, of which nine corroded specimens give an average of 790, and
therefore = 4 Mn ff , and =^ i^th of the Royal standard of 7800. When Tao or knife
coinage began to be made in Ts'i (bearing the legend Ts'i tchi hiu hwa), the hwan
there was only ^V^li of the standard, or 650 grs., verified to 660 grs. by the av. wt. of
the latter coins. It was then also called liieh and its weight ia stated = 6| Hangs in
literature. Not many years afterwards, also in Ts'i, for the issues of the current
knife coinage inscribed Ts'i Mu hwa, it was raised to 730 grs., or 30 hwas (of 24'37)
' The statements in Chinese literature about the identification of the ancient weights and measures
are most conflicting ; the reason of the imbroglio is not far to seek ; they consist for the most part of
the glosses of commentators who wrote each from his own stand-point, i.e. from the actual measures
and weights in his own time and province.
INTKODUOTION.
as inscribed oa the reverse. The average wt. of 24 specimens verifies it to 726
grs. Its proportion to the standard was then -f|-ths. The small taos, unmarked,
and those of Ming and elsewhere were rated at Jrd of the large taos, or 10 hwas =
243 grs., which is verified at 245 g*l. by the average wt. of 17 specimens. As a coin
by itself, it was = 6 Hangs ; an instance is that of coin 174, p. 336, which represents
the first coinage of the Kings of Ts^iN, similar to some of Tohou, bat inscribed
p'an liang, and weighing 600 grs.
^, Kin, the gold unit of the TcHOU financial laws, being equal to a cubic inch
of the precious metal, and = one Jp weight. Tradition makes it = 20 Hangs or 1950
grs. (or jth of the hwan standard), and the same as the Yh fg of the contending
states period. Another traditioa makes it = 10 Hangs, i.e. ten Hangs of the double
standard. The Ts'iN raised the Yh to 24 Hangs or 2340 grs., and the Han called
it kin, Jp, and lowered its weight to 16 Hangs or 1560 grs. Edouard Biot, in the
Journal Asiatique of 1837, Mai, p. 430, has attempted to calculate the weight of
the kin from the statement that it was = 1 cubic inch of gold ; taking the inch at
20*5 mm. and the specific gravity of gold at 19"3, he has found the theoretical
weight of 166 grm. or 2562 grs. (in round numbers 2600 or Jrd of the hwan standard) ;
but in reality this figure is much too high, because 19'3 is the density of pure gold,
while it is more than probable that the Chinese gold of that time was not free from a
certain proportion of natural alloy, which caused its weight to be lighter. The
tradition is a safer guide in the case, as there is no documental evidence for the
alleged measure of the inch.
I*, Liieh, or lut = 3900 grs. = 20 (double) liangs {Shwoh wen) ^= 20 kins, f^, of
195 grs. verified at 188 grs. each.
1^, Hwan = 7800 grs., the Royal standard = 20 Kin Kin, ^ §(, coins = 10
Yuen M of the oldest knife coins.
4. Scheme of the Ancient Chinese Weights.
Names.
Proportion.
Theoretical.
How verified.
I.
HwAN,
m
(Royal Standard)
7800
^=
20 coins of 376 grs. or
7520 grs.
II.
LUEH (Lut),
f?
i
3900
^
20 kin of 188 grs. or
3760 grs.
III.
Kin, ^ or
5
i
1950
=
20 Hangs, in literature.
IV.
TUBN,
To of a hwan
780
=
weight of early knives.
V.
Kin,
Sf
To of a kin
195
=
double kins weight, 376
grs., or 188 grs.
VI.
Pun,
^
^th of a yuen
86
=
aver. wt. of the pu coins.
VII.
LlANG>
ffi
^ of a kin, or 24 tchus 97'5
=
from the coins.
VIII.
TCHE,
fi
^ of a Hang, 2 hwas,
12 tchus
48-75
—
})
TX.
HWA,
it
i of a tche, i Hang,
6
tchus
24-37
=
I)
X.
TCHU,
m
smaller unit
4-06
=
»
Larger weights
: KiUN, ^, =30 kin.
Shih, ^j =4 kiun or 120 kins.
5. Several details connected -with the descriptions of the separate weights show
that the system has not remained homogeneous and unaltered. During the
lengthened period of the wane of the Tchou dynasty (769-255 B.C.), several princi-
palities started changes of their own, but as these changes were made simply -with
reference to secondary units and not in the standard basisj the latter remained
clear for comparative purposes.
xliv INTKODUCTION.
For instance we hear in history, that in 539 B.C. the rulers of Tchen, ^ (a
state corresponding to Tchen tchou in modern Honan), as a bribe to the people,
raised their measures to the double of those of Ts'i (of. Tso tchuen, Tchao Kung,
ann. iii.). In 523 B.C. the King of Tchou found that the unit of currency was too
light, and he attempted to raise it. In the great state of Ts'u (Hupeh) the weights
were i less than the royal standards, as shown by the average weight of the five
metallic cowries, inscribed pan Hang in the Cabinet des Medailles of Paris. In
Wu (i.e. roughly, Kiang-su) the weights were two-thirds of the royal standard.
In 523 B.C., the suzerain King of Tchou attempted to substitute a unit of
weight for currency six times heavier than the former tchu, but the reform was
looked upon as unsatisfactory for the time being.'
When the Ts'in arose they doubled the standard and the system was followed
by the Han dynasty. "
Under the Noetheen Ts'i dynasty (a.d. 550-577) we are told that five hundred
5-tchu pieces were to have their regular weight of 500 tchus, " otherwise 1 hin,
4 liang, and 20 tchus " (p. 427) . The specimens give 60 grs. for a b-tchu piece, or
12 grs. per tchu, or about three times the old standard j one liang of 24 tchus was
equal to 288 grs., and the Idn reduced to 16 (instead of 20) Z»aregrs = 4608 grs.
But this departure from the Ts'in-Han standards was only regional, as under
the Sui dynasty the regular b-tchu coins show again the weight of eight grains per
tchu.
b. Length-Measures.
6. Some useful information on the ancient standard measure of length is also
supplied by the coins described in the present volume. Very Httle is known about
it otherwise. The unit was the tch'ih, /5, commonly and erroneously translated
" foot," while it is a " span," ^ divided into ts'uns, 'sj^, i.e. " fingers," generally
rendered by "inches." Ts'ai yung, a.d. 133-192, says that under the Hia dynasty ten
ts'uns, under the Tn nine t.i'nns, and under the Tchou eight ts'uns formed a tch'ih,'^
but the statement is approximative without any scientific precision. The Li Ki says
that the tch'ih was divided into ten ts'uns, but, as remarked in the Taiping yii Ian, the
exact figures are not known, as the system of measures fell into disorder during the
period of the six kingdoms, and it has been said that the tch'ih of Tchou had
(dwindled down to) eight ts'uns.^ With reference to our own measures, several
allusions in literature to the stature of men show that at the time of Confucius, the
length of the tch'ih could not be over seven English inches.^
' Wu hwoh, a man noted for his strength, who appeared in 309-306 B.C. in Ts'in, and is mentioned
in Mencius, vi. 2; ii. 3, is said to have been able to lift up 100 Jciun ; this is 3000 Jf hin. As calculated
by recent writers (Legge, Chinese Classics, ii. 301), it would be 3000 catties or 1813 kilog., which is
absurd. Calculated at 1950 grs. it would make 378 kilog., which is less impossible, although an
extraordinary feat of strength.
' We do not know what shapes were given to the weights in ancient China, although the armlet
or hwan was certainly one ; in Burma they were bird-shaped, and this may have been a survival of an
ancient Chinese practice. The duck-shape of the Assyro-Babylonian weights would thus have survived
in the far Bast.
^ In the Kung tze Kia yu or " Family Sayings of Confucius " (a work of the fourth century B.C.,
recast by Wang Siiih in a.d. 240), the various units of length and their origin is thus described :
" Spread out your finger and you know a ''J" foVji, or inch, spread out your hand and you know a /J
tch'ih, or span, stretch out your arms and you know a ^ sin, or fathom.'' The same statement is
found in the Ritual of the Senior Tai or Ta Tai I Li, according to J. Chalmers, " The Chinese "
ch'ih " measure " (Hongkong, 18S5, China Review).
' Tu tuan. — Khang-hi tze tien, s.v. J^.
' Tai ping yii Ian, kiv. 830, fol. 1.
* In Mencius (vi. 2, ii.), we hear from a disciple of his, whose height was 9'4 tch'ih, that Wen
Wang was 10 tch'ih, and Tcheng Tang 9 tc}i'ih in height. Confucius's father was 10, himself 96, and
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Now let us remark that in the regulations of the Tchou U, the bronze knives
must be cast one teh'ih in length.' But at what time was this rule enacted ? It is
included in the last section, which, as we know, was no original part of the Ritual,
but an independent work for whiafc a respectable antiquity was claimed in the first
century B.C.' Anyhow the rubbing of an ancient graving-knife in the Ho ■pu wen tze
Tiao (iv. 22) which is only 5'32 inches in length, suggests a standard tch'ih
of a larger size, of which it may be the half or two-thirds. Archseological
evidence of a more direct source comes here to the rescue. In the collections of
ancient monuments such as the Kin shih soh and the Tsih ku tchai tchung ting y lei
liwan shih, several rubbings of bronze-rules are reproduced in facsimile. Three
of them belong to the TcHOU dynasty ; two display 8' 8 7 and one 8 inches in length ;
one dated a.d. 81 of the After Han is 9-125, and one of the Sung is 10'625 long.'
The latter must be kept in mind, as it was nothing less than the revival of the
ancient standard, as we shall see further on. The complete co-ordination shown by
these various figures is striking and highly suggestive of their respective accuracy.
7. The additional evidence which we may derive from the coins is of prime
importance to settle the question. On 126 specimens of knife-coins 20 display an
average length of 7'4, 81. of 7'1, and 25 of 6'8 inches in length. Taking into con-
sideration the carelessness of the minters and the roughness of their casting process
(supra, V. 66) we must take the 7'4 and 6'8in. instances as eccentric, and look
upon the 81 cases of 7"1 as representing the standard. This measure, which is
apparently the tch'ih refei-red to in the Ritual of the Tchou, for the bronze knives,
is just two-thirds of the unit of 10'625 previously referred to. The small knife
coins, whose weight proved to be the third of that of the large taos, have a regular
average length of 5'3, which again is just one-half of the same unit. The pu coins
were not cast on another scale; the square-footed have a mean length of 1'75,
which is just one-fourth of that of the large knives, or one-sixth of the great span ;
and the point-footed, with their average length of 2"1, are in the regular proportion
of one-fifth of the great unit, but in no direct connection with the knife unit,
unless we consider as satisfactory the unnatural proportion of two-sevenths. The
size of the great spades (p. 2) of 5'37 inches corresponds to one-half of the great
span, while the middle-sized spades (p. 5 sq.) stand in the proportion of three-
eighths of the same standard. Again the smaller spades (p. 12 sq.) and the weight-
or saddle-coins (p. 20 sq.) correspond to one quarter of the same standard. The
great hwan coins (pp. 323, 336) measure one-sixth, the new knife and new Pu- coins
of Wang Mang (pp. 313, 315, 302) correspond to one-quarter and one-fifth, and the
round half-yuen coins (p. 320) to one-tenth of the same standard.
8. Therefore the numismatic concurs with other archaeological and traditional
evidence to demonstrate that the ancient standard of length measure in China was
the great span, J^, or tch'ih of 10'63 inches. Fractions of it, namely, the three-
a des cendant of his 9'6 tch'ih, as reported by a tradition in Szema Tsien. Confucius speaks of an
orphan child of 6 tch'ih {Lun- Yu, vii. 6) ; also of the Tsiao yao pygmies of 3 tch'ih as the culmination
of diminutiveness, and of men of the height of a tchang ^, i. e. 10 tch'ih, as the culmination of tallness
(Eia Yu). Now the maximum height of the present Chinese is only S'72 feet (of. De Quatrefages,
The S-uman Species, 1879, p. 58-60). The foregoing ancient instances are avowedly those of men
taller than the average ; the equivalence of 7ft. 5in. advocated h^ Dr. Chalmers, I.e., is obviously too
high, and I am convinced that the equivalence 1 tch'ih = 7 feet is the maximum possible, even con-
sidering that the aforesaid statures refer to instances of the high statured population of Shantung,
while the instances quoted by the anthropologists, refer chiefly to men of South China. The figures
10 and 9'6 would correspond to 6"6 and 585.
* Le Tcheou-li, tr. Ed. Biot, t. ii., p. 492, kiv. 41, f. 4.— Therule refers_ properly to graving
knives, but there does not seem to have been any difference of size in the making of the knife-coins,
inasmuch as their prototype may have been an implement of that kind ; the point was used to write
and the edge to rub out, as stated in the said Kitual.
" Ibid. Introduction, p. 16-18.
' Kin soh, kiv. ii.— In tie Tsih ku tchai, kiv. 10, f. 10, only one of 8'87 of Tchou, is figured.
xivi IXTEODUCTION.
quarters and two-tliirds, in round numbers 8 and 7 inches, were used as units during
the waning period of the Tchou dynasty for special purposes; while the coin
evidence of its half, quarter, fifth, sixth, and tenth, shows its entirety as the
9. In the cases of the standards of weight and of length, as in so many other
instances alluded to in the present pages, it is an obvious fact that the antecedents
of the Chinese ideas must be sought for in the Chaldseo-Blamite culture. The
hwan standard of 7800 grs. is simply identical with the Babylonian light mana
which was the prototype of weight in so many other countries. As a working
average 7800 grs., or about 505 grms., has long ago been disclosed from the
Babylonian side,^ and as from the Chinese side the numismatic evidence fluctuates
above and below this figure, we had no other alternative than to accept it. For the
length measure, the Chmese tch'ih of 20-63 inches or 270 mm., is identical with the
empan chiselled on the statues discovered at Telloh in Chaldsa, and years before
calculated by Assyriologists.' These conclusions are in conformity with the whole
circumstances which have made the civilisation of China a distant ofifshoot and
adaptation to new surroundings and evolution of a nucleus derived from the old
focus of culture of South-West Asia.
CHAPTER VII.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF GEOGEAPHICAL OR MINT AND OTHER
NAMES ON THE COINS.
a. General Remarks.
1. Of the three hundred entries of the following list, about three-fourths are
geographical. With a few exceptions these names have been identified, or suitable
equivalents proposed, with localities mentioned in history. All the available
' An afterthought of the Han period wanted to make as smallest unit of weight and of length-
measure one grain of mei-ska or black millet ; one hundred of them making one tchu,. The idea
seems to have been suggested to them from an Indian source, as the process was well-known there.
Cf. Edward Thomas, " Ancient Indian Weights," pp. 11, 31 Numismata Orientalia, i. (1874). Mr.
Leon Rodet in his " Observations sur les Mesures Chaldeo-Assyriermes," Bullet. Societe Philologiqne,
23 Mai, 1882, pp. 264-279, has attempted a general explanation for the weights of Assyria,
Chaldea, Greece, Egypt and Arabia, In India, Bandhayana, who wrote about the grains as standard
of measures, is said to have lived in the third century B.C. The experiments with common millet
related in T. de L., " Babylonian and Old Chinese Measures," Academy, Oct. 10th, 1885, cannot be
relied upon, because the mei shu of the Chinese experiment was not the same as our common
millet.
^ Cf. J. Brandis, Munz- Mass- und GewicUswesen in Vorder Asien, 1866. Barclay T. Head,
" The Origin and Transmission of some of the Principal Ancient Systems o£ Weight, as applied
to Jloney, from the earliest times down to the Age of Alexander the Great," Bankers' Institute,
28tli Nov., 1879 (China not included). W. H. Chisholm, Warden of the Standards, Ninth Annual
Report for 1874-75 ; Table II. List of Babylonian and Assyrian Standards and other Duck Weights in
the British Museum. No. 3 of dark stune, somewhat injured, of 10 manas, bears the name of Dungi
c. 3000 B.C., and weighs 76,957 grs. or 7698 grs. per mana. Prof. A. H. Sayce, " The Babylonian
Standard Weight," Academy, Dec. 19th, 1891, describes a newly-found specimen, showing the continuity
of the standard from the time of Dungi to that of Nebuchadrezzar. Cf. also C. F. Lehmann, " TJeber
die Herleitung der herrschenden Gewichts- und Miinzsystem des Alterthums aus dem Altbabylon-
ischen Gewichts- und Doppelwahrungssystem, Sitzbr. der Arckdol. Gesells., zu Berlin, 1888, Nov.,
p. 23, aud Wochenschr.f. Klass. Philologie, 1888, No. 50, p. 1522.
' Dr. J. Oppert in his researches on L'etalon des Mesures Assyriennes, 1872-1875, had fixed the
length-unit or half cubit between 262mm. 5 and 274mm. 5. In a communication to the Soci6t^
Piiilologique (BuUef. 25 th A^jril, 1882, p. 248), quoting the rule of 270mm., newly discovered, which
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sources of information have been carefully searched for that purpose without, how-
ever, any claim on my part to anything like completeness. The Tchun tsiu, or
"Spring and Autumn Annals" (722-481 b.c.) of Confucius; the Tso tchwen (722-
464) and the Ewoh yu (-469) of Trfo Kiu-ming ; the Tchen hwoh tsih, or " Story of
the Contending States;" the Tchuh shu kinien, or "Annals of the Bamboo Books;"
the She Ki, or "Historical Records of Szema Tsien; " the San shu, or "Annals of the
Former Han Dynasty ; " the Tai ping yu Ian, a cyclopedia of quotations from 1690
previous works, compiled in 983 a.d. in one thousand books, have been my chief
sources of information. In some cases, though not so often as might have been
expected, my task has been made easier by the previous researches and references
(when accurate) of the Chinese numismatists themselves, a list of whom is given
under the heading "Bibliography." Several years of interrupted researches on
ancient China have enabled me to insert in the present list a certain number of
new identifications and better suggestions than those which are given in the text,
as well as a few corrections,
2. The geography of the coinage throws much light upon the history of China.
It is now well known that the extension of the Chinese in olden times was much
smaller than patriotic historians would have their readers believe. From the
time of the entrance into N.W. China of their ancestors, the sixteen Bak tribes
or families, "j^ ^^, under the leadership of Yu Nai Hwang H '^ ta M 'tS (-^^
Nakhunte), in the twenty-third century, had striven with varied fortune to
extend their sway over the country. The elements of Chaldeeo-Blamite civilisation
which their leaders had gained, west of the Hindu Kush, and which caused these
leaders to be looked upon in after ages as men of universal knowledge, power, and
virtue, secured for them a prominent position over the native populations less civi-
lised than themselves. Owing to conciliatory methods, to shrewdness, and to force
of arms, they were gradually able to establish themselves all over the basin of the
Hwang-ho, or Yellow River, in its Eastern course, the ho or river par excellence of
their history. They were not numerous, and their settlements were often somewhat
distant and far apart, interspersed with the aborigines and some non-Chinese
intruders like themselves, whence their appellative of '}\\ tchou, or islands, for
these settlements. When the Tohou dynasty rose to power, and at the beginning
of their monetary history, more than twelve centuries after their establishment in
China, their dominion in the centre had reached half-way south between the
Hwang-ho and the Yang-tze Kiang, along the Han and Wei rivers. The mis-
apprehension of the native historians from Szema Ts'ien downwards is easily
accounted for. The expressions of the early records. Southern borders {nan Mao],
extreme North or Bast, in their relative sense, could not and did not mean more
than their actual knowledge and the limited area of their territorial occupation per-
mitted. But when in later times, such as the Han period and afterwards, the
historians and commentators pondered over the same terms, their patriotism
disdained to see them less distant than the enlarged geographical horizon of their
time had made them. Whence such curious phenomena as for instance the succes-
sive displacements of the tomb of Shun from inside the angle of the Ho river to
the South of Hunan.
3. The small extension of the Chinese dominion in ancient times is finally
ascertained from the geographical identifications of the following list of localities :
1. the four astronomical stations prescribed by Yao (Shu King) ; 2. the places of
exile of the four criminals and of the son of Yao outside the dominion; 3. the places
confirmed his conjectures, he says, " C'est exaotement la vitasti Indienne et Perse, moitie de Vavaturi
ou 'condee' de ces mimes contr^es.'' The Egyptian cubit was 525mm. long. Cf. Hultsch, Griechische
und Bomische Metrologie, ed. ii., 1878, p. 354. In view of these various facts concerning the spread of
standard weights, it is curious to remark that in India, the iahdpana = 280 grs., the satamana =
560 grs., i. e. 140 x 2 and 140 x 4 ; the suvarna = 140 grs., i. e. the Egyptian standard kat of 140 grs.
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of worsliip on the four borders during Shun's tours of inspection ; 4. the settlements
of the non-Chinese allies of the Tchou for the overthrow of the Shang-Yn dynasty ;
5. the settlements of the non-Chinese Tchou themselves in South Shensi; 6. the fiefs
and principalities bestowed upon their relatives and followers by the founders of the
Tchou dynasty ; 7. and finally, the four extremities of the dominion which Tze-hia
(507-406 B.C.) has described in the Erh Ta. In the sixth list the principalities
of Ts'in (Shensi), Tch'eng (Bast Honan), Wu (Kiangsu), and Yueh (Tcheh Kiang),
did not yet exist and were not to appear till three or four centuries later. The
last list referred to indicates the 32° and 40° lat. and the 10S° and 118° long,
as the extreme limits which the Chinese dominion had reached in the fifth cen-
tury B.C. ■ -I i- I
4. The geographical evidence of the coinage during the second period of -the
Tchou dynasty confirms the latter statement in every respect, and does not allow
any doubt as to the accuracy of the identifications on which it is based. The terri-
tories corresponding to the modern provinces of Shantung, South Tchihli, Honan,
Shansi, and the Bast centre of Shensi only, are those where the names of places
inscribed on the coins have been identified, and where specimens have been
found, with the exception of Kiangsu, where metallic cowries have been found,
as stated under Koh luh tchu below.
5. The coins were issued as a rule by private traders, guild merchants, and guilds
of cities, either of one locality only, or during a certain time of several^ together.
Many names inscribed on them, although apparently geographical, are impossible
to identify. They are not met with in the geographical and historical literature,
although the incompleteness of this source for the period referred to may
account for a few. We cannot doubt that some of these unknown names were
not those of localities. They were the special appellative of some association of
traders ; hence their visible connection with names otherwise well-known in ancient
geography.
b. The Monetary Unions.
6. One of the most interesting disclosures resulting from the decipherment
and identification of the geographical names on the coins is the existence,
hitherto unnoticed, of monetary unions between 580 and 380 B.C. About 20 of these
financial arrangements are noticed in the following list.
The most remarkable are those which guild merchants of the non-Chinese
TsiH-MoH and several places of the semi-Chinese KiiJ state, all on the S.E. sea-
borders of modern Shantung, established in 580-550 B.C. for the issue of knife-
coins. Afterwards, 547-493 B.C., similar associations existed between traders of
TsiH-MoH, of two towns of KiiJ, and of the capital city of the state of Ts'i in the
North of the said modern province, which issued coins of the same class. Another
important monetary union belonging to the same period is that of the guild merchants
trading between Ts'i and Kwan-tchung (S.E. Shensi), which issued some beautiful
coins (p. 226).
7. The following century saw a certain number of them of much less importance.
The former monetary unions had greatly promoted the practice of coinage, and the
populations of the East of the country had grown accustomed to the knife-coins of
Ts'i in particular and to the system in general. It was no more necessary for
powerful guild merchants to support and put forth their monetary issues of knives.
The simplified pattern T'st Mu hwa (p. 234 sq.) was then current everywhere
within the dominion of Ts'i, and even without, in the border lands. Beyond these
limits coinage still required to be pushed forward, as shown by the fourteen or so
monetary unions which have left some of their small spades and pu coins of various
sizes. Several of them indicate without doubt ancient trade routes.
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8. From the marts of the S.B. sea-coast of Shantung to the N.W. of that
province.
From the same marts to S.E. Shensi, apparently through Kung and the Yellow
Eiver. «
Now the later coinage shows us the existence of three other routes.
From Mou (B. Shantung, Gulf of Pehtchili) to Ko (N.W. Shantung), to
Lu-TANG (C. Honan) ; as shown by the joint coinage of Mou and Ko, and of Ko and
Lu-yang, in round- footed pus.
From MoTJ (through Ko) to Jen and Ltt-yh (W. Shantung) , in parallel line to
NiEH (S.C. Shansi), as shown by the joint coinages of sq. ft. pus of Nieh with Jen,
with Lu-yh, and with Mou, all separately.
And from Lang-ya (S.W. Shantung) to Lu and Tanq-th (0. Shansi) • as
shown by the joint coinage of large sq. pus by the three towns.
9. Several of these monetary unions existed between places little distant from
one another, with routes between them ; such as the issues of sq. ft. pus by Kubi and
Wu (E.G. Shansi) ; of ring-coins by Tchang-tzb (O.S. Shansi) and Yukn (S.W.
Shansi); by Kung (S.E. Shansi), near the river and Tun-liu (S.O. Shansi) ; and by
the same Kung and An-th (S.W. Shansi), the river being most probably the route
between the two.
Ping-tchou (W.O. Shansi) was a centre of four monetary unions, all at
short distances apart, namely An-th, Nieh, Tung-ti and Lo, which issued small
sq. ft. pus.
c. Appkoximatb Dates op the vaeious Forms of Coins.
10. The coinage of ancient China, where it never could circulate otherwise than
for its intrinsic value and weight, consisted of the following patterns, to which
I subjoin the extreme dates of issue, which will be found useful in all cases where
they are not stated with greater precision : —
1. KNiPE-money.
a. Of large size, p. 215 .....
b. Of small size, p. 247 .....
c. Thick and short, p. 311 .
2. SPADE-money : consisting of little hoes with hollow
handles, and still useful as tools, of two sizes,
p. 4, with variants ......
3. PtJ-money the shape of which was derived from the pre-
ceding with several variants.
a. Weight slips or saddle money, p. 18
h. Square-footed pus, p. 32 .
c. Round-footed „ 121 .
d. Point-footed ,,129.
e. Small and thick „ 302 ....
4. EouND-coins.
a. With central round hole, p. 319
b. With central square hole, p. 329
5. Small Ingots, bean shaped or metallic cowries, p. 300
6. Little Cubes of gold (iv. 8)
7. Rare shapes (described supra (iv. 20-26).
B.C. 670-221.
B.C. 317-228.
A.D. 7-10.
B.C. 600-350.
B.C. 665-345.
B.C. 475-221.
A.D. 10-14,
B.C. 660-336,
B.C. 523, 336, 221,-
B.c. 613-590.
B.C. 1091-200 A.D.
d. Alphabetical List.
An Tchou, ^ ^, on large spade coins (5, 6)- issued by an association of
traders of An-yh and Ping-Tchoit, q.v., two towns of Shansi, circa 400 B.C.
An tsang, ^ ^, on spades (98, 99) issued by a trading association of An-th
1 INTEODUCTIOX.
q.v., circa 500 B.C. On some of these spade coins half the denomination only
appears as in other cases (of. Tim-Liu, Tung-Ti) ; Tsang alone has been hitherto
discovered.
An wanGj ^ fj, on the reverse of large knife coins issued by Tsih-Moh
(924-6) between 580 and 550 B.C. It means^ most probably, that the coins were
issued from the An mint, i.e. An Tang (q.v.). See also Kai wang.
An-tang, ^ [^, written previously ^ ^, as shown by the most ancient of
the knife-money. The An-yang of 257 B.C., mentioned in the text, p. 220, is not
that of the town where the coins were issued, and therefore the statement there
must be altered. The mint we are interested in was in Shantung, S.B., in the
small state of Kiij [q.v.), and was in existence long before. It was built apparently
after the incursion of Ts'u into KiiJ and the destruction of Kiil-k'iu |^ £ in 582 B.C.,
in the vicinity of the latter site, and called ^ ^ 'An-k'iu {Tchun tsiu tso tchuen,
Tch'eng Kung, ix. 10).
In 550 and finally in 520 B.C., it passed with the state of Kiii under the
suzerainty of the principality of Ts'i, until 431 B.C., when it was partly destroyed
by the King of Ts'u. The town of An-yang, which is specially mentioned on that
occasion, was taken and finally destroyed by Ts'i in 412 B.C. {She hi, xv. 14; xl. 24.)
The An-yang of 257 B.C. was a revival of the ancient name.
A currency of large knife coins (50, 51, 910-20), was issued there before it
acknowledged its fealty to Ts'i, therefore between 582 and 550 B.C., and between
547 and 493 b.c, in connection with Tsih-moh (53, 924-6), q.v., under the
suzerainty of Ts'i, by an association of merchants of the two cities. Square-footed
inis (29-32, 340-8), were also issued there some time afterwards, i.e. circa
450 B.C.
An-th ^ g^ was the residence of the Emperor Yii in S.W. of Shansi. As
its name occurs on a certain number of coins, they have been foolishly attributed
by native numismatists to the time of this semi-fabulous ruler. An-yh became in
561 B.C. the residence of the Wei || clan, who had created in the state of Tsin an
influence of importance fated to develop into a state later on at the partition of
the aforesaid principality in 423 B.C. It was fortified in 385 B.C., and in 375 B.C. it
fell to the share of Tchao, but this did not prevent it from being taken in 351 B.C.
and in 339 b.c. by Ts'in, to which it was annexed for a tirae in 316 B.C. [She Ki,
kiv. 44, fol. 2 v., 6, and 9 v. ■ kiv. 15, fol. 17 v. ; kiv. 5, fol. 22 and 27 v.), and its
population dispersed in 286 B.C.
The period 561-351 B.C., and more strictly 561-361 B.C., is therefore that of the
coins of the weight-money type which bear its name (pp. 20, 21, 22, 27). They
followed chronologically the similar issues of Yu and those of Liang (9, q.v.).
Cf. An TcHOtr.
An Yn^ I^, on some small weight-money of the fourth century B.C. (136).
Locality unidentified. Perhaps the denomination of a trading association north of
the preceding.
Eeh tchu = If, on small round coins (1852-4), issued in 465 a.d.
Pah f]^, on large spades (72).
Fang tstjn ts'ih ho pu wu pbh ;^ '^ -t M 'iU S "§" ; on a scymitar-like
knife com (149), of about the Christian era.
Fei ft, on small sq. ft. pus (421). Situated on the Eastern borders of Lu.—
Third century B.C. Cf. p. 106.
Fei ^^, on large spades (78).
Fu SHE §p ^, on small sq. ft. pus (433), third century B.C. Of. p. 112.
^^H ^, on large spades (58).
Fun th ^ q, on small sq. ft. jws (428-9). Cf. p. 110.
FuNPEH^ ;ft, on small aq. ft. pus (430). Unidentified, perhaps a trading
denomination connected with the preceding town (cf. p. Ill), or the same as
Fun tn '/^ |^ (now Wan tsiuen, in Pa tchou fu, Shansil, built in 410 by the
Prince cf Wei and conquered by Ts'in in 328 B.C.
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Fung ho ^ '^, and Fung ho sze tohu, on round coins (1843^ 425), issued in
319 A.D.
Fung yh g g,. written with or without the yh, for ^, on small sq. ft. pus
(410-415) of circa 350 B.C. A tow» of great fame in history, as it was once the
capital city of the Tchou. The identification proposed p. 103 of the text is inexact.
Han hing ^ ^, on round coins (1844) issued in 338 a.d.
Heng ^, on large spades (48).
HiA f, on large spades (62).
HiANG IbJ, on large spades (23). A locality in the vicinity of the Eastern
capital of Tchou (now Men-tchou, Ho-yang hien, Honan), cf. Shi King ii. 4, ix. 6,
and also Tso tchuen in 712 and 562 B.C., i. 11, and ix. 11. Another Hiang in the
state of Kiu (q.v.) mentioned in 721, 605 and 559 B.C., is not likely to be the plaue
from which these coins derived their mark, because in Kiil no such shape seems to
haye ever been used for coinage.
HiAO KiEN ^ ^, on small round coins (429-443) issued by the Sung dynasty
in 454 A.D.
Ho ^, on large spades (86). Doubtful.
HoH "^t on large spades (24).
HoH k'iu ^ £, for ^ 5U, on pt. ft. pus (491-6). The character E'iu
specially altered by respect for the name of Confucius (cf. v. 10). The identifi-
cation of p. 132 is most improbable. A northern Kiu :|li ^, unidentified, in the
state of TcHAO (Tchihli), was ruined by Wei in 372 and conquered by Ts'm in
328 B.C. {She hi, Wei Sheng Kung, Ann. i., and Tchao Su hou, Ann. xxii. ; and
kiv. 15, f. 19).
Ho PEi TsiEN g ^ ^. Exchangeable cowries, metallic currency. Cf. Koh
luh TCHtr.
Ho PU S ^> o^ thick square-shaped pus (112-23), issued by Wang Mang in
A.D. 14-20.
Ho TSiUEN K ^, on round coins (365-405), 1760-98) issued by Wang
Mang in a.d. 14.
Ho YH %. g<, on small sq. ft. pus (488), misread for Muh yh, q^.v.
Hou ^, on large spades (68).
HWA or HuA J^, on large spades (49), on small knives 83, p. 252, and passim.
Huang yh ^ g,, was a capital city of the Lai, in the Shantung peninsula,
which became after 566 B.C. a city of Ts'i. It is mentioned in history in 695, 601
and 498 B.C. {Tchun tsiu, Huan Kung xvii. 1 ; Siien Kung viii. 2 ; Ting Kung xii.
7. Chin. Class, vol. v., pp. 68, 301 and 781). — The character on the coin is clearly
a simplified form of the original hu wen. Cf. Min Tsi-kih, Lu shu tung iv. 18. Its
name of Huang has been preserved by a district of the prefecture of Teng-tchou,
but it is not certain that the ancient city was not further to the west.
Small pu coins (No. 420) of the usual type were issued there, probably in the
fifth century, as suggested by the special form of the character Huang.
Jang Yn, ^ |^, on sq. ft. small pus (316). It means the Northern or
darker part of Jang, and thus may be an equivalent of Mei-Jang H ;^ a locality
once in Tsin and unidentified. The identification proposed, p. 77, is probably
Jen she, i (for f£) R, on sq. ft. small pus (378), also on a similar currency
in connection with Nieh, q.v. ,-, , „^ • n , t
Jen Nieh, $ J, on sq. ft. small pus (113), issued by Jen she, q.v., and
Kai,'^, for Kai yang, one of the towns of KiiJ {q.v.) appears in the formula
Kai xvang, ^ f± (misread Kai fung, pp. 225 226), meaning apparently that the
coins were issued from Kai-yang (cf. An wang) ; on large knife coins, from Tsih
moh (927) issued before 550 B.C., and from Tsih-moh and Yng-ling (54) issued
after 547 b.c. and before 493 B.C.
Kai wang, see Kai.
Hi INTRODUCTION.
Kan tan, or Han Tan "g* jjj for % fJJ, one of the most important mint-
names, once a town in S. TchiMi (p. 15). Known since 636 B.C. (Tso tchueii, 5,
xxiv. 3) as part of the state of Wet, ^j, it was connected in the years 498 and 497
with various historical events which made it part of Tsin (ibid. 11, x. 2, xi. 5;
She Ki, xliii. 11). In 491 it was conquered by Tchad, ^ (408-228 B.C.) and in
386 B.C. became the capital of that state {She ^?', xliii. 12 v. 17), which henceforth is
often designated by its name in history {Tchuh shu Id nien, pass.). The town
itself is mentioned in the years 375, 354, 353, 351, 347, 335, 301 (partly
depopulated), 255 (partly destroyed by fire) and 228 B.C., when it became part of
the Ts'iN territory {She Ki, xliii. 19, 19v., 21, 41, and 44 ; Tchuh shu ki nien, pass.)
The sole reference to numismatics is one of about 320 B.C., when it is stated that
the King of Tchao issued £iu ma currency (f^ ^ ^ $ »^) or saddle money, and
granted the use (^ JcX ^ Mi ^ W) of it to Tchang Y, a political adventurer
from Ts'iN where he returned in 317 B.C. This can apply only to a coinage
marked Kan Tan. Now there are three coinages thus marked : 1. Spades with
hollow handles (111), which must have been issued some years before ; 2. Point-
footed pus (875-880), large and small, which were most probably those issued by
Tchang-y (320-317 B.C.) ; 3. Small knife-coins of two types, one of rough make
(990-997) with a serial to ten or more, and one of the pointed series (1227-1235)
marked with cyclical characters, probable date (317-228 B.C.)
Kao ^, afterwards %f^^, then read Tch'oh, a city on the Western borders of
Ts'i (therefore in Shansi), which is mentioned twice in the Tchun tsiu, in 692 and
690 B.C. {Tchun tsiu, Tchwang Kung ii, 4 ; iv. 7). Nothing more is known about
it. Some doubts may be cast on the reading Tch'oh as ^ is Kao, and Kung-yang,
the commentator of the Tchun tsiu, in the fourth century B.C., gives Kao gjj in its
stead. The name occurs once in the large spade series (No. 69).
Kao Kwan ^ *§■, on smaller spades (95).
Kao tu ■^ ^, on numerous sq. ft. pus (195-209). — This town was given to
Tch'eng, i.e. Han, by Tung Tchotj, q.v. in 374 b.c, and conquered by Ts'm in 303.
The coins must have been issued between these dates.
Keng AL, on large spades (82).
Ki jjf and Ki yh jjj" g^, for )ji|5; on large spades (13), and on small sq. ft.
]pus (187-1 89). Ki was made a district in TsiN, in 614 b.c. {Tso tchuen:s.. 28, 5).
As in the text, p. 44.
K'l Tag ^ 7J, on round coins (1705), issued like the following.
K'l Tag, Wu peh ^ ^/J £. W. on short thick knives (130-135) issued in
A.D. 7.
Ki Yang % Wi, i-e. southern region of Ki. % for the tabooed ^ for '^^,
once a state (mod. Ki-hien, in Kai fung fu, Honan), absorbed by Ts'u m 449 B.C.
A denomination assumed by trading parties issuing small sq. ft. pus (403) in that
region. — Fourth to third century B.C. Cf. Peh Ki.
Km ■§, on large spades (4).
KiAG ^, for 515, on some square-footed small pus (279) of circa 300 B.C.
Known in history since 624 B.C. on the borders of Tsin {Tso tchuen 6, iii. 3).
King ,^„ on large spades (4).
KiKG HG -^ %, on round coins (1856) issued in 465 a.d.
Kiij ^, a semi-Chinese state once in Shantung, S.W., near the sea, small in
territory but important for its trade and mints from the seventh century downwards.
Although non-Chinese in its origin and population, it took part in the concert and
conflict of the Chinese states from the beginning of the Tchun tsiu period. The
years 715-431 b.c. are the extreme dates of its political existence. Feudal to Tsin
in 584 B.C. {Tso tchuen 8, vii. 6), it was invaded in 682 by Ts'u, and its cities of
Yun (m 615 still in Lu), of K'iii Idii, with its capital Kiii tcheng, were taken and
their population dispersed {Tchun tsiu Tso tchuen 8, ix. 10). In 550 and 620,
IVi imposed upon it its suzerainty {ibid 9, xiv. 1; 9, xxiii. 13; 10, xxii. 1),
aud in 431 b.c. it was destroyed by the great state of Ts'd, as a semi-independent
INTRODUCTION. liii
principality (Tchuh shu U nien B, xxviii. 10). It fell afterwards into the powet of
Lu j in 412 B.C. was invaded by Ts'i as far as An-Tanq {She Ki, 15, 14)^ and passed
into the hands of Tchad, with which it was finally absorbed by Ts'm in 228 B.C.
Besides An-Tang, the country of K* had four other yangs, viz. : Tcheng yang ^ ^,
Nan yang fg ^, Wu yang ^ p||, and Eat yang ^ ^.
KiUNj ;§: on large spades (74).
KiuN Yang, ^ ^, on large spades (73) .
Kg and Ko yh, :^ g^, on large spades (14) and on sq. ft. small pus (33, 34,
344-9) issued in 500-400 B.C. It was a town in Tcheng ^ founded in 560 B.C.
KoH, |§, on large spades (18, where misread Li) ; on the reverse of large
round-footed pus (478) in connection with Lu-yang, q.v., and on small coin of the
same type (479) in connection with Mou, q.v., circa 400 B.C. In Shantung, N.W.,
mentioned after 559 B.C.
KoH, :gp, written :g &, on sq. ft, small ^ws (359-60). It belonged to Yen
(Tchih-H) until 246 B.C., when it was transferred to Tchad (Sie Ki, kiv. 43), third
century. Not to be mistaken for the Eoh of Honan mentioned in the Shu King,
V. ii. 6, and the Tso tchuen, 2, xv. 8.
Kdh luh tchu, ^ 5^ f;^, on the metallic cowries of Ts'u (1575-8), of which
several specimens exist in the Cabinet des Medailles of Paris. Issued about
600 B.C. Found in Kuang tchou (S.B. Honan) and in Kiang-ning fu (Kiangsu) on
the banks of the Wah river, where Ts'u established its borders in 601 B.C. {Tso
tchuen, 7, viii. 7).
Kdu, ^ ^, for ^|J, on sq. ft. small pus (35, 350-5). Identification of p. 87
doubtful. Apparently issued 500-400 B.C.
Ku, ^, on large spades (67).
Kuan, ||, for Kuan tchung . (g'.w.) on point-footed large pus (797-9), sixty-
one issues or more of round-footed large pus (460-9) and on square footed small
pus (37, 38, 424-5).
Kuan fun, || ^, i.e. one fun (cf. list of weights) of Kuan tchung {q.v. infra),
on numerous issues of point-footed small j9ms (784-796).
Kuan tchung, || tfj on square-footed small pus (423). See Errata for
correction of the statement p. 107. It appears also on large knife coins. Cf. Ts'i
Kuan tchung below. These various issues of coins must have been first made before
336 B.C. since it was in that year that the King of Ts'in issued a state coinage (with
the agreement of the nominal suzerain of Tchdu, {She Ki, 15, 24), which must have
taken the place of the private coins, or at least have prevented the issue of new
types. Kuan tchung was a common designation for the region (south of Shensi)
between Han Kiu (mod. Ling pao, Honan W.) and the western limit of the T'sin
dominion, on the same latitude.
KuEi, •^, formerly Wei, ^. In 712 B.C. the fields of Wei, ^, were taken
from the state of Tcheng, by the King of Tchdu, at the same time as the city of
Wu, i||5 (q.v.) and other places, Tso tchuen, Yn Kung, Ann. xi. 8. It was restored
to the state at an unknown date and a town built there, ^^, {Tchun tsiu, Siang
Kung, Ann. vii. 9), which in 566 B.C. was the seat of a meeting of several of the
Chinese princes, rulers of states. Nothing more is known about it, and its exact
geographical position is doubtful ; but it cannot have been far from the older town
of Wu and the other places in the eastern centre of Shansi.
A currency of small pu coins (No. 453) was issued by Kuei and Wu before
340 B.C. and probably long after 514 B.C.
KtJNG, X, on large spades (60) and on small knives, |)ass.
Kung, S, on large spades (57) and on two-legged spades (114).
Kung, ^, on round coins with small central hole (1608-9). A locality
near the Ho river (Honan N.E.), in the Tcheng territory ^, mentioned after 722
{Tso tchuen, 1, i.) and destroyed in 376 B.C. {She Ki, 15, 18 v.) It issued similar
coins in connection with An Yh, q.v., Tun-liu, q.v., and with Yuen, q.v.
Kung An, ^ ^, for Kung, q.v., and An-Yh, q.v. (not An Yang) on round
liv INTEODUCTION.
coins Witt a very small central round hole (155), marked Kang An, 1 Kin (not 2 Kin,
as misread p. 327). Issued circa 400 B.C.
Ktjng T'oan, or Kung Tun, dt fg, forKuNG, q.v., and TaN-Liu^ q.v., on round
coins with a central round hole, marked Kung Tun tcheh kin, of which several
distinct issues were made, circa 400 B.C.
Kung Yuen^ dt JM, for Kung, q.v., and Yuen, q.v., on small round coins with
small central round hole (K.T.H. Li, i. 6).
Lai, ^, on large spades (19) and
Lai yh, JJS q for ^Jj, on small sq. ft. pws (419). The Lai of B. Shantung,
written ^, had been destroyed in 567 B.C. by the state of Ts'i, and its population
removed to Krh 5£|J or Little Tchu q.v., therefore long before the possible issue
of this coinage. Its minting place was Lai J^, once a city in Tcheng, mentioned
in 712, and 559 B.C. (Tchun tsiu, 1, xi. 2 ; Tso tchuen, 9, xv. 4), afterwards in Han.
Issued probably circa 400 B.C.
Lang-ta, lis ^, for 3E| f|5, later ^ JJflJ and f^ ifI5 Lang yeh, various spellings
of the foreign name of a colony founded by sea traders of the Indian Ocean about
675 B.C., around the Gulf of Kiao-tchou of S. Shantung. Tsih MoHj q.v., was the
emporium and for long its minting place. It was subject to Ts'i in 547, to Wu
in 493, to Yueh in 472 B.C. who built there her capital city. Given up in 880 B.C.,
because of the war then raging between Ts'u, Ts'i and Yueh, it received in 221 and
in 210 the visits of the first Emperor She Hwang Ti.
Between 472-380 B.C., gild merchants from there and from Yang-yh and Lu in
Shanhi, C. and S., issued in common a large sort of pit coins (39, p. 115). Lang-ya
merchants alone had issued, during the same period, some large and small
pt. ft. pus, marked Ya or Ye, q.v. In the third century some small sq. ft. pus
(416), marked Lang-ya ^[5 ^, were also issued there.
Liang, ^, written ^, for the reasons explained in a previous chapter (v. 10),
on some coins of the weight money class (pp. 22-25). It was a small earldom (in
E. Shensi, district of Han tch'eng, department of T'ung tchou) which collapsed
in 641 under the weight of its own extravagance, and was taken by Ts'in (cf.
Tchun tsiu and Tso tchuen, 5, xx. 8 ; She Ki, xiv. 38). It was supplied with salt
by the merchants of Ts'i. Its coinage succeeded to that of Yu, q.v., and pre-
ceded that of An-yh, q.v. The Liang referred to, p. 22, issued only pu coins, cf.
Liang yh.
Liang yh, ^ ^, written as above for the same reasons ; its full name
was Ta Liang, as a distinction from the other Liang, the Shao Liang of Shensi,
C.B. Liang became the capital city of the state of Wei, |^, in 361 B.C., and the
issue of the pu coins (pp. 72-74) must have begun some time afterwards. It was
conquered by Ts'in in 225 B.C.
Liang kieh sin tsiuen, 7j<jft ^S if ^, on round coins (1845) issued in a.d. 347.
Liang tche, ^ ^, on large round coins (301, 1686-7), issued circa 160 B.C.
by Wu wang P'ei (p. 353). He also cast coins at the Nan tchang shan, where he
had established a furnace (cf. Yil tchang tou king, T.F.Y.L., kiv. 48, f. 4, v.;
She Ki, kiv. 106).
Li Sheh, ^ (for ||) /^, on rd. ft. (470-475) and pt. ft. jws (503), issued before
328 B.C.
Li tch'en YANG, |g ^ ^ (partly undeciphered and misread in the text, p.
251) on a small knife of rude make. A |M M locality is mentioned, 574 B.C. in the
Tchun tsiu.
Liu, ^, on large spades (11), for Tun-Liu, q.v.
LoH TCHENG ^ ^, On Small sq. ft. pits (361-4)'. Inscription corrupt and
uncertain. Some read ^ J^, unknown as the name of a city. Identification in the
text, p. 90, more probable. Circa 300 B.C.
Lu ^ afterwards jj;^ for '^, whose name has remained in the district of
Lu-tch'eug, department of Lu-ngan, in Shansi C.S., was part of the domain of
the non-Chinese Eed Teks (^, PC j lit- Fiery-Tykes), until 594 B.C., when -it was
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reduced and destroyed by the Prince of Tsin.' In 477 B.C. it was made by the
Prince of Ts'i the residence of Pan-she, a deposed ruler of Wei ^j.
Large pu coins were issued there in connection with Yang-yh (of Shansi), and
Lang ya (of Shantung) before 38B B.C. (cf. No. 39, p. 115, and Lang-ya in the
present list). Smaller pit coins (No. 280) were issued at Lu at a later date, as
shown by the style of the writing, i. e. during the fourth century, and may be
compared to those of Yang-yh, which were issued about 380 B.C.
Lu SHiH TANG ^ Jg ji^, for Lu tch'en YANG {SMh ^ misrcad ^ tchen), on a
small knife coin (1029) of rude make.
Lu YH ^ g^, on several issues of spades (105), and on sq. ft. 'pu (442). The
latter issue in connection with Nieh, q.v. Lu was the city of the clan of Kao ]^,
in Ts'i, lat. 36° 49', long. 116° 44', as stated in 574 b.c. {Tso tchuen, Tcheng
Kung xvii. 5).
Lu YANG i^ ^, on some rd. ft. pu marked " 12 tchus" (458-9), and on
some larger rd. ft. pus in connection with Koh (478) q.v. These issues took place
apparently before 381 B.C., when Lu-yang was conquered by the state of Wei
{She Ki, xliv. 6 v.) ; the issues of small sq. ft. pus (300-315), must have been made
afterwards.
Ma shou yh ,|| -^ g,, lit. the Horse-head city, in Shansi E., as in the text
(p. 63), on sq. ft. pus (263-77). Pounded in 514 B.C. (cf. Tso-tchusn, Tchao
Kung, 28, 5). Coins issued 400-300 B.C.
Mao II, on large spades (79).
Mei ^, on large spades (89.)
Mei or MoH ^, on large spades (90) ; on small weight coins of one kin and
of half-a-kin (131, 132), and Mei yh f^ g, on sq. ft. pus (317). In Wei ^, N.
Honan, as in the text (p. 28).
Meu g, on large spades (52). Perhaps misread for Fei, q.v.
Mi ^ on large spades (91).
Ming |g, a city in the state of Tchao, famous by the extraordinary number of
its coins. More than 350 variants and issues of small knife-coins are entered and
figured in this volume (86-101, 1236-1572), besides a few small round coins (166-171,
1616-20, also 1671). In 281 b.c, when the King of Ts'm met there the King
of Wei (cf. She Ki, Ts'in pen ki, v. 28), it was called the new Ming city, which
suggests its recent foundation (p. 265 and errata). The round coins are of a later
date than the knives, and No. 1671 shows that they lasted until 1 75 B.C.
Ming sze |H gg, on small round coins (1617). See Ming.
Ming tag || JJ, on small round coins (1618). See Ming.
Ming tze S (for ^p) -?, on a sq. ft. pu (251).
Moh. Cf. Mei.
Mou ^, on a large sq. ft. pu (443), with Nieh (q.v.), and on a small round ft.
pu (479) with Koh (q.v.). It was a small feudal state of Lu [Tchun tsiu ii. 15, 8,
and V. 5, 3, i.e. B.C. 697 and 655), and during the civil wars was absorbed
by Ts'i.
MuH TfC, a mark on large spades (20), and on small pointed knives of Kiii, q.v.
Apparently the same as following.
MuH yh Tf: (for •^) g, on small sq. ft. pus (438), and misread Eo yh. Once
a town near the Tai shan during the period of the civil wars.
Nan ^, on large spades (77).
Ngai ^, on large spades (81).
Nieh g also ^, a town in Tchao (0. Shansi, as in the text, p. 30), little
known in history but important in numismatics, as it issued no less than six
' Tchun tsiu Tso tchuen, Siien Kung, Ann. xv. 3. — Chinese Classics, vol. v., p. 328. Jo. Heinr.
Plath, Die fremden harharischen Stdmme in Alien China, Munchen, 1874, p. 465. T. de L.j
The Languages of China before the Chinese, 1887, p. 94.
^ Tso tchuen, Ngai Kung, Ann. xvii. 5,
Ivi INTRODUCTION.
cui'rencies in the fourth century B.C., i.e. sq. ft. small pus (231-235), alone and in
connection with Jen SHE, q.v. (113), also larger ones of one kin (187) alone, and
in connection with Ping tchou (444) conterminous on the north, with Lu-th (442) of
Shantung W., and with Mou (443) eastwards in the peninsula near the northern
sea-shore.
NiEH TcHOTT jg ^, on small sq. ft. fus (444), issued in partnership by some
community of Nieh, q.v., and Pino Tchou, q.v. Girch 400-350 B.C.
P'an tuen ^ Ij, on round coins, round-holed (1599-1600), probably issued
in the Tchou kingdom, circa 500 B.C. See supra, ch. 1, Ann. 623-836.
P'an LIANG ^ ^, on many round coins (pp. 836-357), issued from 336 B.C. in
Ts'iN, to the Han period in 118 B.C., when the pattern was demonetized and
substituted by the Wu tchu.
Pao ^ for ^, on large spades (17).
Pao ho ^ ^, on spurious coins forged anciently for the following, p. 331 .
Chiselled and not cast. Also on cast coins (p. 365) issued in a.d. 6.
Pao hwa ^ ^, on small round coins with central square hole, which are
most probably those issued by King wang of Tchou in 523 B.C., when this king
cast coins heavier than the former weight and market values (cf. Kwoh yu, kiv. iii.,
fol. 13). The heavy weight of the specimen (156, p. 329) concurs with the historical
statement. Cf. supra, ch. v. 11.
Pao luh hwa ^ ?^ 'ffc, Pao sze hwa ^0 ^, on round coins with central
square hole and rims (157-163, p. 329, 330) , which are commonly and erroneously
classified with the previous Pao hwa (q.v.), from which they differ in three
respects : (1) by their rims, sign of a later make which the others are without j (2)
by their weights, approximate to the standard ; (3) and by their casting in clusters
instead of singly. They were most probably issued in KiiJ between 400 and 350 B.C.
Cf. supra iv. 17, and v. 11.
Pao tch'eng, {^ Ji^, occasionally simplified into J^ :^ on small pt. ft. pus
(480-482, and 819), of about 400 B.C. The identification of p. 129 may be doubted
and I have not found any historical reference.
Peh, ^, for fg or |g, on small knives (1007-24), written also Tch'eng Peh,
J^ & f or :|^ IQ (998-1006), issued during the third century, at the same period as
the small Ming knives, q.v. During the period of the civil wars it corresponded to
the 8i-ping, which is still at present a Men in Ju-ning fu (C. Honan).
Peh Ki, ^Jj -jq (for ^), on small sq. ft. pius (404-406) of circa 300 B.C., issued
probably by a trading association inhabiting the north of Ki. Cf. Ki-yang.
Peh KitJH, ;}[^ ^, on small sq. ft. j^us (260-262) of circa 350 B.C. Formerly a
place of TsiN and Tchao, in S.W. Shansi, as in the text, p. 62. Two Kiiih (north
4fc, and south ^) the latter referred to in 307 B.C., Tchuh shu Id nien, v. 34, vii.) are
referred to in 666 B.C. {Tso tchuen, iii. 28, i.)
_ Peh Tze, ^t ^> on small pt. it. pus (602, 608), marked Peh Tue Un (Ijf), of
which, as shown by the serial of the reverse, 21, if not more, issues were made.
Apparently issued by a diS'erent trading association, contemporarily with the Tze
She, ^ ^, q.v., coins of the same pattern, circa 450-350 B.C.
Pei Kiu, ^ g,, on small sq. ft. pws (387-402), issued at that place as p. 97 in
the N.W. of Tsi, circa 300 b.c. It is known in history, from 686 B.C. (Tso tchuen,
iii. ann. 8.)
Pi, 't;, for ^ hwa, q.v., on large spades (50).
P'l SHE, J^ ^, an ancient city of Shan-si, S.W., as in the text. During the
Tchun-tsiu period it was a town in Tsin, whose revenues were assigned to great
officers. From there it passed to Wei (423 B.C.), after the partition of the former
state. In 330 B.C. it was taken by Ts'in at the same time as Fen-yn f^ ^,' set
' She Ki, Ts'in pen ki, kiv. v., fol. 23, and Wei she kia, kiv. 44, fol. 10.— Tchvh shu U
uicn, V. 32.
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on fire, and then restored to its lawful sovereign. Attacked again in vain by
Ts'iN in 307, it was walled the following year/ and, notwithstanding, fell into the
hands of the King of Ts'ra, who fortified it in 290 b.c. at the same time as Pu-fan,
q.v. Before that time, i.e. in 400.300 b.c, Pi-she issued a currency of small Pm
coms, figured p. 61-2, with a serial 1-10.
Ping Kiang, 2^ K? for ^), on sq. ft. fus (440) of circa 300 b.c. Unidentified.
Ping Lo, i^ ^, written also Lo Ping, on sq. ft. small pus (445-6) of circa
350-400 B.C. Unidentified.
Ping T'ao, 2fs ^, (misread Ping yuen) on sq. ft. small pus (408-409) ; in the
state of Tchad, and modern Ping-yao in Pun-tchou fu, C. Shansi, circa, 300 B.C.
Ping tchou, Sp. j\\, written also tchou Ping, on over thirty issues of pt. ft.
small pus, marked with a serial (507-42). A town in east Ts'i, as stated p. 136,
mentioned in 608 B.C. [Tclmn tsiu, 7, i. 6). Circa 400 B.C.
Ping Tchou, ^ J||, an ancient city of Shansi, W., as stated in the text (p. 57).
Nothing is known about it beyond the facts that it was a part of the state of Wei
Ul_, and was conquered by Ts'in in 322-320 b.c.'' Previously to that conquest.
Ping Tchou had issued small pu coins on two occasions, sq. ft., with a serial from
1 to 10 (Nos. 236-49) and pt. ft. a little larger in size (2-lin. instead of l-85in.,
Nos. 660-91), with a serial from 1 to 38 or more. The extreme date of these issues
are 423-320 b.c. Cf . An-Tchou.
Ping Yn, Jqa [^ (a), and ^ |^ (6), on sq. ft. small pus (337-9) of two
sorts. The first one the oldest, with flat reverse (337) marked a, and the second of
later make (338-9) with lines ornamented on reverse. Issued apparently in the
fifth and in the fourth century. Ping-yn, located as stated p. 82, was on the
South-West borders of Ts'i. It appears in history in 555 and in 519 B.C. {Tso
tchuen, 9, xviii. 4 ; 10, xxiii. 4) ; also in 232 B.C. {She Ki, xliii. 44).
Ping then, Zp Jg, misread for Ping tag, q.v.
PiNG-TANG, ^ 1^, a town of Shansi, S.W., as said in the text (p. 45), reputed
to have been the capital of the Emperor Yao. It became the seat of the clan of
Han ■^ about 490 B.C., and the capital city of their state from 419 to 375 b.c,
when, after the destruction of the state of Tchbng g|5, the capital city of the latter
superseded it.^ A currency of pu coins of the usual sq. ft. pattern, in two sizes,
was issued there, most probably between 419-375 B.C.
Pu, ^, on small sq. ft. pus (434) of circa 300 b.c. Decipherment doubtful.
_ Pu-FAN, •§ ^, afterwards ^ ij^, a city of Wjsi, |^ (-123 b.c.) in S.W. Shansi.
It issued weight-money (p. 28) apparently after the cessation of the mint of
An-yh q.v. (361 B.C.), and was ransacked by Ts'in in 303 b.c." and finally annexed
in 290 B.C.
Pu TSiuEN, ^ J^, on round coins 364, 1757-9) issued by Wang Mang in
A.D. 14. Twenty-five were worth one Ho pu. Also on round coins of the Nojjthebn
Tchou (468, 1873) issued in a.d. 661.
Pu-TZE, ^ ^, on small sq. ft. pus (24, p. 48) of circa 350. Pu was a locality
in Tsin spoken of after 666 b.c. (Tso Tchuen, 3, xxviii. 1) ; afterwards in Wei until
its conquest by Ts'in in 237 b.c. (p. 48).
San tchu, ^ ^, on small round coins (302, 1688-9) issued in b.c. 140.
Shan Yang, [JJ ^, on pu coins of unusual shape, with round shoulders (p. 120)
of two sizes; little known in history. Ts'in She Huang-ti in his eighth year
(i.e. 239 B.C.) assigned as residence to his' unworthy mother, Liii-tuh, a territory of
8han-Yang {She Ki, vi. fol. 3 v.) near the present Huai king, in N. Honan. The
locality of S.W. Shantung, mentioned in p. 120, seems more likely, but nothing is
known about it in history.
' Tchuh shu ki nien, ibid.
' Slie Ki, Luh kwoh piao, kiT. xv., fol. 26. — Tchuh shu Jci nien, v. 33.
^ She Ki, Han she kia, kiv, xlv., fol. 1, 2. — Tch^h shu, ki nien, v. 29.
* iShe Ki, Tchuh shu ki nien, v. 34.
Iviii INTEODUCTION
Shang, Ji, on large spades (61).
ShanGj •fpj, on large spades (54).
Shakg, ^, on large spades (1) and Shang tcheng ^ J^ (for ^), on 62 issues
of pt. ft. pus (801-818), and on one issue of sq. ft. pus (441). In 552 B.C. the city
did not exist as yet, and in 360 B.C. it was in the hands of Ts'm. The extreme
dates are therefore 552-360 B.C. for these coinages. In the S.E. of Shensi, next to
Honan ; its name was transferred to Wv, q.v. in 340.
Shakg eeh shih sze kitt kin yv, t^ -fl' + 0 ^ ilf Ib (doubtful) on coins
represented by a mould (172), issued probably circa 300 B.C.
She, ^, on large spades (10). Cf. Tung-Ti.
Sheh, ^, on large spades (71).
She Tze, ^ ^. See Tze She.
Shikg, ^, on large spades (87).
Shotj yh," ^ g^, on pt. ft. (825-838), issued in two series, up to ten, and up to
sixteen or more. Not connected with any historical event. It was apparently in
Ts'i. The coinage must have been issued circa 300 B.C.
Shou yn, % ^, i.e. north side of Shou. On small pt. ft. pus (820-4), with
a serial on the reverse, up to eight or more. The localisation is doubtful. The
identification of C. Shansi (p. 199) proposed by some native numismatists has no
historical record. A region of Shou famous in history is still preserved as that of
a tchou in An-HUi (lat. 32°, 24', long. 116° 43'). It is mentioned for the first time
as a part of Wu ^, in 520 B.C. [Tso tchuen, 10, xx.), and it belonged successively to
Ts'r, to Tch'en (until 479 B.C.), to Tsai ^ (until 447 B.C.), and then again to Ts'u.
In 240 B.C. its name was changed into Yng-tu, ^ ^ {She Ki, xv. 37 v.) The date
of the coinage, which apparently belongs to that region, is anterior to 240 and later
than 447 B.C.
Snr TsiEN TANG SHIH HUA, ^ ^ (for ^) "^ + -ft, i.e., " Distinct money value
ten huas/' and on the reverse -[- ^, .s/mVi /to, i.e. 10 hos ( = huas). Issued during
the monetary licence which obtained after the repression of Wang Mang, and the
issue of new coins by the government of the After Han dynasty, i.e. between
23-26 A.D. The type is on a larger scale than that of the new^MS created by Wang
Mang in 9-14 a.d. The average weight shows about 480 grs., or 48 grs. a hua, i.e.
the double standard weight of the Ts'in-Han dynasties. Smaller coins of the same
type, marked Takg shih hwa, and Sse tsien or 4 tsien on the obverse, were also
issued about the same time.
Shu fun, |kI' ^, misread for Tij ftjn, q.v.
Shu tsien takg sbih hwa, ^ ^ '^ + "ft) oii large square j3ms (125-9), issued
privately, and probably daring the Wang Mang period, 7-23 a.d.
Si Tchou, "^ Jg, and Tukg Tchou, '^ j^, occur on two issues of round coins
(Nos. 1614-1616) which are extremely scarce, and were probably limited to a small
number, as befitted the fallen fortune of the TcHOU, once so powerful, and whose
decadence these coins alone would testify. Although these appellatives were used
with reference to the two last and nominal rulers of that dynasty, and although the
suggestion in the text (p. 328) that these coins were related to them, as supposed
by Li Tso-yen (Ku tsiuen hivei, Li. i. fol. 2 v.) is not impossible, I have come to
think, after mature consideration of the circumstances connected with them in the
numismatic history, that these coins were issued in the fourth century and not in the
third. They must have been cast on the occasion of the short-lived separate existence
in Western W and Eastern ^ Tchou j^ of the principality in Honan which Tchoij
Kao Wang had bestowed upon his brother Kieh after 440 B.C. {She Ki, Tchou pen
kij kiv. iv. fol. 27; Tchao she Ma, kiv. xliii. fol. 18, and the comments thereon;
Li tai Ti Wang nien piao, Tchou she piao, 9). Under the pressure of the Princes
of Tchad and Han, in 867 b.c, Hwei Kung, grandson and second successor of
Kieh, became Tokg Tchou hung, while his son, Sha-tze, was made Si Tchod hung.
The an angement did not last, and was destroyed by the Ts'in prince who deposed
Wu-tze, son and successor of Hwei Kung, who had died in 359 B.C. {She Ki, Luh
INTRODUCTION. lix
kwoh piaOj kiv. xv. f ol. 20) . The above-mentioned coins were most probably issued
a little after 367 B.C. and before 355 b.c.
Si-TU, ,§, ^, written § (p. 7 misread ^ poll), on a spade coin, and 8l-tu (p.
134-135, misread W Si-) on several^issues of pt. ft. pn coins. It was the capital
city of a small principality mentioned in history in 712 B.C., and destroyed and
absorbed by Ts'u in 680 B.C. (cf. Tso tchuen, Yn Kunpc, xi. 3 ; Tchuang Kung, xiv. 3).
It corresponds to the present Si hien, in Honan, S.E. The assimilation proposed
on p. 134, based on a misreading, is therefore wrong. Probable date of the coinage
300 B.C.
SiAO Pu, YH PEH, >J» ;}|j, — "g", on small square pus (1580-6), issued in
A.D. 7.
SiAO TSiTJEN, TCHEH TH, >J< ^ Ht -^, on Small round coins (341-3, 1708-10)
issued in a.d. 7.
Sitj Pu, szE PEH, /P ^, 0 "g", on small square pws (105, 1589) issued in a.d. 7.
SzE TCHU, gg 1^, on round coins (426-7) of the Sung dynasty issued in
a.d. 430.
SiANG T0EN, ^ (for gj) Jg, on sq. ft. pus (18, 145-61), with a serial up to
twenty or more on the reverse, issued shortly after 320 B.C. It was a town of
TCHAO.
Sm TH, ^ g^, on small sq. ft. p^is (422). The locality suggested p. 107 is most
probably inexact. It is more probably the place mentioned repeatedly in history
from remote times (cf. Mencius, v. 1 ; vii. 2). In 684 it was part of the state of
TsAi {Tchun tsiu, 3; x. 5). It corresponded to the present Sin-yuen, in Shen tchou
(W. Honan). The coinage dates probably from circa 350 B.C.
SoH, ISI, on large spades (26).
SuAN TsAO, ^ ^, a town of N. Honan in the state of Wei 0|, built in
392 B.C., and conquered by Ts'iN in 242 B.C. {8he Ki, kiv. 214, fol. 5 and 15,
fol. 16 V.) The small pu coins of this name (p. 70) must have been issued after
392 and probably before 337 B.C. For some palseographical remarks cf. Introd.
oh. V. 9.
Sung, 5^, on large spades (2) .
Sung, ^ on large spades (66).
SzE TSiEN, Tang shih hwa, 0 ^, "^ + 'ffc, on small square pus (1596-7)
of the Wang Mang period, 7-23 a.d., privately issued.
Ta Fu wu TCHU, :^ 'ia £ it, on round coins (1858) of the Liang dynasty,
issued in a.d. 523.
Ta kih wu TCHU, ^^ 'S.1^> oi^ round coins (1857) like the preceding, issued
in a.d. 523.
Ta Pu hwang ts'ien, :^ ^ ^ ^j on small square pus (108, 1595), issued
in A.D. 7,
Ta tsiuen wu tchih, ::/c ^ S +, oii round coins (345-62, 1717-56), issued in
A.D. 7 by "Wang Mang. Large circulation, numerous varieties and imitations.
Ta tsiuen wu peh, ;;^ ^ S "§", and Ta tsiuen tang ts'ien, ij :^ ^ "f",
on large round coins (1823-4, 420-1, 1825-8) of the Wu kingdom issued in
A.D. 236.
Ta t'ung wu TCHU, :^ jil. S It^ on iron round coins (1859) of the Liang
dynasty, issued in a.d. 527.
Ta tn, ^ 1^, on ten issues of sq. ft. (226-30) and on five or more issues of
pt. ft. 699-733) pus. Unidentified geographically, but perhaps a name assumed
by a monetary association of TsiN ( Shansi) traders, circa 500-800 B.C.
Tai, §P, on sq. ft. pus (426-7). In S.E. Shensi as in the text (p. 109),
circa 400 B.C.
Tai HO LUH tchu, ic K aC H, on round coins (453-4) of the Tch'bn dynasty,
issued in a.d. 579.
Tai ho wu tchu, i: %! S it. on round coins (1864-5) of the northern Wei
dynasty, issued in a.d. 495.
Ix INTEODUCTIOK
Tai riKG PEH EIN, :fc ^ '§' :^ (tbe latf^er for tsien ^ or fc/iw |!^) on round
coins (1834-5), issued probably in the Wv kingdom, in a.d. 256.
Tai ping peh tsien, ^ ^ "B^ ^, on round coins (1829-1833), issued in tbe Wu
kingdom, in a.d. 256.
Tai YUEN HO tsiuen, -^ 'jt M M' °^ round coins (424, 1842) of the eastern
TsiN dynasty, issued in a.d. 376.
Tag, J], on large spades (56).
Tao Tang, ^ # for f^ H, on sq. ft. pus (36, 365-74) in Ts'i tn (p. 327).
Probable date, circa 400 B.C.
TcHANG PING wu TCHiJ, '^ ^ S. If > on round coins (461-7, 1871-2) of the
Northern Ts'i dynasty, issued in a d. 553.
TcHANG-TZE, ^ ^, later ^|2 ^ (in Shansi, C.S.) reputed to have been built by
Tan Tchu, son of Yao (Tso tchuen, Siang Kung, ann. sviii. 2), was a town of the
state of TsiN in 555 B.C., which passed to that of Tchad, ^, at the time of the
partition of that principality (423 B.C.) (On Tan Tchu, of. Shu King, ii. 8 ; Tchuh
sihu Id nien, ii. 1, n. ; Han sli.u, Liiih Lih tchi ; Li Tso-hien, Ku tsiuen hwei, yuen 4,
fol. 4 V.) Issued small pw coins (19, 162), of the sq. ft. pattern of 350 B.C. In
connection with Yuen (q.v.) it also issued some round coins of one fcm, with central
round hole (153). Circa 400 B.C.
Tch'ang YUEN ^ Jg, on round coins with central round hole (153, p. 325),
issued by Tchang tze, q.v., and Yuen, q.v. — probably circa 400 B.C.
TcHE ^, on large spades (22). Doubtful.
Tcheh peh jg §^, on round coins (419, 1817-20) of the Shuh Han dynasty,
issued in a.d. 223.
Tcheh peh wu tchu 2 'g' £, If , on round coins (409, 1806-16, 418) of the
same dynasty, issued in a.d. 221.
TcHEH-YANG J^ {)^, for ^ \>^, & town of the Han state (E. of Kai-fung
fu, Honan). It was in 366 B.C. the seat of a covenant between Hwei Wang of
Wei and the Prince of Han {She Ki, Wei she kia ; also Luh kwoh piao, kiv. xv.,
fol. 20; Han she kia, 45, fol. 3 r.). Issued some small ^zi coins of two sizes, during
the fourth century b c. (28, 318-335), viz. about the above date.
TcHENG J5g, on large point-footed pus (881). Doubtful, perhaps a part of
another name.
Tch'eng Jgg, on large spades (15), and
Tch'eng yh ^ g,, for ]^, on small sq. ft. jjms (407) of circa 360 B.C.— This
was a place in Lu, which Ts'i conquered in 408 B.C. {She Ki, xv. 1 4 v.).
TcHENO TH ^ g^, for f]5, was under the name of Yung Kiu |g ^, the capital
city of the state of Tcheng, q.v. ; taken by the Han state in 408 B.C. ; after the
destruction of the state of Tcheng by the latter in 375 B.C., it became Tcheng yh
and the capital city of Han until its seizure by Ts'm in 354 B.C., from which time
it was called -g |5^ An-ling.
The sq. ft. small pu (289) coins which bear its name must therefore have been
issued after 375 and before 364 B.C. {She Ki, kiv. 45, fol. 2 vers, and 8; kiv. 15,
fol. 6 V. — Tchuh shu ki nien, v. 33, for the walling of An-ling .—Also Playfair,
No. 8446).
Tch'eng tang jH ^, for j^ pj, on large knives (921) issued in the state of
Kiij, q.v., by a locality of that name, between 682-550 B.C. before its submission to
Ts'i. — The identification of place proposed, p. 222 is so far incorrect.
TcHi TH ^ g, on small sq. ft. jms (210-6) with a serial up to ten or more
on the reverse. The locality is known from the reign of Tchou IA wang, ninth
century B.C., as a small principality within Tsin. The coinage dates from circa
300 B.C.
TcHOH (sHui) ^ 7K, for -Jl^, on small sq. ft. pus (366-8) of circa 350 B.C. in Tchao.
TcHou J^, for Ping Tchou, q.v., on large spade (3). Probably circa 350 B.C.
Tcflou Ti j^ ^, for Ping Tchou, q.v., and Tung Ti, q.v., on small sq. ft. pus
(44/ -52), issued about 400 e.g.
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TcHu TH ^ ^, for :$5, on small sq. ft. pus (382-6) of about 400-350 B.C. It
was the name of a small principality called 8iao TcTim, known from 689 and 653 b.o.,
reduced to a single territory.
Tchw'anq ^ (doubtful) on lajge spades (70).
TcnwANG PD Ts'iH PEH ^ ^ ^ "^ , On Small square pits (107, 1592) of Wang
Mang, issued in a.d. 7.
TCHWANQ TSIUEN szi SHiH 51i :^ 13 +, On round coins (344, 1715-6) of
Wang Mang, issued in a.d. 7.
Tch'ui ^, on small spades (113) and weight money (135). — The geographical
identification proposed on p. 16 is too far eastwards and too late in time. It is
the Tch'ui of Ts'i (in Ping yn of Tai-an, W. Shantung), which is mentioned in
601 B.C. {Tchun tsiu, 7 ; viii. 3). The coins belong to cii-ca 450 B.C.
TcHDNG pu, LUH PEH pf 'JlT 7^ Wj On Small square piis (106) of Wang Mang,
issued in a.d. 7.
ToHUNG SHIH EEH TCHU ^ + H |^, On round coins (1605) cast in clusters,
circa 300 B.C.
TcHUNG TSiuEN SAN SHIH 4* ^ H + 0^ round coins (1713-14) of Wang
Mang, issued in a.d. 7.
TcHUNG TU 4* ^! on pt. ft. small pus (800), and numerous sq. ft. small
pus (165-86) issued apparently CTrca 400-316 B.C. — It was a town of Lu (p. 39),
where Confucius had been Chief Magistrate (501-497 B.C.), previously to his
appointment as Minister of Justice in~the same state. In 316 B.C. it was con-
quered by Ts'iN {She Ki, xv. 27 ; Kia yu : Tai plug yii Ian, 160, 8).
TcHUNG TANG 4« f^, on pt. ft. Small pus (857-8). — A town of Tchad men-
tioned in 374 (Tchuh shu ki nien, 5, xxxii. 15), and in 285 B.C. (p. 206). Circa,
300 B.C.
TcHUNG YH pf» §(, on sq. ft. small pus (285) of circa 300 B.C. — Locality un-
known by me in history and geography.
TcHUNG TH LIANG SHIH EEH TCHU '^ — ]^ + H |$, on round coins, round-
holed (1603-4) of the Tchou dynasty, circa 650-336.
TcHUNG TH LIANG SHIH szE (0) TCHU, on Same coins (150, 1601-2) as the pre-
ceding.
Ti pu pah PEH ^ ^ /\ "^t on small square pus (1584-93) of Wang Mang,
issued in a.d. 7.
Ti SHIH Kiu ^ -f- -Jfj, on large round coins (173) of unknown issue; pro-
bably at the beginning of the Former Han dynasty (b.c. 206-24 a.d.). Bach issue
bore a serial number from 1 to 20 or more (1624-31).
Ti TH TcHUNG SZE LIANG || — g 0 Mj Oil l^rge coius (1621) issued in
the same manner as the preceding. The numeral yh — , is varied up to nine ^
or more (1622-3) on the different issues.
Tien fg, on large spades (63).
Ting ^, on large spades (85).
Ting ping yh peh ^ ZJi — "g", on round coins (1836) of the Wu kingdom,
issued in a.d. 257, which remained current until a.d. 502.
Ts'ai :J", on large spades (92).
Tsang ^, on large spades (80).
Tsang ^P, for ^, on small spades (99), abridged for An tsang, q.v.
Ts'e pu, kiu peh ^ ^ it, "S, on small square pus (1585, 1694) of Wang
Mang, issued in a.d. 7.
Ts'i ^, in an archaic form (p. 225, sq.), is the generic mint-mark heading of all
the legends of the large knife coins issued within the dominion of the state of that
name, from the beginning of inscribed coinage, seventh century, to the end of the
third century B.C. Also on some spades, Ts'i san kin, q.v.
Ts'i FAN WANG TZE KIU HWA ^ jg f± 9^ '^ 'ffcj on large knife coins of
Ts'i (928-44), of which many were issued. Special characters on the reverse are
distinctive marks of the trading parties who issued them. They belong most
Ixii INTEODUCTION.
probably to tbe currency cast by Peh Kung, Minister of War of Ts'i, by order of
his Prince, the Diike Hwan, some time before 642 B.C. See supra,, on Chronology,
Ann. 670 B.C.
Ts'i kiu hwa ^ ^ i^, the simplified and common legend of the large knife
coins (59-66, 951, 67-78, 952-77, 79, 978-89) issued in Ts'i, between (?)520 b.o. and
221 B.C. Besides ^ 4* on the reverse are special characters, distinctive marks of
the traders who issued them. — Average weight 730 grs. = 1 tao = 30 hwas.
Tsi Kwfii HWA ^ lit -fb (p- 301 and Err.), on a curiously-shaped ingot
{supra, p. xxx). Although classified in the Kin ting tsien luh, K. ii., f. 4 v., among
the ancient coins, I think that it belongs to a much later period, i.e. that it was
issued under the Noetheen Ts'i dynasty which ruled in Shansi and Tchihli between
550 and 577 a.d. Kwei-hwa is still a city in the prefecture of So ping, Shansi (N.).
No other identification would be acceptable. The capital city of the N. Tsi was at
Yeh, now Lin-tchang in Tchang teh fu (Honan, N.).
Ts'i EWAN TCHUNG VfANG LIU HENG KU 1"AN TZB KIU HWA ^ li pf* fi ]^ fj
H jS 5^ -i VCi> ou one of the most remarkable of ancient knife coins (55). Issued
for the travelling merchants between Ts'i and Kwan tchung, q.v., of Ts'in, some
time after 550 and long before 337 B.C. See supra, i., Ann. 547, and vii. 6.
Ts'i SAN kin ^ H i]i> on spade coins issued in Ts'i (106), as a monetary
division of the knives.
Ts'i TAi KUNG KIU ^ -js^ ^ ^, on a knife silver coin (1573), most probably
not genuine.
Ts'i TCHi HWA ^ ;^ "flj, on large knife coins of Ts'i (950). Circa 500 B.C.
Ts'i TCHI KIU HWA ^ j^l ^ 'ffc' On large knife coins of Ts'i, issued after the
Ts'i PAN WANG, etc type, and before the Ts'i tchi hwa and Ts'i kiu hwa types,
Le. circa 550 B.C.
Ts'i Tsib An-yang, etc ^ Iff ^ PIj etc , on large knife coins (53, 923)
issued by Tsih-Moei, q.v., and An-tang, q.v. of Kiu, q.v., after their submission to
Ts'i, i.e. after 547 B.C., and before the conquest of Tsib Moh by Wu, i.e. before
493 B.C.
Ts'i TSIH-MOH TNG-LING, etC ^ ff] M M P^> 6*'° (obv.) with An WANG
^ ^ for An-tang {q.v.) wang or Kai wang ^ f^ (not Kai-fung) for Kai-yanq {q.v.)
WANG on the reverse. On large knife coins (54, p. 225 and Errat) issued between
547 and 493 B.C., by the mints of An-yang or of Kai-yang, for the monetary union
of TsiH-MoH, q.v., and Tng-ling, q.v., of 'Ts'i.
Ts'i yn ^ (for ^) ^, on large round coins with central round hole (1613),
localized as in the text (p. 327). Probably issued in 206 B.C. by Tien An Q ^,
King of Tsi peh '0 4fc> a short-lived state, branch of the kingdom of Ts'i ^
(208-206), and absorbed the same year by that of Lin-tse, 206-204 B.C.
Ts'i Yng-ling yh Tso yh, etc ^ ^ W. ^ & ^> etc , on large knife
coins (52, 922) issued in Ts'i by a monetary union of Yng-ling, q.v., and Tso th,
q.v., some time about 550 B.C., before the state issues of the Ts'i knife coins which
superseded the private coinages. For the remarkable reverse, see supra, v. 6.
TsiE Q_, or Y ^, on peculiarly-shaped coins of the Han period. Doubtful.
TsiH Ip, on small pt. ft. pus (487-90), issued most probably by Tsih moh
(q.v.), while it was an independent ta-/u government in Ts'i and circa 350-300 B.C.
Five or more issues were made as shown by the serial on the coins.
Tsih mie p ^, misread Tsih-yh, in archaistic characters on obv. and rev. of
large knife coins (44, p. 214), first issue of the later Tsih Moh, issued soon after
675 B.C., and perhaps the oldest inscribed coin in existence. Apparent weight
one-eighth of the hwan standard of 7800 grs. (Cf . i., Ann. 675.)
Tsih Moh fiJ g, for |]J g, one of the most important mints of Ancient
China, occurs on numerous large knife-coins (45-49, 882-909) of two sizes, issued
alone and with other places (53, 923, 54, 924-7). Probably adapted from a
foreign name introduced in connection with the foreign settlement of Lang-ta
{q.v.). It was once a great emporium near the Lao shan, on the N.B. of the Gulf
HiTTRODUCTIOK kiii
o| Kiao tchou (Shantnng, S.B.) on the S.W. side of which whs Lang-ya. Its name
has survived as that of a district town on the same spot (lat. 36° 15', long. 120° 44'),
which is described in A. Williamson's Journeys in North China, 1870, i. 128, 415,
ii. 243. Its fate was. the same as tjjat of Lang-ya, of which it was a part territory,
until 370 B.C., i.e. ten years after the abandonment of the latter by Yueh, when it
was raised to a ta-fu government by the Prince of Ts'i, under hi& suzerainty ; its
name appearing then for the first time in Chinese history. (Cf. Hoh Tchih, Tsih moh
tchi, 1763, kiv. i,, f. 8. — She Ki, Tien tai kung she kia). In 284 B.C. it remained
faithful to Ts'i, with two other towns, Liao and Kiu, against the conquering army
of Ten (cf. She Ki, kiv. 34, f. 8; kiv. 82, L Iv.; T. P. Y. L., kiv. 160, f. 6 v.).
The famous expedition of Siii-fuh in search of the fabled islands of the B. Ocean,
started from this place in 219 B.C., and from 209 to 206 B.C. it was the capital city of
the short-lived kingdom of Ts'i, between the Ta'iN and Han dynasties. Tsih-Moh
was originally the chief mint of Lang-ya. Previously to its submission to Ts'i, i.e.
before 547 B.C., it had issued about thirty-five large knife coins of two sizes, all
marked Tsih-moh yh tchi Mu hwa on the obverse ; the reverse bore a distinctive
character or a serial for each issue, besides the marks usual in Ts'i of San shih,
i.e. 30 (hwan, symbolized either by an inscribed circle or by the carefully made
ring forming the end of the handle (pp. 215-9). — In connection with An-yanq
(924-6) and with Kai tang (927) of Kiij {q.v.), Tsih Moh issued also some similar
knife coins bearing the mark of one or the other of these two places on the reverse,
previously to their submission by Ts'i, i. e. before 550 B.C. and after 580 B.C. After
547 B.C., when included in TsVs dominions and before 493 B.C., its conquest by
Wu, Tsih Moh issued in connection with Yn6-ling of Ts'i and with Kai-tang of
Kiii, some large knife coins (54), the latter name appearing on the reverse. In
connection with An-tang, it issued also some similar coins (53, 923) at the same
period. The submission to Ts'i and consequently the later date of these issues, is
shown by the character Ts'i prefixed to the legends.
Tsih Moh th, etc. . . fff ^ g;, etc. . . (obv.) An wang ^ ^ (rev.) q.v., oa
large knife coins (924-6), issued by Tsih Moh, q.v., and An-iang, q.v., between 580
and 550 B.C.
Tsih Moh th, etc (obv.) Kai wang ^ fi, (rev.) on large knife coins
(927) issued by Tsih Moh, q.v., and Kai tang, q.v. of KiiJ, before 550 B.C.
Tsih th |) g^, misread for Tsih Mie, q.v.
Tsin-tang -^ P^ (originally J ^), an important city in 0. Shansi as stated,
p. 29. It appears in history in 497 B.C. as belonging to TsiN, and as the principal
seat of the Tchad |f clan, about 469 B.C. ;' it ceased to be so when the latter state
in 386 B.C. transferred its capital to Kan-tan, q.v., and later on became part of
the state of Wei ^, from which it was taken away by the King of Tsi'n in 303 B.C.,
when it was destroyed and given back to Tehao. In 246 b.c. it was finally annexed
by the state of Ts'in.^
Tsin-yang issued three sorts of money ; the oldest of the weight money
series (No. 133), whose legend testifies to its age, may have been issued after
469 and before 386 b.c. Issues of ^m coins, round-footed (Nos. 476-7), thirteen
or more in number were made afterwards, i.e. circa 350 b.c, and later on
numerous issues of a similar money, but point-footed, were made (Nos. 611-59^
between 303 and 246 B.C. The latter were of two sizes ; the larger ones (Nos. 668-9)
bore the usual legend Tsin-yang, with or without serial on the reverse, the smaller
as a distinction were inscribed Tsin yang fun, i.e. "half (of the unit) of Tsin-
yang," but many issues were made without this special indication.
' The Kwoh-yu, whicli finishes in 469 B.C., records the attack of Tsin-yang by Kien-tze, who
died in 456 B.C., after having ruled the Tchao clan for sixty years (SAe Ki, kiv. xvi., fol. 7, and xv.,
' ^ Tchun tsiu, Ting Kung, Ann. xiii. 5. OMn. Class., vol. 5, p. 784. Tchu/i sJm ii nien, v. 34.
She Ki, Ts'in pen ki, kiv. v., fol. 27 v. ; Tchao she kia, kiv. 43.
Ixiv INTEODUCTION.
TsiANG M, on large spades (12^.
TsiUEN ^, on large spades (55).
Tso pu wu PEH ^ ^ 5EL "§", on small square jiws (1583-90) of Wang Mang,
issued in a.d. 7.
Tso TH ^ a (p. 223). See Ts'i Yng-ling yh Tso yh.
TsiJH ^, on large spades (83).
T'u j^, on large spades (64), probably for the following.
T'u-YAN0 i (for li) # (for p^), on small sq. ft. pus (431-2). The naoae
appears during tlie civil wars as T'u only. In Shensi, as on p. ill. Being in
Ts'iN territory, this coinage must haye been issued before its state coinage
(336 B.C.)
T^u YAO ^ 3t, on small sq. ft. pus (439) of circa 300 B.C. Locality un-
identified.
Tun Kung Tg dh; see Kung Tun.
Tun LIU Tg •g, an important locality for the ancient coinage, in TsiN (S.B.
Shansi), as identified in the text (p. 66). It was founded probably soon after
593 B.C., when the Prince of Tsin reduced the Liu-yu ^ Pj tribes of the Red Teks
and conquered their territory [Tchun tsiu, vii. 16, 1), as it existed already in
555 B.C. {Tso tchuen,iK. 18, 2). On the decline of Tsin it passed to Tchao, and in
370 was the residence assigned to the last Duke of Tsin, deposed (Tchuh shu hi
nien, v. 31, 6, and She Ki, xliii. 19 w.) In 359 it was taken by Tcheng %, i.e.
Han '^ (Tchuh shu ki nien, v. 32, 10), and in 239 B.C. the King of Ts'in removed
its population to Lin-tao (She Ki, vi. 3), in the S.W. corner of the present Kansuh,
then inhabited by Kiang or Tibetan tribes. — Tun liu was the place of issue of large
spades (9), and of sq. ft. smaM pus (25, 278), ciVca 400 B.C. In connection with
KuNG it, q.v., it issued a currency of round coins with small central round hole
(154,1611). ttrca 400 B.C.
Tung If), on large spades (9). The counterpart of Ti (10) for Tung-Ti, q.v.
Tung Tchou ^ ]^, on round coins, with a central round hole (1615), issued
most probably between 367 and 355 B.C., and not as suggested in the text (p. 328).
See Si Tchou.
T'uNG-Ti \p\ ^, later HJ H, lit. "' copper shoes," appears as the name of a
locality belonging to the Yang-sheh '^ g — lit. " sheep tongue " — family in the
state of TsiN (Shantung W., corresponding to the present Tsin •/;j\) in 582 B.C.,
and raised as an administrative division in 514 B.C. It became part of the state
of Han If: when the Tsin state was broken up, and afterwards of Tchad, until
its incorporation in the Ts'iN empire. (Tso tchuen, Tch'eng Kung, Ann. ix. 8,
and Tchao Kung, Ann. xxviii. 5. Chin. Class., v. 371 a,nd 727. — The lands of
the Yang sheh family were then arranged into three administrative districts).
Issued small pu coins of the square-footed and square-shouldered pattern (375-7),
of the usual type of circa 400-350 B.C. Ten issues at the least were made,
as shown by the number shih -f- 10, on the reverse of one of the specimens. It
issued also large spades (9, 10), on which the two symbols of the name appear
separately, and sq. ft, pus in connection with Ping Tchou, q.v., marked Tchou
Ti, q.v.
TzE SHE ^ ^, an important mint-mark on an extensive coinage of the ^jm
type. Occasionally simplified to Tzb ^^ only. It occurs on (1) large pt. ft. pws
(584-5) j (2) small ones, wdth or without the addition of their value, 10 fun
-p ^, on at least fifty issues marked by a serial (543-83) ; (3) on forty-seven or
more other issues (586-95), differing from the previous ones by the inversion of
the legend; (4) and other variants (596-600); (5) Small rd. ft. pus in eight
or more issues (457) ; (6) Fifty-three or more issues of small sq. ft. pus (217-23),
with a serial on the reverse, and two or more issues, legend inverted, without serial
(224-5). — According to probabilities inferred from similar instances, the coinages
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, must have been issued between 350-225 B.C., while the coinage 6 would
date from 450-350 c.c. It is a remarkable fact that such important issuers of coins
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should be unknown in the historical literature of the period. The locality inhabited
by the TzE clan was raised to an administrative district under the Ts'in dynasty.
(p. 53).
TzK YH •^ _g,j on small sq. it^us (437) of circa 300 B.C. Unidentified and
of uncertain decipherment.
Wei ftjn $ (for ^^) ^, a fun of Wei, on small pt. ft. pus (761-73), with
a serial up to ten or more on the reverse. Wei was one of the great states
established at the beginning of the Tchod- dynasty. A little before 371 b.c. it
lost its independence and became attached to Wei g|, and in 324 it was reduced
to a very small territory situated in N.B. Honan, as stated, p. 186. The simplifi-
cation of the character Wei on the coin, was made in respect for the old name
(cf. V. 10). They were issued apparently between 324 and 230 b.c.
Wen "^f on large spades, see Wen-tat^g.
Wen ho tJC ^, misprinted Wen Pao, on smaller spades. See the following.
Wbn-yang ^ ^, written 3SC> and % ^. Issued spades (8), smaller spades
marked Wen ho (94), and pt. ft. pus (692-8). In 589 b.c. it was returned by
TsiN to Lu (cf. Tso tchuen, Tch'ing Kung, ii. 4), and nothing more is known of
its subsequent history.
Wu ^, on spades of the smaller size (100, 107, 108). It was the name of a
clan in Tohoit, holding probably some hereditary office at court connected with the
state finances. In 720 b.c. a Wu had been sent to Lu to ask for the presents
including money (^ fu), which ought to have been sent for the funeral of the
king, as was customary between the states (Tchun tsiu, 1, iii. 4, and '^Glossary of
Numismatic Terms," supra). The same clan may have been the issuers of that
currency in the following century.
Wu An ^ ^, on small pt. ft. pus (747-53), with a serial up to ten. The title
of Wu-An Kiun or Prince of Wu-An, was given by Su, Prince of Tchao, to
Su Ts'in in 326 B.C., the same title given also in 233 b.c. (She Ki, Sa Ts'in tchuen,
and xliii., 44) ; and as in 269 B.C. an army of Ts'in reached the west of Wu-an
(Tung Kien), it has been inferred that it was a well recognized territorial name.
No such name in Shansi and W. Tchihli, where, however, stood chiefly the kingdom
of TCHAO, occurs in geographical literature.
Wu ,1^, for 15, an ancient city taken from the state of Toheng ^5> ^J t^e
King Hwan of Tchou in 712 B.C. (Tso tchuen, Yn Kung, Ann. xi. 3), was part of
the lands belonging to the X'i |15 family in 614 e.g., whence the Prince of Tsin
made it one of the seven administrative divisions into which he divided their
lands. In 340 B.C. {ihid., Tch'ao Kung, Ann. xxviii. 5), the King of Ts'in bestowed
it on Yang of Wei, and changed its name into Shang "^ (Tchuh shu hi nien, v. 32,
Ann. 28). Between 514 and 340 B.C., issued money of the small sq. ft. pu currency
(138-43) alone, and also in connection with Kuei (453), q.v.
Wu heng ta pu 3l fr :^ •^j on round coins (469-77, 1874-6) of the Northern
Tchou dynasty, issued in a.d. 574.
Wu Kuei ^ j^, for |5 P^, on some small sq. ft. pus (453), issued before
340 B.C.
Wu P'iNG ^ Sp, on ten or more issues marked up serially by figures (736-45),
and on some ten or less similar issues marked with the denary cycle (746), of small
pt. ft. pus. Wu P'ing appears late in history, namely as Wu p'ing si (W) in
27*8, and Wu p'ing nan (^) in 274, while in 234 b.c Ts'in is recorded to have
taken Wu tch'eng (|^), which is explained by the latter {She Ki, xliii. 35 v., 36 and
44). Wu p'ing was therefore a regional designation at the time, and the above
coins must have been issued by its traders in the third century B.C.
Wu TCHU S l^j on round coins (pp. 360-433), the common standard of the
Han dynasty, which, issued for the first time in B.C. 118, remained current until it
was superseded in 622 a.d. by the new coinage of the T'ang dynasty. During
these 740 years an innumerable amount of varieties and imitations were issued.
Y g, or Tsie ^, q.v.
Ixvi INTEODUCTION.
Yh ^, probably for Tang j^, see Tang htja, on large spades (76).
Th ^, on large spades (59).
Y p^, on large spades (25).
Y HO If ^ (?), on small sq. ft. pus (435) of the usual type. Decipherment
doubtful. Unidentified, perhaps fiji.
T SHE ^ J^, on small sq. ft. fua (250) of circa 300 B.C. Situated as stated
in the text (p. 60).
Yh tag — J], on round coins (1705-7, 340) of Wang Mang. Probably
imitated from the following.
Yh tag -ping wu tsien — JJ, ^ S ^j on short thick knives (137-48) of
Wang Mang, issued in a.d. 7. The first issues had the two characters yh tao inlaid
in gold.
Th TcHrNG g^ fJ*- ^^^ Tchung th.
T-YANG S # or g |>^, a town of the Han state, q.v., of the Civil Wars
period (in the present Honan fu, as stated in the text, p. 71). Ts'in attacked it in
390 B.C., took it by assault in 365 B.C., and finally occupied it in 307 B.C., when 60,000
men were beheaded. (She Ki, kiv. 15, fol. 16 v., 24 and 28 ; kiv. 45, fol. 2 v., 3 v., 4,
6 and 6 v.) Issued some ^jm coins of the sq. ft. small type, between 408 and 307 B.C.
(Nos. 292-3).
T-Tang ^ 1^, later {^ f^, a town of the Han state, q.v. in Honan, as stated
in the text, p. 71, and unknown to history. It issued some small pus of the common
type, very similar to those of T-Tang, q.v., which must belong to the same
period (No. 291), i.e. the fourth century b.o.
Yh-tchang ^ ^, a town of the state of Ten, during the contending state
period, corresponding to the modern Tung-tsing, in Tchih-li. Nothing is known
of it in history. It issued a small ^w coin (No. 336), which seems to be of the date
of 300 B.C.
Takg f^, on large spades (75). Perhaps for Ycmg sheh ^ -g-. Cf. T'trNG Ti.
Tang hua ^ ^ , for — or |^ -fj^, hua of Tang. On numerous pt. ft.
pus (839-56). — ^Tang for Yang yh |^ ^, a town of TcHOU, which TsiN con-
quered in 633 B.C. {She Ki, xxxix. 24) ; given temporarily to Tchad (Kan Tan) by
Wei in 361, it was fortified by the latter in 315 B.C., and its name was then changed
into Ho-yung [Tchuh shu Id men, 5 ; xxxii. 7, and xxxiii. 6). The issue of the
coins must have taken place before 361, since Kan Tan, q.v., had its own coinage.
The modern identification is doubtful (p. 203). See Tang th.
Tang e:iu ^ £ (for ^i). The g^ is specially altered (for the reason ex-
plained at Ki-yang, q.v.). On small sq. ft. p)us of circa 300 B.C. It was identical with
Kao Tang of the Tchun tsiu period. Situated as in the text, p. 105.
Yang yh f^ g,, the same place as described under Tang hita, q.v. It
issued (1) in connection with Lang ya, q.v., and Lu, q.v., a large sort of sq. ft. pus
(39, p. 115) between 477-380 B.C.; (2) and alone, many pt. it. pus marked Yang
hua, before 361 B.C.
Tang yh ^ §,, on small sq. ft. pus (144) issued in the third century.
The identification of p. 34 is exact, but it is the preceding Yang^jh, the name
of which was changed in 316 B.C., and not this second one, which was situated in the
Tchad state, conquered by Ts'in in 228 B.C.
Th tad — J], on small round coins (169-71, 1619-20) of circa 200 B.C. Different
from the other Th tad.
Tad ptJj eeh peh J^ ^ Zl Wj oii ^ery small square thick ^w,9 of Wang Mang
(1581-7), issued in a.d. 7.
Tad tsitjen th shih ^ ^ — +, on small round coins (1711) of Wang
Mang, issued in a.d. 7.
Te or ya }i35 or l^^ (misread fI5 llj Ye-shan, p. 207), a variant spelling of
Ya in Lakg-ta, q.v., on numerous small (859-68), and large (869-74) pt. ft. pus,
issued at Lang-ya,, before 380 B.C.
Yen Li^G '^ ^-, for g|) ji^, on small sq. ft. pus (286-7). It belonged to
INTEODUCTION. Ixvii
Ts'n and was the site in 575 of one of the famous battles between Tsin and
Ts'u [Tchun tsiu, 8 ; xvi. 6), when Ts'u was routed ; it was conquered by Han in
319, and by Ts'in in 279 b.c. {She Ki, xv. 26, 32). The years between 319 and
279 B.C. were probably those during* which this coinage was issued.
Yng-ling g |!^, simplified from ^ |J^, a respectful variant of Yng K'iu, a
name of the capital of the state of Ts'i, otherwise named at first Yng-k'iu g ^,
and Lin-tze f^ ^ later on, i. e. in 859 B.C., when it became the capital city. It
has been preserved in the name of a district of the present Shan-tung province, as
stated in the text, p. 223. Its site had attracted attention from the time of Tai
Kung Wang, who is reputed to have granted concessions there to work out the
salt which the land produces. [She Ki, Ts'i tai kung she kia, kiv. 32, fol. 2 v.)
It occurs on knife money of the larger sort, in conjunction with the name of
Tso-yh, q.v., and also with that of Tsih-moh, q.v., and Kai-yang, q.v., issued after
547 B.C. Vid. Nos. 52, 54.
Yti ^, a small principality in S.W. Shansi, which was destroyed by Tsin in
655 B.C. It issued between c. 670 and 655 b.c. some Teh' eng-ma or saddle coins,
otherwise weight money (p. 19) for "one kin," and for "half a kin," in the life-
time of Kuan-tze, in conformity with his regulations on weights and exchange.
The system was imitated by the Wei at An-yh and afterwards at Liang, q.v. The
name being that of the state, is written probably out of respect in a peculiarly
altered form.
Yij 33, on large spades (16).
Yd ^, on large spades (7).
Yir ^, on large spades (6).
Yij ^]5 written q -^, on small sq. ft. pus (290). The place is mentioned
once in 712 B.C., when the King of Tchou took it from the state of Tcheng {Tso
tchuen, 1, xi. 3), but nothing is known about it afterwards besides this coinage,
which belongs to the fourth century B.C.
Yu FDN -fj (for Wi) ^, or "fun of Yii," on small pt. ft. pus (774-83),
with a serial up to ten or more. The identification proposed on p. 189 is inexact.
The mint-place was a locality of Wei on the W. of Liang, q.v., which was restored
to that state in 399 B.C. {She Ki, xv. 16 v., and xl. 24). This coinage was con-
temporary with that of Wei, q.v., and its date therefore was circa 300 B.C.
Yuen Jb, on large round coins with small central round hole (151-2, 1606-7),
and probably" also on smaller coins of the same kind, issued in connection with
Kdng, q.v., of which a broken specimen is published in K. T. H., Li, i. 6. It was a
place, as stated in the text (p. 323), which existed during the civil wars (485-255 b.c),
and whose name was extended to (but not created for) Pu-fan and Pi-she in 290.
It passed from Tchao to Wei ^ in 375, and was taken by Ts'in in 238 b.c. {She
Ki, V. 27 V. ; vi. 3 ■;;. ; xv. 37 1^; and xliii. 6). — Circa 400 B.C.
Yu pu SAN PEH ijj ^ ^ "iSj on small square thick pus (1582-8) of Wang
Mang, issued in a.d. 7.
Yu TsiuBN EEH SHiH ^ :S Zl +, on Small round coins (1712) of Wang
Mang, issued in a.d. 7.
YuN ^, on large spades (93).
Yung kwang ^ ^, on round coins (1855) of the Sung dynasty, issued in
A.D. 465.
Yung ngan wu tchu ^ ^ S. M> on round coins (455-60, 1867-70) of the
Northern Wei dynasty, issued in a.d. 628 ; they remained current until a.d. 557.
YuMG NGAN TH PEH ^ ^ ~^ Wj ^'l^o TH Ts'iEN (^), on brouzo and iron round
coins (1847-50) of the Northern Liang dynasty. Issued after a.d. 401, in various
sizes.
Yung tung wan kwoh ^ '^ "^ M>o'^ ^^''gs ^^^ smaller round coins (478-81,
1877-81) of the Northern Tchou dynasty, issued in a.d. 580.
Ixviii INTEODUCTION.
CHAPTER VTIT.
BIBLIOGEAPHY.
The bibliography of Chinese numismatics could be giveu hei'e extensively but
without useful purposes. The Chinese have taken interest in their coinage since
ancient times, and works were written by them on the subject since the Han dynasty.
Quotations from catalogues of collections made in the sixth century are at present
still met with in recent books. A list which I have prepared contains more than
sixty-five titles of different works. Those which have been referred to in the
present Catalogue are the following : —
K.T.H.— ^ ^ H, STw tsiuen hwei, by ^ •(^ R, Li Tso-hien, styled ft JiJ
Tchu-peng, 15 vol., 1852.
S.T.H. — |g J^ ^, Suh tsiuen hwei, a supplement to the preceding work by
the same/ 4 vol., 1875.
T.S.T.— ^ ^ H, Tsien shell tu, by HJ 2b, Sie Kw'en, 4 vol., 1842.^
K.K.S.K.L.— ■§ ^ Fjt i, M, -K*^ ^»i so Men luh, 4 vol.,J819.'
H.P.W.T.K.— S; ^ 3SC ^ ^, i^o pu wen tee h'ao, by ^ -^ JE|, Hwa Ting-ma,
4 vol., 1833.
All are remarkable for the accuracy of their reproductions of coins, engraved
from actual rubbings.
I have also derived some scanty information from the i5^ j£ ^ fH, -S^^'^ ting tsien
luh, in 2 vols., 1750.. reprint of the numismatical section, highly uncritical, of the
great Catalogue of the Kien-lung Museum; — ^ ^, Tsiuen site, by ^ f^ M, Tchen-
yang Sheng, 16 Kiv., 1834; jl ^ t]\ ^, 8iuen tsing siao tsien, by |^ JU 'If;, Hii
yuen-K'ai, 10 Kiv., 1844 ; ^ ^, ff f% '^^ien tchi sin inen, by 51 # HS Tchang
Ts'ung-y, 4 Kiv., 1826 (very uncritical).^
From the Han dynasty the best sources are the sections on political economy
(^ K "m) i'^ *'^s contemporary Annals of each dynasty. Most of the statements
therein have been collected in the Encyclopedic works where they can be easily
referred to, notably, in the Tung tien jj ^, and in the Tu shu ts'ih teheng fl ^
^ Jjlji, (sect. 27). The numismatic resume called Tsien pi K'ao, ^ ^ ^, in the
Wen Men t'ung K'ao, 51 Ift jj Mj of Ma Tuan lin, in 1321, is useful except for the
period anterior to the Han dynasty.'
In European literature on numismatics, on the period of Chinese coins included
in the present work there are only a few papers, which cannot be referred to because
they are either misleading or based upon untrustworthy sources. The only
extensive work on the matter is the great Catalogue compiled in 1842 by the Baron
S. de Chaudoir and M. Leontiefski at St. Petersburg" in 1842, but there is hardly
anything in it before the Han dynasty.
' These two works of Li Tso-hien are remarkable for the criticism and carefulness displayed in their
composition, and deserve full praise.
' Analysed by Mr. John Williams in the Numismatic Chronicle, 1851, Vol. xiii., pp. 143-166.
' Also analysed by Mr. John Williams in the Numismatic Chronicle, 1852, Yol. xiv., pp. 155-175.
* An abridged translation with figures has been published by Mr. 0. B. Hillier entitled, A Brief
Notice of the Chinese vjorh, Tsien tchi sin pien, and a key to its 329 woodcuts of the coins of China
and neighbouring nations {Trans. China Br. B. A. 8., No. ii.. Hong Kong, 1852, pp. 1-162). Repro-
duced without figures in J. Doolittle's Vocabulary, vol. ii., pp. 603-615.
5 It forms (1) the basis of Ed. Biot's Memoire sur la SystSme Monetaire des Chinois (Journal
Asiatique, iii. ser., torn, iii., Mai, 1837, pp. 422-465; iv. 97 sq., 209 sq., 441 sq.) ; (2) the bulk of
Dr. W. Vissering, On Chinese Currency, Coin and Taper Money, Leiden, 1877.
' Becueil de Moiinaies de la Chine, de Japan, de la Coree, d^Annam et de Java, au nombre deplus
de mille, precede d'une introduction histoi'ique sur ces monnaies, St: Peterebourg, 1842, fol.
INTEODUCTIOIT. Ixix
In the preparation of this Catalogue I have been under special obligations to
Dr. S. W. Bushell, of the British Legation at Peking, to Mr. 0. Ballu Morse, of
the Chinese Imperial Customs service, to Mr. T. Christopher Gardner, one of
H.M. Consuls in China, and to Mr,^Winiams Lockhart, not only for advice but also
for the loan of books which have proved of great service to me. I am besides
particularly indebted for help to my friend Howell Wills, Esq., barrister-at-law.
Prof. R. K. Douglas and Mr. H. A. Grueber, of the British Museum, are also
entitled to share in these acknowledgements for the trouble they have taken in
reading the proofs ; and special thanks are due, not only from me but also from all
those interested in the numismatics of Eastern Asia, to Prof. R. Stuart Poole, the
Keeper of Coins and Medals in the British Museum, on whose recommendation
the present work was undertaken, and upon whom officially the duties of Editor
have devolved. I may also add that it is to the energies of Prof. Poole that the
collection of Chinese and cognate coins in the British Museum is now one of the
best in existence.
A. TBRRIEN DE LAOOUPERIE.
( Ixxi )
ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA.
PAHB
1. The various dates stated there are those of the Bamboo Annals. For the
other schemes of chronology, cf. Introductionj pp. viii.-x.
4. Bead 1103 or 1032 or 1091 e.g. instead of 1032 B.C.
5. J. 12 : Bead see Introduction, p. xlix.-lxvii., s.v.
12. No. 94 : Bead Wen ho instead of Wen pao.
18. 1. 2 : Bead from circa 680 B.C. to 317 b.c. instead of 327 ; same line 18.
19. 1. 1 : Dele circa 375 b.c
22. No. 10 : Bead Introduction, pp. xxxvi. and liv., for a better identification.
28. No. 131 : Bead Wei — instead of ^.
"" " "- ■ " ff. 6.
38.
30. No. 137: „ f. 17 i).
32. 1. 18 : ,. 39
1. 29 : „ W. Shansi
63. No. 262
94. No. 375
„ No. 377
107. No. 423
:jC iv., f. 5
Shansi
iii. f. 18
must be older
B. Shansi.
% -, f. 15.
Shantung,
iii., f. 6 v.
cannot be older.
213. The circumstances concerning the payment of mulcts with knives occurred
not in 650 but in 679-675 b.c, and are somewhat different, as may be
seen in the Introduction, p. xi.
214. No. 44: Bead Tsih Mie instead of Tsihyh, and ct. the Alphaibetica]. hist.
„ 1. 11 : „ Shensi „ Shansi.
221. 1. 15 : „ Heng III., ff. 8-12 instead of Heng, ff. 8-12.
225. No. 54 : „ Kaiwang^ „ Kaifung.
226. No. 927 : „ „ „ „ „ „ „
251. No. 1028 : „ Li tch'en yang „ ? shih yang.
265. No. 1236 : „ Tchao Siang Wang had a covenant in that town with
the King of Wei {She Ki, v. 28) instead of conquered the town with
the help, &c. . . .
301. No. 1579 : Bead Ts'i hwei hwa, ^ M i^ instead of Ts'i (undeciphered).
Cf. Introduction, p.
323. No. 151 : Bead It was the name extended . . . instead of It was the
name given . . .
328. Nos. 1614-5 : Bele the explanations and cf. to the Alphabetical List.
330. last lines : Bead The first type 156 was probably issued . . . instead of
All these types . . .
353. 1. 13 : Bead Ya-tchou fu in Sze-tchuen instead of in Szetchuen.
360. 1. 19 : „ Sui dynasty instead of Sin dynasty.
394. No. 1799a „ .... tchung erh (~) liang instead of ... . tchung yh
( — ) liang. And cf. my monograph JJne Monnaie Bactro-Chinoise
bilingue du premier siecle avant notre ere, Paris, 1890, 14 pp. (Extr,
C.-E. Acad. Inscr. et B.-L.).
411. No. 1844: Bead M ^ instead o/ ^ p.
For .all the names on coins, cf. the Alphabetical List, ch. vii. of the Introduction,
for corrections, supplementary information, more precise dates, better
identifications, or references to other issues.
HIA-SHANG-YN
AND
TCHOU DYNASTIES.
UNINSORIBED AND VARIOUSLY SHAPED
CURRENCY.
Erom the twentieth to the seventh century B.C.
Obiginallt any metallic tool or implement of small size, or even a
lump of metal, was used in barter. The convenience of this practice
led gradually to the habit of casting sham tools or implements for the
purpose of exchange only. Traditions which were current in the seventh
cent. B.O., claim for the great Yii, in 1985 b.o. (?), and Tch'eng T'ang,
founder of the Shang dynasty, in 1556 b.o. (?), the casting of metallic
money for the relief of the people. The last ruler of the Shang- Yn
dynasty, 1558-1050 b.o., is reputed to have overtaxed his people to hoard
money in his pleasure-palace of Luh-tai (S.-E. Tchihli), where it was
found in 1050 B.C. by Wu Wang, founder of the Tchou dynasty. The
common and rather suggestive name for metallic currency was then ^
tsiuen, ' source.' Tch'eng, second king of the Tchou dynasty, by the
advice of Tai Kung of Ts'i, a sage from the eastern barbarians of the
sea-coast (North Kiangsu), established in 1032 b.o. certain rules for
currency, and enacted that metallic pieces should henceforth be ex-
changeable according to their weight.
B
^
TCHOU DYNASTY.
(Gardner Coll.
1,
Obverse
Reverse.
(Con-otled.) M. Weight 547.
The usual thinness of metal in the specimens of this class precludes their practical
use as tools, and shows them to be sham spades or shovels made exclusively for ex-
change. The handle is still hollow, as in the genuine implements of husbandry, which
they imitate. They belong to the class generally called Pi-tch'an, or '< Spade-Money."
UNINSCRIBED CUERENCY.
(Gardner Coll.)
{Gardner Coll.)
2.
Obverse.
3.
Obvbese.
Reverse.
(Representative Specimen.) iE. Wt. 137.
Reverse : Plain, no rim nor marks.
(Representative Specimen.) M. Wt. 87.
Ornamented specimens are met with in Chinese collections (T.S.T., ff. 11 — 14).
A frequent name for pieces of these shapes is /^ ^ Ki'ao pi, or Bridge- Money, so
called from their appearance; but they are better known as "^ ^ ^ King sheh pi, or
Tingle-Dangle Money, from their resemblance to and former use as dangles of a
musical instrument.
TOHOU DYNASTY:
FEUDAL PERIOD AND CIVIL WAR PERIOD.
770—481—255 b.c.
INSCRIBED OUREENCY.
I. ^ f^ Pi-tcli'an, or Spade-Money.
Erom circa 680 B.C. to 350 B.C. ?
The rules established in 1032 b.c. regarding the weighing of metallic
currency (p. 1) seem to have remained more or less in abeyance. They
were put in force in the seventh cent. (b.c. 685-646) by the Duke Huan
of Ts'i (Shantung), then Leader Prince of the Chinese States, acting
under the advice of the celebrated Kwan-tze, his Prime Minister.
These rules led gradually to the habit of casting regular shapes
and sizes of constant weights. Money was not yet a governmental
prerogative. Private persons, as well as the King and the Princes, could,
and in fact did, issue metallic money. A great impetus was given to its
circulation by merchants, single or in partnership, private families, and
guilds of one or several towns. The exchange being generally limited to
the region of the issuers, they used on their currency to put as their
marks names of regions, places, families, individuals, or things. Twice
the Head of the Government tried to interfere, about 600 b.c. and in
523 B.C., to place the metallic currency on a different footing, but failed.
The shape of the Fi-tch'an is peculiarly interesting as a survival of an
implement of the Stone Age, known as the " shouldered celt," and proper
to South-eastern Asia, which has hitherto been found only in Pegu,
Cambodia (Tonl(^-Sap), and Central India (Chiitia Ndgpiir).
SPADE-MONEY.
A. With hollow handle. I. Square SHoatDERS. a. Larger size.
{Gardner Cull.) A
Obverse. * Eeveese.
m Kih, Lucky. No legend.
The handle "being corroded, the weight ought to be slightly reduced. iE. Wt. 435.
Several issues of this piece present the following variaata of character on
the obverse : —
i) t % ^
Eeverse unchanged.
The same type has been issued with many different legends, as follows, right or left
of the central down line : the reverse remains unchanged. They come under four
subdivisions^ according to their legend: —
1. Names and places of doubtful identification (on which see Introduction) : —
IWoTllTR'N'
ObDEE. RbADINQ-. IsraCRIPTlOIf. r-mi^va-r MsANINa.
(1)
Shang
^u$
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obdeb.
READIN&.
Insceipiion.
Mode UN
Chinese
(2)
Sung
1^ 1^
^
(3)
(4)
Trhou
King
^1
(5)
Wu
i°
^
(6)
Tti
? ?
•
(7)
Yii
fB
W
(8)
Wen
^
ift:
(9)
Tung
^(ii
1^
(10)
She
o
:^
(11)
Liu
©
(12)
Ts'iang
;H
(13)
Ki
1 Ti
W
(14)
Eo
I
:^
(16)
TcA'eng
ftl.Mc
^
(16)
Yu
m
(17)
Pao
"^
®
Mbahing.
SPADE-MONEY.
Oedisb.
Bbadinq.
Insobiption.
MODEEN
Chinese.
Meanikg.
(18)
Lih
7^ r°^
n
0
(19)
Lai
Ml
^
>}
(20)
Muh
1 ■
:^
7?
(21)
Poh
^ 6
&
}>
(22)
Tche
^
?J
(23)
Hiang
ISI^
i^
JJ
(24)
Hoh
fSi
^
J>
(25)
Y
II ^ ^ y
g?
Ji
(26)
8oh
t
2. Serial signs: —
BB
»
(27)
Yh
1 -
—
One
(28)
Erh
=
—
Two
(29)
Ban
==;
H
Three
(30)
Sze
i CD
pg
Four
(31)
Ww
X
B
Five
(32)
Luh
H X
/^
Six
(33)
Ts'ih
k^
-l:
Seven
(34)
Pah
^)i
A
Eight
(36)
Shih
\
+
Ten
8
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Oedee.
Reading.
iNSCHIPTIOIf.
MODEEX
CniKESE
MEANIKff.
(36)
Ping
/A
n
3d sign of the cycle
of 10.
(37)
Wu
'fe
)^
6tli of the cycle of 1 0.
(38)
Ki
s
e.
fithofthecycleoflO.
(39)
Sin
1
l^
^
8thofthecycleofl0.
(40)
Jen
i
i
9th of the cycle of 10.
(41)
Kwei
+
^
Last of the cycle of
10.
(42)
Tze
f
^
Istof thecycleof 12.
(43)
Mao
<)\
^i
4thofthecycIeofl2.
(44)
Wu
^
ri h
^
7thofthecycleofl2.
(45) Wei ^P ^ 8thofthecycleofl2.
y
(46) Siuh r^ ^ 11th of the cycle of 12.
,47) m.K,., -r- m *,t .lata ':?.he'
I T cycle of 10.
3. Various words, some of which may be geographical : the translations are
provisional : —
(48)
Heiig
'A
«
Going.
(49)
Ewa
^1:
fli
Exchangeable.
(50)
Pi
d
K
Measure.
Ordee. Resbino.
i^ Pei
(52)
(53)
Meu
Tchi
SPADE-MONEY.
llfSORIPTION.
var. §
MoDEBJf
Chinese.
f
M
(54)
Shang
EI
(55)
Tduen
ifi^
(56)
Tao
S)
(57)
Kung
'o' '&
(58)
Full
fl
(59)
Yh
n
(60)
Kung
I
(61)
Shang
±
(62)
Eia
T
(63)
Tien
6
(64)
T'u
±
(65)
Yu
f f
(66)
Sung
o
var. A)lC y l>
(67)
Ku
t
R
t
^
^
7J
S
^
I
±
T
±
Meaning-.
Shell.
Exchi
ansre.
Tearl.
Help.
Source.
Knife.
Duke.
Happiness.
Increase.
Work.
High.
Low.
Land.
Earth.
To.
Fir-tree.
Ancieiit.
c
10
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Oedee.
Readiij-g.
MODEBN
INSCBIPTION. OhIMSE.
Meanins.
(68)
Hou
J H
m
Earl.
(69)
Eao
^\
m
Lamb.
(70)
Trli'waiig
^ ^
w
Window.
(71)
Shell
i9 f^ 1^
'
Dwelling.
(72)
Fall
W ™'1^1 T
fJs
Attack.
(73)
K'iiin
^
^
^
Flock.
(74)
Kiiln
f^»'M
g
Chief.
(75)
Yang
¥
^
Sheep, Goat.
(76)
Yh
%l ^^^- $1
^
Change.
(77)
Nan
1
it
South.
(78)
Fei
^ut
#
Bad.
(79)
Mao
IS
Jl
Precious
token.
(80)
Tsang
$
«
Granary.
(81)
Nffai
X
^
Artemisia.
Oedeb.
READINa.
(82)
Keng
(83)
Tmh
(84)
Fah
(85)
Ting
(86)
Ho
SPADE-MONEY. n
Inscription.
MODEUN
Chinese. Meanino.
• ^
of
S Limit.
Toad.
or
A variant of (72) ?
-yf m Vase.
M Excliangeable.
(87) Shing ifc ^ Prognostic.
(88) Hwa /\ ^^ ^t» '^'^ '^^it Exchangeable.
V U a ^
(89) Mei jn^ /K M Excellent.
(90) Moh 3c * ^'"^•
(91) M iS * ^'^^P'
(92) Ts'ai ^ :^ Ability.
(93) Ymti T-y 9 Clouds.
4. Doubtful marks not identified ; —
^<^<\\( -T' ^ ^
2?e/«-e?ices:— KT.H.-S.T.H.— T.S.T.— H.P.W.T.K.
12
TCHOU DYKASTY.
I. 'rf|| $^ Pl-tclicin, or Spade-Money {continued).
A. With hollow handle. I. Square shodldees. h. Smaller size.
FIRST SERIES.
Obverse.
Reverse.
jfj ^ 'An Tchou. No legend.
[On this double name, see No. 6, p. 16.] M. Wt. 517.
Other coins of the same shape and about the same size have been issued as follows: —
Reverse.
Same, no legend.
Same, no legend.
Same, no legend.
Same, no legend.
Erferences .— K.T.H. % -j- ff. 2, 3, A.B.D.-S.T.H. jt Hi. 5, B.C.
H.P.W.T.K., k. 4, ff. 4, 5, B.A.
(94)
^ ^ Wen Pao
1C^
(95)
^ "^ Kao Kivan
(96;
One
—
(97)
Three
—
SPADE-MONEY.
13
(98)
JtC -MS
'An-Tsang.
'An's treasury.
SECOND SERIES.
Obverse. . Eeteese.
No legend.
M. Size X-6.
Several issues of this coin were made with sUght discrepancies in the symbols
caused by unskilled workmanship. They are, however, easily recognizable. Some
bear the legend on- the two sides.
(99)
Tsang
Treasury.
Obverse
II
Reverse.
Same as obverse.
M. Same size.
References .— K.T.H. ;7C -p ff. 1, 2, (94) and var.— S.T.H. H jl f f. 10, (94) andvar.
S.T.H. X - f. 4, (95).— H.P.W.T.K., k. 4, (94).
The same shape on a larger scale (2'3 in., handle exclusive), has been issued with
the following characters on the right side of the obverse : —
(100) te Wu
(101) ^ Ta
(102) ^ Kwei
and on the left side : —
(103) S Jen
(104) J^ 8iuh
$
- i
Warrior.
Great.
The last of the cycle of 10.
The 9th of the cycle of 10.
The 11th of the cycle of 12.
References .—The Author of S.T.H., H jl T 2"- 10> H. 12 leaves the symbols
undeciphered.
14
TCHOU DYNASTY.
(105)
I. ^ i^ Fi-tcKan, or Spade-Money {continued).
A. With hollow handle. II. Shooldkes down.
Obyeese. Reveese.
tr
Lu yh,
"Lu city.'
Only the ordinary three raised lines from
top to bottom^ and no legend.
M. Size 2.
Zm yhvfas situated S.E. of the modern Tchang tsing, g ^ hien, in Tsi nan fu ^ ^,
by 36° 40' and 1 17° 01' (W. Shantung).
Several varieties exist. The character is sometimes turned to the right instead of the
left. The discrepancies occur on the under character, which varies in form and is placed
always at the bottom, either to the left or to the right. Its various shapes are
(106)
^ -i" ^ o: a D
Reverse.
? If H ?
Ts'i san Mn
" Three kin of Ts'i
Obveese,
YY
:>. ^ i((l
Only the ordinary three raised Hnes, and
no legend.
lEi. Same size.
_ The discrepancies are unimportant in the varieties, and occur chiefly in the right
side character, always recognizable.
107)
Obveese.
^
^ 5}
(108) Obveese.
Smaller (size 1-7), with three
horizontal lines, H = 3-
Reveese.
Same as obverse.
M. Same size.
References:— K.Tl.B.. X + f- 5; 6, 7; 3-4, A. and var., B. and var., C. and var.— S.T.H,
•XZl f-o, C.and var.— H.P.W.T.K , k.4. f. 1,2,3, A. and var. C— T.S.T., k.21, f. 4.9, B
SPADE-MONEY. 15
I. ^ |g Pi-tch'an, or Spade-Money (continued).
A. With hollow handle. III. Shouldees up.
Pieces of the same shape and size as No. 1 (p. 2) bear the following marks on the
obverse : —
(109)
8e
-f
-t
Seven
(110)
?
O
+ ?
Ten (?)
M. Same size.
The same shape of a smaller size, without characters on the reverse, was issued
with the following obverses (upper right side) : —
(111) ^^'^ ^ -W] ^.^n
Tan H jg-r*'^^'^ iE.Si.e5-
Kan-tan was the capital of the state of Tchno ^ ; now answering to a Men in Kuang
p'ing (u, 36° 40' and 1 14° 40' in S. Tchihli.
(112) Yh — — One (The beginning of a series ?)
M. Size 5-4.
References .—A. : S.T.H., fl| it T f • 14--B. : S.T.H., H jl T f- 14. v.-C.
K.T.H., 5c + 0 f. 7.— D. : K.T.H., x + 0 f. 8.
16
TCHOU DYNASTY.
I- nf iM Pi-tch'an, or Spade-Money {continued).
B. With flat handle. (Dubious.)
Lookhart Coll.)
Obverse.
^ ^ 'An Tchou.
Kbveese.
No legend.
[Till? specimen seems to be an imitation of No. 5.]
M Wt. 287.
The double name suggests an issue made by two market cities in partnership for
that and probably other purposes, as mentioned hereafter, p. 32. The names indicate
apparently the cities of 'An-yh 7, and of P'ing-Tckou (236) ; see also (444).
SPADE-MONEY.
17
(113)
I- Hf 1^ Pi-tch'an, or Spade-Money (continued).
0. Two-legged.
Obvbesis. Reverse.
(=9t)
Tch'ui.
r^'
^
N^
y^ lull,
' Six.'
M. Size 1-95.
TcVwi is now Fuh Shan fg jlj Men (lat. 37° 33', long. 121° 35') in E. Shantung.
The figure on the reverse indicates probably a series, since the same obverse
was issued with the same reverse without it, as (114).
(114)
Kung.
Sometimes with
a small stroke
across the central
line, suggestive of
— yh, 'one,' the
beginning of a
series (?).
M. Same size.
References .— K.H.T. X — ff. 16, 17.— H.P.W.T.K., III., ff. 42, 43. The latter
reads the (113) obverse: |§.
D
18 TCHOU DYNASTY.
II. WEIGHT-MONEY.
Erom circa C80 B.C. to 327 B.C.
The Weight-Money was the regular outcome of the laws enacted hy
the Leader- Prince of the Chinese States, circa B.C. 680 (see p. 4 and
Introduction), hut we have no historical information ahout earlier emis-
sions than those represented here. In fact, beyond what is said by the
legends of the pieces, i.e. precious facts concerning the weights, and a
few names of places, very little is known. Even the latter names do
not give a positive and precise clue as to their dates except in case of the
destruction of places, as, for instance, P'u-fan 17 and Tsin-yang (133) in
302 B.C. Though previously in existence, the towns they indicate were
all included within the states of Wei ^ and Tchao ^ , which arose in
403 B.C., with that of Han, on the ruins of the former state of Tsin ^ .
The similarity of type of the pieces and several minor facts permit us to
suppose, with great probability, that those which form our series of Wei
were issued circa 375 b.c. As to those of our second series, that of
Tchao, we find a hint about their date in a statement of history.
Tchang-I 5^ 'f^ , who was Prime Minister in Tchao until 327 b.c, was
granted by his sovereign Su ^ (348-325 b.c.) the privilege of issuing
Kin-ma ^ ^ money. Such was one of the appellatives of this class
of currency. Another one was Pi-tch'eng-ma "f^ ^ ,%, or ' Riding
Money,' so called from its likeness of shape to that of a saddle. But
the oldest was Eia-ts'eh-ma M "^M '^ ' °^^ better Ts'eli-ma ^ ^% 'Slip-
Weight Money,' wlience Weight-Money.
■\VEIGHT-MONEY.
19
(115)
(I.) Series of TFei ^, circa 375 b.c
A. Round Shouldered.
Obverse,
One kin of Yii."
tef'
Reteksb.
Plain, without marks or lines.
JE. Size 2-0.
Yil was a small principality which was absorbed by Tsin about 654 B.C. It
answered to the modem Ping-luh 3^ ^ (lat. 34° 47', long. 111° 03'), S.-W. Shansi.
(116)
The symbol for ^ on the left and sr on the right. Discrepancies in shape of
signs are unimportant in all the issues. ^- Si™^ ^'^e.
(117)
Yil^ pan"^ hin,^
" Half Un of Yii."
P{\
/0\
Reverse plain, without marks or lines.
M. Size 1-7.
Reference .— K.T.H. % I., ff. 1, 2.
20
Gardner CoU.)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
7.
Obverse.
Zl' ^^ 'An'-yh^ er¥ kin.*
Reversb.
No marks nor lines.
m. Wt. 312.
The old town of 'An is now 'An-Yh hien (lat. 35° 05', long. 110° 58'), in Shansi.
See 5 and 6 above for older money of the same place.
{Gardner Coll.)
8.
Same legend as 7.
Reverse plain, no marks nor lines.
As preceding.
M. Wt. 325.
{Gardner Cull.)
WEIGHT-MONEY.
9.
21
Same legend as 7-
(118)
Same legend, but the implement
turned handle upwards, as (121).
(119)
Obverse upwards, same as (118).
(120)
'An-yh yh Jcin.
"OneAiOTof 'An-Yh."
u
Reveese,
Plain, no marks nor lines.
As 7, above.
M. Wt. 381.
In the middle ^ 'An, shaped as on
the obverse. Otherwise plain.
JE. Same size.
Reverse same as (118) and above, incuse
^ shaped as on reverse of (121).
M, Same size.
Reverse plain, no marks.
M Size 1-95.
22
(121)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obverse.
in a
Same legend
as (120).
(121 bis.)
'An-yh
yh-Mn.
Same legend as
above.
^.:
0
Eeveese.
r^
^ Kiu.
^ 'An.
M. Size 1-95.
' <^':
■An.
Same size.
References .— K.T.H. %, I., ff. Q, 9.— H.P.W.T.K. IL, ff. 1.2.
(Gardner Coll.)
(=^) ^, (=^)
55.
(= I?) (= #)
Liang^ kiu' km' yu^
erh-shih^ tang' liiehJ
i.e. " Kin-Yu (or cut-
ting-hoe) of Liang's trea-
sury ; 20 equal to a
liich."
Reveese : Plain, no marks nor round edges. -^- W- ^^4.
This legend has remained a stumbling-block for all the Chinese Numismatists,
On its decipherment, cf. the variants of (124) and (128), and see Introduction. Liang,
now Kai-fung |3 ^ of Kai-fung fu, in B. Honan, became the capital of Wei, in
365 B.C.
WEIGHT-MONEY.
23
{Gariher Coll.)
in
-^
^f
M
^vj-
m
+:::
Same legend as
preceding.
(122) Obteese.
Same as preceding.
(Gardner Coll.)
Reverse.
Plain, no marks nor
round edges.
M. Wfc. 365.
Reverse,
Plain. With ^ incuse in the centre,
shaped as on the obverse.
M. Size 2-30.
m
i?
^5
Reverse.
Plain, no marks nor
round edges.
Same legend as 7> with this exception, that the two figures 1 ~ are interverted _^ J
M. wt. 408.
24
TCHOU DYNASTY.
(123) Obverse.
Same as preceding 9 as to the lower
symbol on the right. The figures are
like those on 10 and 11.
Plain,
with
Reverse.
^^"x incuse
y in the centre.
M. Size 2-30.
(Gardner Coll.)
^fi
m
m
Same legend as 10.
m
m
sf
Same legend as 10
-n-
13.
Obveese.
Rbveese.
Plain, no marks nor
round edges.
(Representative Specimen.) IE. Wt. 205.
14.
Plain, no marks nor
round edges.
(Repregentative Specimen.) M. Wt. 272.
WEIGHT-MONEY.
25
(124)
t)BVERSK.
(= ^) (= m)
4>*
Liang ^ Mu' hin^ kin* tang^ liieh.'
i.e. " Kin metal of Liang's treasury equal to a liieh."
■n-
Keveese.
^ Klu,
' Treasury.'
M. Size 1-95.
(125)
Other issues, with slight diflferences on the obverse, have the incuse sign of the
reverse written thus ;
'f
M. Same size.
(126)
(127)
{=t)
(=15)
Obverse : Same.
1
Reverse : Plain.
jE. Same size
Obverse.
3
Liang ^ tcheng^ shang^ Jcin*
• tang^ liieh."
i.e. " Rightly-reckoned kin of Liang, to equal a liieh."
Reverse : Plain, no marks nor round edges.
jE. Size 2-15.
26
(128)
'^ n M
m ^ TE
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obverse. Reverse.
Plain, no marks nor round edges.
Same legend as (127).
JE. Size 2-5.
Remark the shape of the first symbol, which is a clue to the reading ^ for all
the class.
(129)
-^ 1^ m
i^ ^ JE
Reverse plain,
no marks nor round edges.
Same legend as (127).
JE. Size 2 3.
References :-K.T.R. % 1., ff. 3, 4; IX., f. 1.— H.P.W.T.K. II., ff. 5, 6.
15.
A corruption
of the above
leofend.
No
legend.
(Representative Specimeu.) 2E. Wt. 279.
(130)
WEIGHT-MONEY.
Obvekse.
2r
^^
Liang ^ pan' sJiang ' er/t * feim *
tang^ lueh.''
M. Size 1-7.
i.e. " Half of reckoned 2 fcw of Liang, to equal a Zwe/i/'
Revkkse ; Plain, no marks nor round edges.
Reference .— K.T B.. % I., fol. 4.
{Lockhart Cull.)
a
erh
Kin '
An
Yh
i.e., "An-yh,
two hin."
II. Weight-Money {continued).
(I.) Series of TFet, circa 375 B.C.
B. Sqdabe Shouldered.
16.
Obveese. Eeverse.
No legend.
Vid. No. 7, p. 20.
(Representative Specimen.) M. Wt. 146.
L'b
TCHOU DY^fASTY.
(L;.:kluirl Coll.)
17.
Obverse.
i=m)
P'u'-Fan'' yh' Mn,'
i.e. " One kin of
Fu-Fan."
This town, which was situate at 5 li S.-B. of modern P'u-tchan, in S.-W. Shansi,
was destroyed in 303 b.c.
Eevekse :
Plain, no marks.
Obvee
(Representative Specimen.) JE. Wt. 190.
(131)
BE.
Reverse.
2
illffl
Plain, no marks
Mei'
yh- kin,^
" One Ic
in of Mei."
•' •
M. Size 1-95.
Mei for Mei-yh f^: g, (see 317), a place in Wei ||, answering to modern Ki ^
(lat. 35° 38', long. 114° 21'), in N. Honan.
(132)
iif' '4' ^'
Mei ' pan ' hin,^
"Half A-mof
Mei."
M
Plain, no marks.
JE. Size 1-6.
Same place as preceding.
WEIGHT-MONEY.
29
(133) Obtei
{SE.
Tsin'-yang^ yh"
hin*
m
N
"One few of
— .
Tsin-yang."
/
11. WEIGHT-MONEY {continued).
(II.) Series of Tchao ^, circa 345 B.C.
Kevekse.
Plain, no marks.
M. Size 1-95.
Tsin-yang answered to modern T'ai-yuen ^ ^jg (lat. 37° 45', long. 112° 20'),
in Stansi. It waa destroyed in 303 B.C., at the same time as P'u-fan, 17.
(134)
The varieties are unimportant on the obverse. Some bear lines on the reverse,
which may be a series.
Reference .— K.T.H. % I., f. 13.
(135)
.2
Tch'm
• yh^ kin,' :
"OneUnoiTch'ai.":
:
Reverse plain, no marks.
M. S\xe 1-95.
Same town as (113) above. The varieties are unimportant.
30
TCHC
(136)
Obverse.
w
^'
— . 3
Yn' erh;
^^0
; ^ .^ '•
" ^An-Yn 2."
; — ; : :
TCHOU dy:nasty.
Rkveesb.
Plain, no marks.
JE. Size 1-95.
References .— K.T.H. % L, f. 11, 12 v.— S.K.T.H. ■% L, f. 3.— T.S.T. XXL, f. , 3 v.-
H.P.W.T.K., III., ff. 7, 38, 41.
ir. Weight-Money (continued).
(III.) Other Series.
(137)
Obverse.
Nieh hill,
" Kinoi'Nieh.
A
Reverse.
No variant
known.
JE. Size 2 8
Nieh She hien, or district of the Nieh clan, was a place in Shansi answering now
to Wu-Eiang ^ fp (lat. 36° 50', long. 112° 50'). See below (231, 442, 443).
References .--K.T.H., % I., ff. 6.— H.P.W.T.K., III., f. 15.
PU^MONEY. 31
III. PU-MONEY.
From the sixth to the third century b.c.
The ^ Pw-Money as represented in the following pages was
in circulation for a long period, viz., from the sixth to the third
century b.c. inclusive. In common with the Knife-Money, it was
superseded only when the round metallic currency of the Ts'in dynasty
was issued after 221 b.c. The dates cannot be ascertained otherwise
than from the occasional references which appear in history about some
of the names of places inscribed on the pieces. Eor instance, the
currencies which respectively bear the names of Wu (138), Yang- Yh
(14i), Tsin-Yang (476), Ping-Yang 20, (190), &c., cannot but be older
than the years 340, 316, 302, 234 b.c, &c., since those towns were thence-
forth either destroyed or differently named. While those of Ko- Yh 33,
(344), Siang-Yuen 18, (145), &c., must be later than 560, 320 b.c, &c.,
which are the dates of the building of these towns. It is the same
with the important currency of 'An-Yang 29, (340), which received
only this name in 257 b.c On the other hand, it seems that we
certainly have an indication of date for the currency of Kwan Tchung
37, (424), (460), capital city of Ts'in, in the historical statement
that in 337 b.c metallic pieces of money were issued for the first time
in the state of Ts'in by the King Hwei Wen. An examination of the
specimens confirms to a certain extent the fact that this sort of money
was current for several centuries. Por instance, the piece from Kou
(see 35) belongs to the time when the regular pattern with a reverse
was not yet generally adopted. So, too, with the specimen from Tun-
Liu 25, which has a reverse, but as yet no rim, while that from Ko-
Yh, which cannot be older than 560 b.c, has a rim without the usual
lines which ornament the reverses of later date.
The inscriptions are generally the work of unskilled hands, and some-
times present insurmountable diflB,culties in decipherment. They are
obviously written in the simplified and current writing of the people,
32
TCHOU DYNASTY.
often in defiance of the rules of calligraphy which a governmental
mintage would have respected ; so far they are very interesting in the
history of writing. The shapes of the Fti-Money are distinguished by
the squareness, roundness, or sharpness of the lower double parts, or the
roundness of the upper sides. These characteristics form a convenient
means of classification. They are degenerated from the old patterns of
the Spade-Money (see above, p. 4). Their name Pu ^, which means
' spread out,' was used in olden times for this money in the Ts'i State,
i.e. W. Shantung, a region already pointed out as conspicuous in the
infancy of Chinese currency.
The weights of these pieces are rather irregular; but their sizes
indicate a regular scale of 1"650, 1'815, 1980.
Historically the geography of the P^-Money is full of significance.
Confined as itis to the region corresponding to the modern pro-
vinces of Shansi, E. Shensi, N, Honan, E. and S. Tchihli, N. Kiangsu,
and Shantung, the collection described in the following pages confirms
the still small area at that time of the Chinese agglomeration. The
pieces which bear several names (see below, 38, 442-453, 478, 479) are
interesting from another aspect. They disclose a system of monetary
relations between several towns at some distance from one another,
which is most suggestive of associations in trade. The names of some
fourteen places, probably as many marts, appear on the legends. Their
relative positions in Shantung, Shansi and Honan indicate old trade-
routes, about which more is said in the Introduction.
(I.) Square footed. A. Square .shouldeeed. a. Single names.
(138)
IB
Wu
Obveese.
a
tl
V
Z
Reveese.
/\
No legend.
M. Size 1-8
TFm, near ^ ^ Kiai-Mu Lien (lat. 37° 05', long. Ill" 51'), E. Shansi. This
currency is anterior to 340 B.C., from which year the name of Wa was changed into
that of Shang "^ .
PU-MONEY.
33
(139)
Obveese.
In the different issues the left cha-
racter only shows discrepanciesji as
follows : —
1 a S 4 6 6
7 8 9 10 H 13
? r (? i? I' r
(140)
(141)
Same legend.
Left character as 8.
Same legend.
Left character as 5.
(142)
jU (Reversed.)
Wu
n
(143)
The other issues present only dis-
crepancies on the right-hand side cha-
racter, as follows : —
2 3
'i 1 rl 1^
Reverse.
Same as (138).
JE. Size 1-8.
- yh, '1.'
On the right lower centre.
^. Same size.
+ shih, ' 10.'
On the left lower centre.
M. Same size.
0
A
pah, '8.'
M. Same size.
Same as (138).
M. Same size.
iie/erences .—H.P.W.T.K. III., f. 31.— K.T.H. %~.,S.&, 7.— S.T.H. %—,i. 1 v.-
S.T.H. Po-Y Ji, f. 9.— K.K.S.K.L., k. I., f. 20.
F
TCHOU DYNASTY.
(144)
Obverse.
-yh Yang-
m'
RlVEESE.
No legend.
M. Size 1-66.
Yang-yih ^ g, was a city in Wei ^, whicli kept its name until 316 B.C., when it
was changed into that of Ho-yung JpJ ^ ; modern Tai-ku ::fe ^ in Tai-Yuen f u
(lat. 37° 25', long. 112° 33'), in Shansi.
Several specimens present only small differences.
Beferences .— K.T.H. % Z, f- 12,— S.T.H. Po-y ±, f. 7; X !•, f- 9.
iGurdiier Coll.)
18.
No legend.
\Vt. 95.
Siang-ynen was built about 320 B.C. It is still the name of a district north of
Lu-'an fu fj^ ^ (lat. 36° 27', long. 113° 06'), in Shansi.
(145)
-yuen Siang-
^1
2H
No legend besides
the usual three
lines.
2E. size 1-8.
PU-MONEY.
35
(146)
Obverse.
The varieties of the left-hand side
character are not numerous^ the prin-
cipal being as follows : —
ASS
il iB ti
Those of the right-hand side character
are principally the following : —
ft ^A if it- yy.
6 7 8
\Hi ^^ ^y
(147)
(148)
(149)
Same legend as (145).
Unimportant variety.
Same legend as (145)
Unimportant variety.
Same legend as (145).
Unimportant variety.
Revebse.
Same as (145).
No legend.
^i
M. Size 1-8.
- yh, 'I.'
M. Same size.
Zl erh, '2.
M. Same aize.
^ san, '3.
iE. Same size.
36
(150)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obveese.
Same legend as (145).
Unimportant variety.
(151)
Same legend.
(152)
Same legend as (145).
Unimportant variety.
(153)
Same legend
as (145).
m
s
(154)
Same legend as (145).
Unimportant variety.
(155)
Same legend as (145).
Unimportant variety.
.
'
\....
\l
>(i
/
\
-^ luh, 'Q.'
M. Size 1-8.
^ ts'ih, ' 1.'
M. Same size.*
A pah, ' ^.'
M. Same size.
■jl, Jem, '9.'
-p shih-_, ^Q ;
•j[j kin.
JE. Same size.
+ sMh, '10.'
JFj. Same size.
-f* shik- , j„ ,
M. Same size.
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(156) Obverse.
Same legend as (145).
Unimportant variety.
(157)
Same legend
as (145).
(158)
Same legend
as (145).
m?,
%
f
Reverse.
l\
/
x
JE. Size 1-8.
JE. Same size.
•f; luh, '&:
JE. Same size.
(159)
Same legend
as (145).
(160)
Same legend
as (145).
It
Same as (145).
No legend.
M. Same size.
I|
erh, "2.:
M. Same size.
38
(161)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obveese.
Ja Yuen
il
Revekse.
[Piobably a reduction of the preceding.]
yh, 'V
E,. Size 1-8.
Ee/erewces.— K.K.S.K.L.,k.I.,f. 12.— K.T.K., x I'^v ff- H, 12.— S.T.H., %1., f. 16.
T.S.T., k. XXL, f. 28.— H.P.W.T.K., k. III., f. 24.— S.T.H., Po-Y, T, ff- 1, 2.
(Gardner Coll.)
19.
^ m
-he Tchang-
No legend.
Tchang-tze, in the state of Tchao, is now a district of Lu'-an
long. 112° 50% in Shansi.
M. Wt. 77.
^ fu (lat. 36° 05',
(162)
-tze Tchang-
'T'V
No legend.
X.. Size 1-8.
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(163) OliVERSE.
On the different issues the left-hand
side chai'acter is nearly alike, but the
right-hand one presents the following
varieties : —
*T ^^'^^^
e 7 8 9 10
*; )iT fe « ^
11 12 13
*;
Keveese.
Same as (162).
No legend.
M. Size 1-8.
References .— K.T.H., % IV., f. 4.— T.S.T. XXI., f. 27.— K.KS.K.L. I., ff. 14, 15 —
S.T.H., x I., f. 14.— S.T.H., Po-y Ji, f. 14.— H.P.W.T.K., III., f. 19.
(164)
-tu Tchung-
^h
^fi
7
\
No legend, but the
usual three lines.
M. Same size.
Tchung-tu, which was a place in Lu ."§. , is now a district north-west of modern
P'ing-yao hien 2p ^ , C. Shansi.
(165)
-tu Tchung-
Same legend.
Reverse as (164).
M. Same size
40
TCHOU DYNASTY.
(166) Obverse.
Reverse,
-tu Tchung-
Same legend.
M
Reverse as (164).
JE. Size 1-8.
(167)
-tu Tchung- \
Same legend. ;
1
A:
Reverse as (164).
1
^. Same size
(168)
-tu Tchung-
•'TV
^
: Reverse as (164).
Same legend.
■Si \
•. 1 .■
JE. Same size
(169)
-tu Tchung-
Same legend.
y)
a?
Reverse as (164).
JEi. Same size
(170)
1 '
-tu Tchung-
Same legend.
1
4>
Reverse aa (164).
M. Same size.
PU-MONEY.
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(171)
Obveese.
-tu Tchung-
Same legrend.
(172)
-tu Tchung-
Same legend.
(173)
-tu Tchung-
Same legend.
(174)
-tu Tchung-
Same legend.
(175)
-tu Tchung-
Same legend.
%^
.4
t
^
Reverse.
Reverse as (164).
JEi, Same size.
Reverse as (164).
M. Same size.
Reverse as (164).
M. Same size.
Reverse as (164).
M. Same size.
Reverse as (164).
M. Same size.
G
42
(176)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obverse.
-tu Tchung-
Same legend.
(177)
-tu Tchung-
Same legend.
(178)
-tu Tchung-
Same legend.
(179)
-tu Tcfnmg-
Same legend.
(180)
-tu Tchung-
Same legend.
m
s
<!p
i
X
Eeveese.
Reverse as (164).
/
^
^>:
^
w
I
.1:
&. Same size.
yh, ' 1.'
J&. Snme size.
- yh, 'V
M. Same size.
J&. Same size.
55; WM, '5.'
J&, Same size.
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43
(181)
Obverse.
-tu Tchung-
Same legend.
(182)
-tu Tchung-
Same legend.
(183)
-tu Tchung-
Same legend.
(184)
-tu Tchung-
Same legend.
(185)
-tu Tchung-
Same legend.
I
y
i
m
I
iv
I
Reverse.
h..
A
I -
^
II
i;, luh, '&.'
M. Size 1-8
5^ lull, '&:
JE. Same size.
5^ luh, '6.'
J&. Same size.
A po'lh '8.'
2&. Same size.
jl kill, '9.'
^. Same size.
44
TCHOU DYNASTY.
(186)
-tu Tchung-
Same legend.
Obverse.
^
Revkese.
No legend.
Same as (164).
.«;. Size 1-8
Ecfereiires:—K.'V.-R. jQ IV., ff. 1,2.— S.T.H. % I , ff . 13, 14— S.T.H. Po-y Ji ,
ff. 12, 13.— H.P.W.T.K. III., ff. 31, 32.-K.K.S.K,L. I., f. 13.— T.S.T. XXL,
ff. 16, 17.
(187)
(=JPl5)
V
%
l\
A (?)
pah,
■ eio^lit.'
yE. Size 1-65.
Ki is still a hien in T'ai-yuen fu ;;{c i^ (lat. 37° 23', long. 112° 18'), in Shansi. '
The varieties of the different issues are unimportant. No series are known to
have been issued.
(188)
Same legend
reversed.
Same as (187).
M. Slime size as (187).
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(189) Obverse. Reverse.
Same legend. ~ erh, '2/
Unimportant variety. * [ Placed on the right lower centre.
M. Size 1-69.
References .— K.T.H X H , ff- 8, 9.— H.P.W.T.K. k. III., f. 33, v. 34.
-yang P'ing-
20.
No legend.
JE. Wt. 89.
P'ing-yang was made the capital of Han |^ in 41 9 B.C. It subsequently belonged
to the state of T'chao ^", and was conquered in 234 B.C. by the Prince of Ts'in ^,
who called it Ho-tung. It is now P'ing-yang (lat. 36° 06', long. 111° 33'), in Shansi.
{Gardner Coll.)
21.
-yang P'ing-
Variant of the legend on 20.
No legend.
M Wt. 69.
46
(Gardner Coll.)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
22.
Obveese.
-yang P'ing-
Variant of the legend on 20.
{Gardner Cull.)
-yang P'ing-
Variant of tlie legend on 20.
23.
Reveesb.
Same as 20,
No legend.
M. Wt. 81.
Same as 20.
No legend.
M. Wt. 100.
(190)
The variants of legend are very numerous, though always recognizable except in
the following divergencies of the right-hand side symbol, Ping 2js : — •
i a O '±
i J i> a>
The reverses without change, and the
size about the same.
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(191)
Obveese.
-yang P'ing-
Same as 20.
(192)
(=11)
-yang P'ing-
Variant of the legend on 20.
(193)
-yang P'ing-
Same legend as 20, with slight
difference.
Reverse.
Reverse with three lines, and on the
upper part — yh, ' one.'
JE. Size 1-8.
Reverse plain, no lines nor marks.
jE. Size 1- 65.
Reverse plain, no lines nor marks.
M. Size 1-65.
(194)
P'ing yang.
Same as 20.
Reverse with three lines, as 20.
M,. Size 1-8.
References ■.—K.'Y.E.. % II., ff. 1-4.— T.S.T. XXL, ff. 11, 12.— S.T.H. x L, ff. 7, 8;
Pu-y. -t , ff- 1-3.— S.T.S.T. I., f. 9.— H.P.W.T.K. III., ff. 22, 23.
48
TCHOU DYNASTY.
24.
Obvbese.
Tze T\
Ebteese.
No legend.
M. Wt. 93.
P'wf^e, HOW Sieh ^ (lat. 36° 40', long. 110° 56'), in West Shansi. It was con-
quered from Wei |^ by the Prince of Ts'in in 237 b.c.
The differences in the varieties are vpry slight.
References :—K.1.B.., % IV. f. 4.— T.S.T. XXI., f. 27.— H.P.W.T.K. TIL, f. 17.
(195)
'tu. Kao- .'vtl
^
tJ
No legend.
M. Size 1-75
Kao-tw, or " high town/' in the state of Wei ^ , was conquered by Tchao Wang
of Ts'in in 303 B.C. It was N.B. of the modern Feng-tai (lat. 35° 30', long. 1 1 2° 50'),
in South Shansi.
(196)
-tu Kao-
Same legend.
Same reverse as (195).
No legend.
JE. Same size.
PIJ-MO]^EY.
49
(197) Obverse.
-tu Kao- yV yAt^
Same legend.
(198)
-tu Kao-
Same legend.
(199)
■tu Kao-
Same legend.
(200)
Kao-tu.
Same legend in-
verted.
J^/BV
(201)
Kao-tu.
Same legend.
1-7 -0-
^^ r-rj
'5V
LL.V
f^
Eeveese.
Same reverse as (195).
No legend.
JE. Size 1-8.
Same reverse as (195).
No legeijd.
JE. Same size.
Same reverse as (195).
No legend.
M. Snme eiz^.
\
No legend.
JE. Same size.
Eeverse as (200) .
JE. Same size.
H
50
(202)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obverse.
/s.
Kao-tu. ^^ '"f^
Same legend. /S^ M 1
Reverse.
Reverse as (200) .
JE. Size 1-8.
(203)
Kao-tu.
Same legend.
^
Reverse as (200).
First symbol as on (202)
>(J
JE. Same size
(204)
Kao-tu.
Same legend.
FIX
Reverse as (200).
JE. Same size
(205)
Kao-tu.
Same legend.
/H\ O'^
Reverse as (200).
M. Same size.
(206)
Kao-tu.
1:^
Reverse as (200).
Same legend.
rei ^
JE. Same size.
(207)
Kao-tu.
Same legend.
Reverse as (200).
JE. Same size.
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(208) Obverse,
Kao-tu. -^ ^^
Same legend. ■'^ y \
Reverse.
Reverse as (200) .
JE. Size 1-8.
(209)
Kao-tu. X^ N/V
Same legead.
'^
¥
Reverse as (200).
i. Same size.
References :—R.V.W.T.K. III., f. 25.— K.K.S.K.L. I., f. 13.— K.T.H. % IV.,
ff. 3, 4.— S.T.H. Pu-y ± f. 13; x ^■> f- 14.
(210)
mi E2i
Tchi yh.
u
No legend.
m. Size 1-75.
^ g^ Tchi yh; modern Fun-Si f^ W tien in P'ing-yang fu (lat. 36° 40',
long. 111°32'), in SLansi.
(211)
The varieties are extensive as far as
tlie left-hand side character is concerned;
the right one is nearly alike in all the
issues. Here are the principal varieties
of the former : —
6 6 7 8 9
All the reverses are as above.
M. Same size.
52
(212)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obverse.
Tchi yh.
Same legend.
1
I
(213)
The only difference consists in the left-
hand side character, drawn as this :
Tchi yh.
Same legend.
(214)
Same legend, with this
variety of the left cha-
racter :
(215)
Same legend, with this
variety of the left cha-
racter :
(216)
I
Tchi
Reverse.
\
- i/A, '1.'
M^. Size 175.
ZerA,'2.'
^. Same eize.
+ sldh,, ' 10.'
M. Same size.
Reverse as (214).
3Si. Same size.
Reverse as (210).
M. Same size.
Beferenceg ;— K.T.H. ^ H ff- 5, 6.— S.T.H. Po-y ±, f. 9 ; X — , f. 1 1 .
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(217)
Obvebse.
^
a
-she
Tze:
^
+
fun.
shih
ML
S.EVEBSE.
:\
yh,
• one.'
M. Size 1-8.
i.e. ' Ten fun of Tze she,' otherwise Tze clan. Tze-she hien was the name of a
district in Tai-yuen Kiun under the Han dynasty (centre of modern Shansi). It
belonged formerly to the state of Tsin § , and during the civil wars to that of
Tchao m.
(218)
Same legend,
incomplete.
(219)
Same legend.
(220)
Tze she
shih fun
Same legend as (21 7),
inverted.
: »-••■■.
]\n
;7<.A j_
; r/ HI
JV
)i
; J.... J 1
fel
Reverse as (217).
erh,
' two.'
M. Same size.
luh,
M. Same size.
y'l.
^. Same size.
54
(221)
TCHOU DYJJASTY.
Obvekse.
Same as (220).
)a(|
Eeveese.
A
pah,
'eight.'
M. Size 1-8.
(222)
i li
Same as
(223)
(220).
M
H '3'
jE. Same size.
1
Same as (220).
M
3 san
' thirty.'
• V
M. Same size.
References : — K.T.H. 7
(224)
: III., ff. 12— 14.— ^
vhere(217)fuUlge
med ]
s read: ^ J^ A -ti
...[ i/
Same legend,
^88 VI
Reverse
plain.
without lines
or marks.
incomplete. •
iE. Same size.
(225)
Same legend,
incomplete.
n
Reverse plain,
without lines or marks.
M. Same size.
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(226)
Obveese.
-yn
Ta-
Reveese.
No legend nor
central lines.
Perhaps yh, 'one.'
M. Size 1-75.
Ta-yn ^ |^ , tbe same (?) as Yn |^ in Tsin § territory, mentioned by the Tso-
Tchuen in 490 B.C., in Shansi. See below (455).
(227)
Slight variety.
-yn Ta-
Same legend as (226) .
X
ji wu, ' 5.'
M. Same size.
(228)
Slight variety.
-yn Ta-
Same legend as (226).
+
+ shik, '10.'
iB. Same size.
The figures show that issues were made from 1 to 10.
(229)
it
Ta
m
yn
Same legend,
inverted.
Perhaps yh, ' 1.'
M. Same size.
56
(230)
i^
Ta
m
yn
TCHOU DYNASTY.
f^/
Reverse.
II
% hiu, ' 9.
IE. Size 1-75.
References .— K.T.H. ^ZLJ. 14.
(231)
Tie ^
Nieh.
■: I
ill
No legend.
M. Same size.
Nieh for iV^e^ sAe hien, now Wu-hiang, in Shansi. See (137).
(232)
Same legend as (231).
Same signs inverted.
Reverse same as (231).
Mt. Same size.
(233)
Nieh.
Same legend as (231).
(234)
Nieh.
Same legend as (231).
|;((
Reverse same as (231).
M. Same size.
Reverse same as (231).
M. Same size.
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(235) Obveese.
Other varieties in different issues
belong to the three preceding types
Rbvekse.
Reverse same as (231).
M. Size 1-75
i?e/erences .— K.T.H. % IV. ff. 16, 17.— H.P.W.T.K. III., f. 15 v.—
S.T.H. X I-. f- 16 V-
(236)
m ^
-Tchou Ping-
m
Ir^
No legend.
^. Size! '85.
Ping-Tchou was conquered on the state of Wei |^ by that of Ts'in, in 320 e.g.
It was situate in the district of Kiai-hiu ^ f;^ in Pun-tchou fu (lat. 37° 05', long.
111° 51'), in W. Shansi.
(237)
-Tchou Ping-
Variant of the
legend on (236).
1 :
•.
-
ii;
rr sze, ' four.'
(=E3)
^. Same size.
(238)
Ping- Tchou
Variant of the
legend on (236).
I ....\7
I ..
m
m;
_^ erh, ' two.'
M. Same size.
I
58
(239)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obveese.
Ping-
Tchou
|>I<
Same legend as (236) simplified.
(240)
(241)
(242)
Ping-
Tchou.
I II
($1
Variant of the legend on (236).
(243)
Ping-
Tckou.
Reverse.
Keverse same as (236).
No legend.
M. Size 1-85
Ping-
fid
Tchou.
Variant of the lege
Qd on (236)
— yh, ' one.
M. Same size.
i 1 1 ;....
.J 1 L...
Ping-
Tchou.
1
• >« «i ■
Variant of the leg
end on (236)
,
z: sze, ' four.'
(=0)
]&. Same size.
^
A^ fee, ' seven.'
M. Same size.
i \ 1 .
:> ^
/ \XI
/V jJa/i, ' eight.'
M. Same size.
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(244)
Obverse.
Variant of the legend on (236).
Ping-
Tchou.
(245)
Ping-
Tchov^
J I li..
Br,
Variant of the legend on (236).
(246)
Ping-
Tchou.
..V /A.
>T<1
Variant of the legend on (236).
(247)
Ping-
Tchou.
•■>I<
Variant of the legend on (236)
(248)
Ping-
Tchou.
1^'
Variant of the legend on (236).
Reverse.
\y\
li
I ■ fl
1
5C
•jl^ kiu, ' nine.'
M. Size 1-85
No legend.
M. Same size.
^ san, ' three.'
JE. Same size.
3t wu, ' five.'
M. Same size.
7V J3a^, ' eight.'
JE. Same size.
GO
(249)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obveese. Eeveese.
Ping-
Tchou.
+ \
-f- shih, 'ten.'
Variant of the legend on (236) . ^- Size 1-85.
References :-K.T.R. % HI, ff. 17-19.
(250)
^
-she
#
( = 3
fff5
/.\
No legend
.a;. Size 1'80.
Y-she 3f ^ . Same modern name in P'u-tcliou fu (lat. 35° 11', long. 110° 43'),
in Shansi.
Ee/emice .— K.T.H. % III., f. 17.
(251)
Ifingr tze
m,
Ti;
No legend.
iE. Size 1-8.
ilfiw^ ^|) was near An-yh hien, in S.-W. Shansi.
Reference .— K.T.H. X E . f- 5.
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(262)
Obverse.
-she P'i-
i
Rbveksb.
Usual symbolical lines.
M. Size 1-75.
e. P'i-she, now Uo-tsin ^rI ■# hien (lat. 35° 38', long. 110° 46'), in S.-W. Shansi.
(253)
While the symbol ^
mains unchanged, the
re-
^t
Reverse as (252).
presents these variants
T r
M. Same size.
(254)
. -she P'i-,
Reverse as (252),
Same legend.
•
M. Same size.
(255)
-she P'i-
^i
Reverse as (252) .
Same legend.
t
f
M. Same size.
(256)
-she P'i-
Same legend.
Reverse as (252).
M. Same size.
62
(257)
TCHOU DYNASTY,
-she P'i-
Sanie legend as (252.)
r^
Pf
(258)
-she P'i-
Same legend.
Same signs as (257).
(259)
-she P'i-
Same legend.
Same signs as (252).
Eeveese.
— yh, ' one.'
M. Size 1-75.
't\
-p shih, ' ten.'
M. Same size.
/^ luh, ' six.'
M. Same size.
iile/erewces .— K.T.H., ^ HI., f. 16.— S.T.H., Po-y, Jl, f. 11.— H.P.W.T.K., III.,
f. 22.— T.S.T. XXI., f. 29.— K.K.S.K.L., I., f. 19.
(260)
m ^^
-E'uh Feh-
I
No legend.
M Size 1-8.
Peh-K'uh, modern "g Kih-tchou and ;/^ ^ Taning hien (lat. 36° 06' and 36° 30',
long. 110° 35' and 110° 43'), in S.-W. Shausi.
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(261)
Obyeese.
On the difEerent issues the right-hand
character is almost alike, with th^ excep-
tion of the two small horizontal side
strokes, which are seldom visible. The
left-hand character presents many va-
riants ; the main differences are as
follows :
12 3 4 5*7
Eevekse.
No legend.
Reverses as (260) .
(262)
Same legend, inverted ; the
right-hand side character as this . ^.
i
M. Size 1-8.
No legend.
Reverse as (260).
JD. Same size.
References .— K.K.S.K.L. L, f. 14.— K.T.H. JQ- t 15.-S.T.H., Po-y ±, f. 15.-
S.T.H. ^ 0 f • 5.— H.P.W.T.K. III., f. 18.
(263)
Shou Ma
yh
VT/
:o : :
i9.i '':■■.''■■
m
No legend, but the
usual three lines.
M. Size 1-75.
Ma Shou yh, or " City of the Horse's head ;" modern % ^ Shou- Yang (lat. 37° 55',
long. 113° 10'), in P'ing-ting tchou, B. Shansi.
(264)
-Shou Ma-
yh
Same legend.
O
0
Reverse as (263).
M. Same size.
64
TCHOU DYNASTY.
(265)
Obverse.
-Shou Ma-
yh
Same legend as (263) .
(266)
-Shou Ma-
yh
Same legend.
(267)
-Shou Ma-
yh
Same legend.
(268)
-Shou Ma-
yh
Same legend.
(269)
-Shou Ma-
yh
Same legend.
.
,
1
^
•O:'.
/<?>..•' •...-■.
m
0/
^
Eeveese.
Reverse as (263).
M. Size 175.
Reverse as (263).
M. Same size.
Reverse as (263) .
M. Same size
Reverse as (263).
JE. Same size.
Reverse as (263).
JE. Same size.
PU-MONEY.
65
(270)
Obvbbse.
-shou Ma-
-yh
Same legend as (263).
O
o ,
(271)
-shou Ma-
-yh
Same legend.
(272)
-shou Ma-
-yh
Same legend.
(273)
f
jRy
i.
+
-shou
Ma-
-yh.
shih
al4
:o
Revbkse.
Reverse same as (263).
M. Size 1 75.
in
^ san, ' three.'
M. Same size.
Reverse same as (263) .
M. Same size.
.
I\
:-o/
m
p\
^ san. ' three.'
i.e. "Ma shou city, 10."
J&. Slime she.
(274)
.% '^
Ma-
shou-
-yh
^
■ o
Same legend as (263) inverted.
Reverse same as (263).
JFu Same size.
K
66
(275)
Ob
VEESI
Ma-
shou
-yh
-
Same legend
as (274).
(276)
Ma-
shou
-yh
Same legend
as (274).
(277)
Ma-
shou-
mg
t
-shi/i.
-yh-
+
a
i.e. "Ma-shou
city,
10."
TCHOU DYNASTY.
m
Reverse.
Reverse same as (263).
M. Size 1-75.
^1^
.. . , O
■ O
/''A
TV pah, ' 8.'
JE. Same size.
o
. o
>
<
A pah, '8.
^. Same size.
References .—K.T.B.. % IV., fF. 8, 9.— S.T.H. Po-y ±, f. 15.— H.P.W.T.K. k. III.,
f. 24.-K.K.S.K.L. k. I., f. 16.
25.
The two out-
ward crescent
lines figure,
perhaps, j\
pah, 'eight.'
The central
line is orna-
mental.
M. Vi't. 232.
It is still the name of a hien, written ifi lai i" Lu-'an fu (lat. 36° 15', long. 112°
46'), in S.-E. Shansi.
-I'm. Tun-
PU-MOISEY.
67
(278)
The varieties exhibit six variants of
the right-hand symbol : — *
12 3 16 6
Rbveese.
The two lines sideways are slanting
outwards, instead of being curved.
M. Same size.
Reference .— K.T.H. % IV., ff. 7, 8.
(279)
Kiao.
*
+
+
shih,
'ten.'
M. Size 1-80.
Kiao was a place on the borders of Tsin ■§ and Tchou J^ , of which the exact
localization has not been ascertained.
Be/erewce ;— S.T.H. % 1., f. 17.
(280)
yh, 'one.'
mm
(=B)
■; -
- :
\ F
^
\b.
[^
No legend.
.ffl. Size 1-8.
'^ = 'i^ Lu; once an independent small principality near the state of Wei ^ ,
now Lu-'an (lat. 36° 07', long. 113° 13'), in S.-E. Shansi.
68
(281)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obverse.
Lu
Same as (280).
(282)
Lu
Same as (280).
(283)
u...
E^
■??
Lu
Same as (280),
on the right only.
■«
(284)
Lu
Same as (280),
on the left only.
Reverse.
Yti.
M. Size 1"8.
Reverse same as (280).
No legend.
M. Same size.
Reverse same as (280).
No legend.
M. Same size.
Reverse same as (280).
No legend.
M, Same size.
References :—K.T.E. % IV., fiF. 15, 16.— H.P.W.T.K., III., S. 20 v., 21.
PU-MONEY.
(285) Obveese. Revbese.
G9
Tchung yh.
4"
\i
No legend.
M. Size 1-75.
Ee/erence .—K.T.H., % III, f. 10 «.
(286)
(?)
(=15)
Yen ling.
t
P
1
No legend.
Only the three usual lines, downwards.
M. Size 1-8.
Previously Tching-yh ^ g^ , and still Yen-ling, in K'ai fung fu (lat. 34° 10', long.
1 14° 21'), in Honan. Not the same as (289).
(287)
Variant of the legend
on (286).
^.1
^^
No legend.
Only the three usual lines, downwards.
M. Same size.
References i—KJY.-R., % IV., f. 13.— H.P.W.T.K., III., f. 32.
70
(288)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obveese.
i=m {=m
-Tsao. Suan-
i
Revbesb.
No legend.
Only the usual three lines, downwards.
M. Wt. 1-75.
Sucm-Tsao, a place in Wei |^ , conquered by Ts'in in 242 B.C. Now Yen-tsin ]
a district in Wei-hui fu (lat. 35° 10', long. 114° 20'), in N. Honan.
Reference .— H.W.P.T.K., III, f. 34.
(289)
a
Tching.
V
7
U
.H
No legend.
M. Same size.
Tching, or Sin Tching, still a district in K'ai.fung fu (lat. 34° 26', long. 113° 56'),
in Honan.
Reference .— K.T.H. III., f. 9.
(290)
(=TP)
Yii
V
iV
n
No legend.
Only the three usual lines downwards.
Size 1-65.
Yii, previously a small independent principality, was a town of Tching
(in Honan), during the Civil Wars period.
Reference : K.T.H. % III., f. 2.
PU-MONEY.
71
(291)
Obteese.
Y-yang.
^
3
Eeveese.
No legend.
M. Size 1-65.
i. e. North of the Y f^ river ; answers to modern Y-yang bien (lat. 32° 12', long.
112° 30'), in Ju tchou, in C. Honan.
Reference :—K.T}M. x, II., f. 11.
(292)
Y-yang.
(293)
-yang,
. Y-
(31
^^
(fll
/I\
No legend.
M. Size 2-0.
No legend.
Reverse same as (292).
M. Size 1-65.
Y-yang g ^, answering to Y-yang hien (lat. 34° 31', long. 112° 10'), in Honan fu.
Reference .— K.T.H. ^j H , f. 11.— S.T.H. H it ± , f. 7.
72
TCHOU DYNASTY.
26.
Liang-yh,
Obverse.
Reverse.
No legend.
JE,. Wt. 91.
i.e. 'Liang city:' see above, p. 22, No. 10. It was the capital of Wei || after
365 B.C.
27.
Liang-yh.
Same as
above.
Obverse.
Reverse.
No
legend.
(Representative siicL-imen.) M. W.. 152.
PU-MONEY.
73
(294) Obverse.
a m
•yh. Liang-
V
T
Reverse.
No legend.
M. Size 2-0.
The variants on the different issues are unimportant.
(295)
Liang-yh.
Same legend, inverted, i.e. from left to
right.
Reverse as (294).
Issues of two sizes, JE. 2-0 and 1'8.
(296)
Liang-yh.
Same legend as (294), inverted.
Same reading as
obverse.
JE. Size 1-8.
(297)
Liang-yh.
Same legend as (294), inverted.
I
Same reading as
obverse.
^. Same size.
L
74
(298)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obverse.
Liang -yh.
Same legend as (294),
incomplete.
1 •-
V
1
Reverse.
No legend.
Reverse as (294).
JE. Size 1 8.
(299)
-yh. Liang-
Same legend as (294) ;
tlie first symbol
turned over.
T
No legend.
Reverse as (294).
JE. Size 1-65.
References .— K.T.H. %,lll., fF. 2, 3.-T.S.T., XXL, f. 25— H.P.W.T.K., III.,
ff. 3i, 35.
(300)
Lu-yang.
XD
I
No legend, only the
ordinary three lines
downwards.
M. Size 1-8.
Lu-yang, in the Han |f state, was conquered by that of Wei ^ in 381 B.C.
Now Lu-shan # jlj (lat. 33° 50', long. 112° 51'), in N. Honan. See below (458).
The varieties are numerous.
(301)
Lu-yang.
Variant of same
legend.
Reverse as (300).
M. Same size.
PU-MONET.
75
(302)
Obverse.
Lu-yang.
Variant of same
legend.
f;
Reveese.
Reverse as (300).
M. Size 1-8.
(303)
Lu-yang.
Variant of same
legend.
23
Reverse as (300) .
M, Same size.
(304)
Lu-yang.
Variant of same
legend.
Reverse as (300).
^. Same size.
(305)
Lu-yang.
Variant of same
legend.
(306)
Lu-yang,
Variant of same
legend.
I
Reverse as (300).
^. Same size.
Reverse as (300).
JE. Same size.
(307)
Lu-yang.
Variant of same
legend.
S:
m
Reverse as (300).
M. Same size.
76
(308)
TCHOU DY27ASTY.
Obveese.
Lu-
Same legend, but
tlie sign 1^ is wanting. ''^
(309)
Lu-yang.
Variant of same
legend.
(310)
Lu-yang.
Variant of same
legend.
(311)
Lu-yang.
Variant of same
legend.
(312)
Lu-yang.
Variant of same
legend.
ft?
M
< wy
Eeveese.
Reverse as (300).
JE. Size 1-8.
Ee verse as (300).
M. Same size.
Eeverse as (300).
JE. Same size.
Eeverse as (300).
JE. Same size.
Eeverse as (300).
JE. Same size.
(313)
Lu-yang.
Variant of same
legend.
ttl
Reverse iis (300).
M. Same size.
PU-MONEY.
77
(314)
Obverse.
Lu-yang.
Variant of same
legend.
Reverse.
Eeverse as (300).
M. Size 1-8.
(315)
Lu-yang.
Variant of same
legend.
It?
Heverse as (300).
M. Same size.
References .— H.P.W.T.K., III., f. 29.— T.S.T., XXL, f. 15.-K.T.H. % > H-. f- 1 0.—
S.T.H., % , I., f. 9.— S.T.S.T. I., f. 22.— K.K.S.K.L., I., f. 15.— S.T.H., Pa-y, J: f. 5.
(316)
It m
-yn. Jang-
m
?
No legend, only the ordinary three
lines downwards.
M. Size 1-75.
Janq-yn, i.e. ' North of Jang.' Jang during the Civil Wars period was a place in
the Tching |5 territory (Honan).
Bsferences : — K.'I\H., % Zl> f- 14.
(317)
(= m
Mei-yh.
^
V
No legend, only the ordinary three
lines downwards.
M. Same size.
Now Ki ^ hien (lat. 35° 38', long. 114° 21'), in Wei-hui fu, Honan.
Reference .— K.T.H. % , III., f. 4 v.
78
TCHOU DYNASTY.
(Gardner Coll.)
28.
-yang. Tcheh-
Obvekse.
Reverse.
No legend, only tlie ordinary three
lines downwards.
M. wt. m.
Tcheh-yang was situate east of K'ai fung fu, in Honan.
(318)
Tcheh-yang.
Same as above,
reversed.
^
-yang Tcheh-
JE. Size 1-65.
(319)
Principal varieties of the
left-hand character :
1^^
Principal vai-ieties of the -X
right-hand character : ^ H
Reverse lined as (300).
^K. Same size.
PU-MONEY.
79
(320)
Obverse.
(=11) i=^)
-yang. Tcheh-
Variant of same legend
as (318), reversed.
(321)
-yang. Tcheh-
Variant of same legend.
i
ft(*
(322)
-yang. Tcheh-
Variant of same legend
. t)^
Reveese.
-yang Tchch-
M. Size 1-65.
Same reverse as (320).
JE. S.ime size.
Same reverse as (320) .
M. Same size.
(323)
-yang. Tcheh-
Variant of same legend.
(324)
-yang. Tcheh-
Variant of same legend.
n^
It
(325)
-yang. Tcheh-
Variant of same legend.
Ef^
Same reverse as (320).
M. Same size.
Same reverse as (320).
M. Same size.
Same reverse as (320).
Ji. Same size.
80
(326)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obverse.
-yang. Tcheh-
Yariant of same legend
as (320).
l-rt
(328)
-yang. Teheh-
Variant of same legend.
(329)
-yang. Tcheh-
Variant of same legend.
(330)
-yang. Tcheh-
Variant of same legend.
i}n
<
m
(331)
Tcheh-yang.
Same legend (as
from left to right.
"320), i^ r
Reverse.
Same reverse as (320).
M. Size 1 65.
(327)
-yang. Tcheh- >
Variant of same legend. t
f^
Same reverse as (320) .
JE Same size
Same reverse as (320).
2E. Same size.
Same reverse as (320).
.1^. Same size.
Same reverse as (320).
M. Same size.
Same reverse as (320).
J¥j. Same size.
PU-MONEY.
81
(332)
Obtekse.
Tcheh-yang.
Same legend as (320),
from left to right.
(333)
Tcheh-yang.
Same legend,
from left to right.
1^1
It^
Reverse.
Same reverse as (320).
M. Size 1-65.
Same reverse as (320).
M. Same size.
(334)
Tcheh-yang.
Same legend,
from left to right.
(335)
^#
Same legend,
from left to right.
Same signs as (329).
Same reverse as (320).
M. Same size.
Same reverse as (320)
.M. Same size.
Refm-ences .— K.T.H. jQ, II., f. 7.— S.T.S.T., I, f. 8 v.— H.P.W.T.K., TIL, f. 21 v.-
T.S.T., XXL, f. 24— K.K.S.K.L., L f. 6.— S.T.H., x> !•» f- 8.
(336)
^
-tchang. Yh-
%
t
7\
Also issued plain,
without any lines.
M. Size 1-5.
Now Yung-tsing ^ ^ hien (lat. 39° 20', long. 115° 35'), in Tchihli.
M
82 TCHOU DYNASTY.
(337) Obveese. I Keveese.
ir^
if
-yn. Ping-
m
Plain, witliout marks nor lines.
M. Size 1-5.
Afterwards Eo-yn M B (lat. 34° 58', long. 113° 42'), in Honan. Same as (338).
References .— K.T.H., % ^■> ^- 18, 19.-H.P.W.T.K., Ill, f. 33.-S.T.H., % I., f. 9.
(338)
-yn. Ping-
m
No legend.
JE. Size 1-75.
Ping-yn ^ |^ was the name of a town near tlie modern Mung-tsin (lat. 34° 52',
long. 112° 38'), in Ho-nan fu.
(339)
-yn. Ping-
Variant of the
legend on (338).
f
^l\
yh, '\.'
M. Same size.
No other serial numbers are known. The discrepancies in the various issues are
unimportant.
iZe/ercHces .--K.T.H., % 11., f. 12 j;.— H.P.W.T.K., III., f. 23.
PU-MONEY.
83
(Lookliart Coll.]
29.
Obverse.
^^ -yang. 'An-
Reverse.
No legend.
M. Wt. 159.
'An-yang was so called in 257 B.C., when conquered from the state of Wei |^ by
Tchao Siang Wang of Ts'in ^. It is so called in Tchang-teh ^ fg fu, (lat. 36° 07',
long. 114° 30'), in Honan. The present currency was issued on a triple scale, the
largest of which (size 1 '98) is represented by the above type.
30.
No legend.
Variant of the legend on 29. ^ ^^^ g^
This specimen represents the second scale of the currency (size 1-8).
84
(Gardner Coll.)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
31.
Obveese.
Variant of the legend on 29.
(Gardner Coll.)
32.
^
-yang. 'An-
Variant of the legend on 29-
(340)
There are many issues exhibiting
variants of the same legend. The
greatest discrepancies are the following:
Eevebse.
Same reverse as 30.
No legend.
M. Wt. 76.
Same reverse as 30.
No legend.
M. wt. 177.
Reverses generally same as 30, and
without legend.
Sometimes plain, and without lines.
M. Same size.
PU-MONEY.
(341) Obverse,
Same legend as 29.
Eeveese.
Reverse same as 30, or without
Unimportant variants.
lines, and plain.
jE. Size 1-65.
(342)
i- :
.
'An- yang. :
Same legend as 29,
tamed over. :
^
Eeverse, with the usual three
lines, as 30.
M. Size 20.
85
(343)
-yang. 'An-
Variant of the
legend on 29.
%
-yang, 'Aiir
The legend of the
obverse, with the
usual three lines of
the reverse.
M. Same size.
Jteferenc^s:—K.T.R., % II., ff. 4, 6, 6.— T.S.T., XXI., S. 13, 14.-H.P.W.T.K., III.
ff. 36, 37.— S.T.H., % I., f. 8; Pu-y ±,&.4>, 5.— S.T.S.T., I., f. 10.
33.
iE. Wt. 200.
Perhaps to be read ^p . Formerly a place founded in B.C. 560, in N. Honan.
86
TCHOU DYNASTY.
34.
Obverse.
Same town as preceding.
(344)
Same legend as 34.
(345)
Same legend as 34-
(346)
Same legend and signs as 34.
(347)
Same legend as 34j ^ *V
inverted.
?
Eeverse.
4V
M. Wt. 180.
— yh
^ fen
Turned to the right.
SI Same size.
i^ />$>\
Same legend as 34-
JE. Same size.
No marks but the outline.
JE. Same size.
~"~ — • yh, "^one.^
) O ( ^ j3a^, 'eight.'
JE. Same size.
PU-MONEY.
(348) Obveese.
Eeverse.
Same legend as 34,
inverted.
P^
yv
— yh, ' one.'
/V pah, 'eight.'
M. Siime size.
(349)
Same legend as 34.
ff
/ \
— yh
/\ pah
The central line is ornamental.
JE. Same size
87
References :—K.T.Ti., % , III., f. 1.— S.T.H., %, I., f. 10; Pu-y Jl , fif. 7, 8.-
K.K.S.K.L., I., f. 12 v.— H.P.W.T.K., III., f. 13.
35.
K'ou
Plain.
No marks.
M. Wt. Ul.
Once the name of a place in K'ai-fang fu^ Honan.
(350)
-yh Kou-
If
Same town as preceding.
No legend.
^. Size 1'75.
88
(351)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
ObVEESE. EEVEEaE.
-yh. Kou-
Same legend as (350) .
5
Same reverse as (350) .
M Size 1-75.
(352)
Kou- yh.
Same legend as (350),
inverted.
S
;.^
Same reverse as (350).
^. Same size.
(353)
Kou- yh.
Same legend as (350),
inverted.
Same reverse as (350) .
M. Same size.
(354)
Kou- yh.
Same legend as (350),
inverted.
k
rj
Same reverse as (350),
i£. Same size.
PU-MONEY.
89
(355)
Obverse;
Kou yh.
Same legend as
(350), inverted.
f
/
,<
Ebverse.
Reverse as (350).
M. Size 1-75.
References .— K.T.H. %^,S.S, 4.— S.T.H., Po-y Jl , f. 8.— K.K.S.K.L., I., f. 7 v.
(356)
{=m)
Tchoh.
♦I
1:
>i\
No legend.
M. Size 1-65.
Tchoh, in the state of Tchao ^, answered to the modern Pao-ting fa (lat. 38° 53',
long. 115° 36'), in Tchihli.
(357)
Tchoh.
Same legend as (356).
Reverse same as (356).
M. Same size.
(358)
Tchoh.
Same legend as (356).
Reverse same as (356).
M. Same size.
Ee/erence.— K.T.H. % IV., f. 17.— T.S.T. XXL, f. 28 ;;.
N
90
(359)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obverse.
Koh.
I
I
Reverse.
No legend.
M. Size 1-75.
Koh was, under the Civil Wars, a place north-west of modern Eao-yang hien (lat.
38° 44', long. 115° 56'), in TchiliH.
(360)
The various issues offer no great
differences in the right-hand side
character; the left-hand side presents
the following divergences :
13 3 4 6 6 7
'^ -^ V r "v 4, ^
Reverse same as (359).
JE. Same size.
References .— K.T.H. % H, f 10.— S.T.H. X — f • 12.— S.T.H. Po-y Jl, f. 10.-
T.S.T. 21, f. 16.— K.K.S.K.L. I., f. 16.— H.P.W.T.K. =, f- 29.
(361)
(=M)
-tcheng. Loh-
f
No legend.
JE. Same size.
Loh-tcheng answered to the modern Hieji ^ hien (lat. 38° 20', long. 116° 05'), in
Ho-kien fu, E. Tchihli.
PU-MONEY.
91
(362)
Obveese.
-tcheng. Loh-
Same legend as (361).
(368)
-tcheng. Loh-
Same legend as (361).
— yh, ' one.'
in the upper part.
m
i
881
Eeveese.
Reverse same as (361).
JE. Size 1-75.
Reverse same as (361).
^. Same size.
(364)
-tcheng. Loh-
Same legend as (361).
1
1
/ /T i
I * \ __^
l);
1
3l
wu,
'five.'
2E. Same size.
References ;-K.T.H. % III., ff. 13, 14.— T.S.T. XXL, f. 30.
92
TCHOU DYNASTY.
36.
(11=) ( = K)
-yang. Tao-
Obveese.
Eeveese.
' right/
M. Wt. 115.
Tao-yang was at thirty-five Zi eastward of P'ing-yn, in S.-W. Shantung.
(365)
' Same legend as 36.
(366)
Same legend as 36.
(367)
Same legend as 36.
Plain. No marks.
M. Size 1-75.
i ■ ■ ■ The two lines sideways
\ . and the central line
\ ornamental.
JE. Same size.
il =^ 2/Mj 'right/ on the right, with
the same lines as (366).
M. Same size.
PU-MONEY.
93
(368)
(369)
(370)
(371)
(372)
Same legend as 36.
Same legend as 36.
Same legend as 36.
Same legend as 36.
Same legend as 36.
Reverse.
Same as preceding, witli a line down-
wards, under the sign for y^.
M. Size 1-75.
i^ = ^ yu, ' right/ on the left-hand
side, with the same lines as (366).
M. Same size.
Same as preceding, with a line down-
wards, under the sign for /gf.
M. Same size.
}x. =& tso, 'leit,' on the right-hand
side, with the same lines as (366).
M. Same size.
Same sign for ^ tso on the left, with
the same lines as (366).
X. Same size.
(373)
Same legend as 36.
^ = :^ ta, ' great/ on the left, and
^ = ^ on the right.
Same lines as (366).
^, Same size.
94
(374)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obteese.
Same legend as 36, with the signs
inverted : ^ on the left, and ^ on the
right.
Eeveese.
Same reverse as (366).
M. Size 1-75.
References .— K.T.H. % 11., S. 8, 9.— S.T.H., Pu-y ± , ff. 5, 6.
(375)
-Ti Tung-
k
#
:v
t
■ * -. »
f
%
No legend.
Si. Same size.
Tung-Ti ^ H modern j;^ Tsm, in Tsi-ning ^^ circ. (lat. 36° 40', long. 112° 46'),
in Shantung.
(376)
Unimportant varieties of the right-
hand side character. The left-hand side
is not so regular. The most important
discrepancies are as follows :
2 2V
Same reverse as (375).
JE. Same eize.
(377)
-Ti. Tung-
Same legend as (375).
— across the central line in the upper
centre : it may be intended for — ' one,'
or for -f* ' ten.'
JE. Same size.
References ;— K.K.S.K.L. I., f. 15 v. — K.T.H. X 0 . f • 7- — T.S.T. 21, f. 27.
H.P.W.T.K. III., f. 6 e^.-S.T.S.T. I., f. 10.
JM
PU-MONEY.
95
(378)
Obvbbse
-she. Jen-
■
1
1
• *
l<il
Reyerse.
No legend, only the usual three lines
downwards.
M. Size 1-75.
Jen-she, or Jen clan, corresponds to the modern Tsi-ning ^ ^ (lat. 36° 60';
long. 116° 58'), in S.-W. Shantung.
(379)
Variants on other issues :
12 3 1 6 6
No legend, only the usual three lines
downwards.
JE. Same size.
(380)
(=ft) J
1
No legend, only the usual three lines
downwards.
Same legend.
i^
M. Same size.
(381)
Variants on other issues :
12 3 4 6
6
No legend, only the usual three lines
downwards.
M. Same size.
Beferences .— K.T.H. % III., ff. 14, 15.-T.ST.XXI., f. 31.— H.P.W.T.K. III., f. 28.
96
(382)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obverse.
Tehu.
I
V
X
Reverse.
No legend, only the usual three lines
downwards.
M. Size 175.
Tchu, now Tsou ^ hien, so called since the Han period (lat. 35° 30',
long. 117° 10'), in Yen-tchou fu, S. Shantung.
(383)
Tchu.
Variant of same
legend.
(384)
Tchu.
Variant of same
legend.
(385)
Tchu.
Variant of same
legend.
i
'^
II
l
y ■
Eieverse same as (382).
M. Same size.
Reverse same as (382).
.£. Same size.
Reverse same as (382).
JE, Same size.
PU-MONEY.
97
(386)
Obverse.
Tchu.
Variant of same
legend as (382).
m
Reverse.
Reverse same as (382).
S.. Size 1-75.
Ee/erewces.— K.K.S.K.L. I, f. 15 v.— T.S.T. II., f. 15.— H.P.W.T.K. III., f. 27.
— S.T.H. ;^ — , f. 11.
(387)
^ M.
-kiu. Pei-
^
No legend.
^, Same size.
Pei-Mu ^ £, modern Tsing-p'ing Jf| ^ hien (lat. 36° 58', long. 116° 12'), in
Tung-tcli'ang f u i^ ^ , Shantung.
(388)
-Mu. Pei-
Same legend
as (387).
til
Reverse same as (387).
JE. Same size.
(389)
Pei- Mu.
Same legend
as (387).
B
Reverse same as (387).
M. Same size.
O
98
(390)
Obverse.
Pei- Mu.
Same legend
as (387).
(391)
Pei- Mu.
Same legend
as (387).
(392)
Pei- hiu.
Same legend
as (387).
(393)
K (?)
Pei- (?)
(394)
M ^
Pei- Tciu.
TCHOU DYNASTY.
^
♦
10
^
«
Eeveese.
Same reverse as (387).
IE. Size 175.
Same reverse as (387).
M. Same size.
Same reverse as (387).
M. Same size.
Same reverse as (387).
M. Same size.
Same reverse as (387).
M. Same size.
PIT-MONEY.
(395)
Obverse.
Pei- hiu.
Same legend
as (387).
(396)
Pei- Mu.
Same legend
as (387).
(397)
Pei- Mu.
Same legend
as (387).
m
m
-t
99
Reverse.
Same reverse as (387).
M. Size i-ys.
Same reverse as (387).
-M. Same size.
Same reverse as (387).
JE. Same size.
(898)
Pei- hiu.
Same legend
as (387).
i«
Sanie reverse as (387).
M. Same size.
100
TCHOU DYNASTY
(399) Obveese.
Reveese.
Pd- kill
n
"^
Same reverse as (387).
Same legend
: y ;
\r\
as (387).
N:
••
^. Size 1-75.
(400)
Pei- hiu
Same legend
as (387).
i^
Same reverse as (387).
^. Same size.
(401)
Pei- hilt
Same legend
as (387).
m
Same reverse as (387).
JE. Same size.
(402)
Pei- hiu
Same legend
as (387).
n
— yh, ' one.'
JE. Same size.
References .— K.T.H. % IV., ff. 9, 10, 11.— S.T.H. % I., ff.'l5, 16.— S.T.K., Po-y f,
f. 16.— T.S.T., XXI., f. 26.— H.P.W.T.K., III., f. 25.— K.K.S.K.L., I., f. 12.—
S.T.S.T., I., f.
PU-MONEY. 101
(403) Obverse. Reverse.
:M* ITU
Ei- yang. : 1 1
N
Same reverse as (387).
M Size 1-8.
Ki-yang ^ ^ . Ki was in the territory of the Tsi ^ state (Shantung), and is
mentioned by the Tso-tchuan in 498 B.C.
The various issues present only small varieties.
Beferences .--H.P.W.T.K., III., f. 26 i;.— K.T.H., %Zl,f-l'i-v.
(404)
-ki. Pell-
J
ir
/
\
No legend, only
the symbolical lines.
M. Size 1-75.
Feh-hi, or "Northern Ki." Apparently connected with Ki-yang : see (403).
(405)
-hi. Peh- '• "~"
Same legend
as (404).
Same reverse as (404).
M. Same size.
102 TCHOU DYNASTY.
(406) Obverse. Eeveese.
-M. Feh-
Same legend
as (404)
)(
1
Same reverse as (404).
JE. Size 1'75.
References:— R.^.W.T.K., III., f. 26.— K.T.H., % IV., ff. 6, 6.
(407)
a
^ Tcheng)
yh. Tch'ing
No legend.
^. Same size.
Tch'ing was situated in tlie present district of Wen-shang f^ Jl , in Yen-tchou fu,
(lat. 35° 50', long. 116° 40'), in S. Shantung.
Reference.— K.T.R. % III., f. 11 v.
(408)
-yuen (?) P'ing
I ^
No legend.
M. Same size.
The reading of the left-hand symbol is doubtful ; the variants suggest liu ■^ .
P'ing-yuen is still preserved in the name of a hien in Tsi-nan fu (lat. 37° 23', long.
116° 34'), in Shantung, at 20 U south of which was the old place of that name.
PU-MONEY.
103
(409)
The several issues of this mintage do not dififer as to the reverse, nor as to the
right-hand side character; the l^t-hand side one presents several varieties, of which
the most important are as follows : —
s) EBJ
ffl)
jE. Size 1-75.
References.— K.T.H., % III., f. 20.— S.T.H., ■% I-, f- 13.
(410)
Obveese.
a
Fung yh
^ Y '
Reveese.
No legend.
jE. Same size.
Fung yh is still the name of a hien in Su-tchou fu (lat. 33° 46', long. 116° 50'), in
N. Kiang-su.
(411)
In the various issues the right-hand
side character presents no differences;
the left-hand side character offers the
following variants : —
K
^
Same reverse as (410).
M. Same size.
ii-e/ereMces.— K.T.H., %^,i. 9.— H.P.W.T.K., III., ff. 27, 28.
104
(412)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obveese.
Fung.
Same legend as (41 0)
shortened.
Eeveese.
Same reverse as (410).
M. Size 1-75.
Fung, for Fung-yh, in N. Kiang-su. See above (410).
(413)
^ . —
^
yh Fung.
/ \
'one.' ,' ;•■
Same reverse as (410).
JE. Same size.
Variant o? Fung for Fung-yh as (412).
(414)
Same legend as preceding, but
the — yh is across the central
line above.
Same reverse as (410).
JE. Same size.
(415)
Same legend as (413), Fung
on the left, and no other line.
Same reverse as (410).
JE, Same size.
Reference .— K.T.H. % I"^-; ff- 14, 15.
PU-MONEY.
105
(416)
Obtbese.
^ 0
-ya Lang-
Reverse.
No legend.
M. Size 1-75.
Lang-ya % ^ (otherwise J|I5 J5fl5), now Tsing-tehou (lat. 36° 44', long. 118" 44'),
in B. Shantung.
(417)
The other issues present no important differences for the reverse nor for the left-
hand side character of the obverse. The main varieties of the right-hand side
character are the following :
12 3 4 6
rfi_ «^_- ^"T7 /TTV '*^
sf 1^ 1 1 f
JE. Same size.
Eeferenees .— H.P.W.T.K. III., f. 28.— K.K.S.K.L. I., f. 17 «,•.— K.T.H.
, jC III., f. 16.— S.T.H. % I. S. 12, 13.- S.T.H. Po-y ± , f. 12.
(418)
Yang-Jciu.
n
No legend.
^. Same size.
o A.Q'
Yang-Uu ^ ^ , now Tchang-Uu % % in Tsi-nan fu P ^ (lat. 36° 49',
long. 117° 36'), Shantung.
Reference :~'K.'YM. X Zl, f. H v-
106
(419)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obteese.
t
V
Eeveese.
No legend.
JE. Size 1-75.
Lai ^P, now Lai-tchou ^ jfl] (lat. 37° 10, long. 120° 10'), in E. Shantung. Was
conquered in 566 B.C. by the state of T'si, over native tribes.
Reference :-K.'Y.B.. % HI., f. 11 v.
(420)
Hnang-yh.
J-
'^
No legend, only the usual three lines
downwards.
JE, Same size.
Euang was the capital of Lai ^ , and is still a Men in Teng-tchou fu
(lat. 87° 37', long. 120° 47'), in B. Shantung.
Reference .— H.P.W.T.K., til., f. 30.
(421)
Fei.
^
No legend, only the usual three lines
downwards.
J&. Same size.
long,
Fei was a small principality, and is still a district in Y-tchou fu (lat. 36° 18'
3g. 118° 05'), in S.-E. Shantung.
Shantung.
Reference ;— K.T.H. -jr; , f. 4.
PU-MONEY.
107
(422)
Obverse.
Sin-yh.
6
V
IX
Reverse.
No legend, only the usual three lines
downwards.
M. Size 1-75.
Sin-yh was situate south of Ro-yang hien (lat. 35° 18', long. 110° 05'), in
B. Shensi.
References :—K.T.U., 111., f. 10 «.— H.P.W.T.K., III., f. 30.
(423)
m ^
Kuan-tcJiung.
W
^
No legend, only the usual three lines
downwards.
JE, Same size.
Kuan-tchung, the capital city of the state of Ts'in ^ , is the modern 8i-'an
(lat. 34° 17', long. 108° 58'), in S. Shensi.
This currency cannot be older than 337 B.C., since it is in that year that metallic
pieces of money were issued for the first time in Ts'in.
108
TCHOU DYNASTY.
{Gardner Coll.)
37.
Kuan.
Obverse.
Reverse.
No legend.
Kuan, for Kuan-chung, the capital city of Ts'in
(Shensi).
M. Wt. 89.
: , modern Si-'an "^ ^
(Gardner Coll.)
Km
38.
No legend.
M Wt. 97.
Same place as preceding.
PU-MONEY.
109
(424)
Obverse.
Kuan.
a.Q
x\
Same place as 37.
Reverse.
No legend,
only the usual three lines downwards.
M. Size 1-75.
(425)
Same legend
as (424).
m
Same reverse as above.
M. Same size.
References ;— K.T.H., % IV., f. 18.— H.P.W.T.K., III., f. 44.— T.S.T. XXI., f. 11 «.■
S.T.H., X I., f- 16 t'.— S.T.S.T., I., f. 25.
(426)
(=&P)
Tai.
No legend.
M. Size 1'8.
Tai §P , answering to modern Wu-hung ^ J(| (lat. 34° 20', long. 108° 08'), in
Shensi.
110
(427)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obvekse.
Same legend
as (426).
Ketebse.
Reverse as (426).
M. Size 1-8.
Be/erence .— S.T.H. X — . f . 12.
(428)
Fun yh.
V
V
No legend.
M. Size 1-65.
Formerly ^ , the seat of the Tchou. Now Pin-tchou (lat. 35° 04', long. 108° 06'),
in Shensi.
(429)
Pin.
Variant of the same
legend as (428) .
m
Same reverse as (428).
M. Same size.
Reference .— K.T.H. % HI-, f- 8.
PU-MONEY.
Ill
(430)
Obverse.
^ it
Fun, Peh.
^.
If
Ee VERSE.
No legend, but tlie usual three lines
downwards.
iE. Size 1-65.
i.e. ' North of Fun' (otherwise Fin), see above (428).
Reference .— T.S.T. XXL, f. 19.
(431)
(=Pi) (=*fc)
9
-yang. Tu-
I
±
No legend, but the usual three lines
downwards.
M. Size 1-8.
Tu-yang, now Idn-yu j^ ^, in Fung-siang fu (lat. 34° 40', long. 107° 45'), in
Shensi.
(432)
Variants of the same legend on other
issues ;
?i i'i
Same reverse as (431).
M. Snine size.
References .— K.T.H. III., f. 15.— T.S.T. XXI., f. 30 v.
112
TCHOU DYNASTY.
(433)
Obversk.
^
-she Fu-
nj
Reverse.
No legend,
but the usual three lines downwards.
^. Size 1'65.
Fu-sJie IP ^ was near Lioh-yang ^ ^ hien (lat. 33° 22', long. 106° 08'), in Shensi.
Reference .— S.T.H. % Iv f- 13.
(434)
"P shih,
' ten.'
P- (?)
Fu.
No legend.
M. Size 1-8.
Reference .•— K.T.H. % IV., f. 13.
(435)
r(?) fl-o(?)
No legend,
but the usual three lines.
.E. Size 1-75.
Reference :— K.T.H. % IV., f. 14 v.
PU-MONEY.
113
(436)
Obverse.
Jen Nieh.
I
Revekse.
No legend,
only the usual three lines downwards.
M. Size 1-75.
Perhaps two names : see (378) for Jen and (137, 231-235, 443, 444) for Nieh.
Beference .— K.T.H. jt HI., f. 16.
(437)
Tze-yh.
i.e. ' Tze city.'
(438)
( = ft)
-yh. Ho-
i.e. 'Ro city.'
V
v
No legend,
only the usual three lines downwards.
^E. Size 1 65.
Befereiice .•— T.S.T. XXL, f. 20 v.
V
\
:k
No legend,
only the usual three lines downwards.
M. Same size.
Beference :-K.T.R. % III., £ 2.
114
(439)
(
^
±
-yao.
Tu-
(?)
(?)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obverse.
(440)
¥
Ping kiang.
(441)
-tcheng. Shang-
Jif
Reverse.
..]..
Ee/erence .— S.T.H. % I., f. 17.
'^^P
Reference .— K.T.H. ^ HI-. *• 20.
(simplified) ■"Q A
;1 /■'■\r
/l\
No legend.
.ffi. Size 1 65.
No legend.
jE. Same size.
No legend.
^. Same size.
Shang-tcheng, now Shan-yang jlj |^ (lat. 33° 29', long. 110° 01'), in Shensi.
Reference :-R.F.W.T.K. III., f. 14.
PU-MONEY.
115
III. Pu-Money {continued.)
(I.) Square-footed. A. Squaei shouldered, h. Associated names.
(Lockhart Coll.)
Obveese.
^ r|* Yang- Lang-
^ ^ -yh. ya.
39.
Reverse.
IS&
^
Lu.
{=m)
JE. Wt. 434.
The names of Lang-ya (416, 417) now Tsing-tcliou in Shantung, of Yang-yh (144)
now Tai-ku, and of Lm (280-284) now Lu-'an, both in Shansi, all occur on separate
currencies.
116
(442)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obveese.
Nieli Mil
JK
a
-yh.
i.e., "Kin of iw city (and of) Nieh:
Eeveese.
Same lines as 39.
M. Size 2-6.
Lu-yh, now Tchang-tsing in Shantung, and Nieh, now Wu-hiang in Shansi. Both
have separate currencies. See (105, 137, 231).
Seference .— K.T.H. x I-. ff- 6, 7.
(443)
.Nte^i ZciTi.
i.e., "Zw of Nieh."
!l
it
Jfow.
^. Size 3-0.
iVie/i,, now Wu-hiang in Shansi: see (137, 231, 442). Mou answered to the modern
Teng-tchou (lat. 37° 45', long. 120° 42'), in Shantung : see (479).
(444)
m
Tchou
Obverse.
PU-MONEY.
117
7
Nieh
%
y,.
B
Reverse.
\
No legend.
M. Size 1-65.
Tchou for Ping-Tchou and Nieh are names of issues in the Single Name series :
see (137,231-235,236-249). Nieh issued also a currency in partnership with Lu
and Mou : see (442, 443) . Nieh, as well as Ping Tchou, were in Shansi.
(445)
Lo
Ping
No legend.
iE. Size 1'5.
Pm<7, formerly in Honan, for Ping yn : see (337). Lo is doubtful and remains
unidentified.
(446)
if m
Ping Lo
Same as (445),
inverted.
/^e'
^m
Same reverse with three lines, as (444) ;
sometimes also plain.
JE. Same size.
Ping and Lo, same as preceding.
References :—K.T.B.. %I., ff. 18, 19.— H.P.W.K. III., f. 33.— S.T.H. X I-. <"• 7.
118
(447)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obverse.
— sai
(=
Tchou Ti
\
1
Bi
Eeveese.
No legend.
M. Size 1-66.
Tchou, for Ping Tchou, was in Shansi: see (236-249). Ti, for Tung Ti, was in
Shantung: see (375-377).
(448)
Tchou Ti
Same legend
as (447).
r ;
Same reverse as (447).
M. Same size.
(449)
Tchou Ti
Same legend
as (447).
I
V
3:
Same reverse as (447).
M. Same size.
PU-MONEY. 119
(450) Obverse. Reveese.
W
Tchou Ti
.^.
;....
Same legend
as (447).
3i
Same reverse as (447).
B,. Size 1-65.
(451)
Tchou Ti
Same legend
as (447).
K7:-: /
Same reverse as (447).
JSt, Same size.
(452)
Ti Tchou
Same legend,
inverted.
tl*.
Same reverse as (447) .
M. Same size.
Reference .— K.T.H. x IV., S. 5, 6.
120
(453)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obveese.
Wu
{=m)
Kuei
I
S
Ee VERSE.
aU
No legend.
M. Size 1-65.
The first — reading doubtful — is perhaps Kuei, once in Tching ^ (Honan), men-
tioned in the Tchun tsiu, 566 B.C. The second is Wu, formerly in Shansi. See
(138). The latter name shows the date of this currency to be earlier than 340 B.C.
Reference ;— K.T.H. % IV., f. 14.
III. PU-MONEY {continued).
I. Square-footed. B. Eound Shouldeeed.
40.
Ill m
Shan- yang.
Shan-yantj answered to the modern Tze-yang
long. 116° 59'), in S.-W. Shantung.
Plain, no marks nor rim.
M. Wt. 191.
iu Yen-tchou fu (lat. 35° 47',
(454)
Same legend as preceding, with minor discrepancies. Same reverse. Much
smaller.
M. Size 1-5.
References :—K.'J:.B.. %I., f. 10 u— H.P.W.T.K. III., f. 38 v.
PU-MONEY.
41.
121
Obveesb.
-yang. P'ing-
Reverse.
No legend.
JE. wt: 77.
P'ing-yang is still the name of a prefecture (lat. 36° 06', long. 111° 33'), in
S. Shansi. Must be older than 234 B.C. See 20-23, pp. 45, 46.
42.
Larger size. Obverse same as preceding. On the reverse two outward crescent
lines on the sides of the central line, perhaps for /V pah, ' eight,' as specimen 25,
p. 66.
(RepresentatiTe Specimen.) Size 1-6. M. Wt. 177.
III. PU-MONEY {continued).
(II.) Round- footed, a. Single names.
(455)
A It
Ta- -yn.
^'
S. wu, ' 5.
M. Size 2-1.
Ta-yn, in Tsin territory, Shansi. See (226).
R
122
iUJlUU u
llNAOi X.
(456)
Obyekse.
Reveese.
Eeverse plain, with the upper central
Same legend as (455) .
line only.
M. Size 2 1.
(457)
-she. Tze-
izi
A fah, ' eight.'
Tze-she, formerly in Shansi. See (217).
M. Size 2-0.
(458)
4t (=+)
-yang. Lti-
Sfilih ( -1 cy 3
erh
(=i^)
tchu
sMh
erh
i.e. 'twelve tchu.'
M. Size 2-1.
Lik-yang, now Lu-shan, in N. Honan. See (300) and (478).
(459)
Sometimes found pierced at the head. The character ^ has sometimes only
one horizontal line instead of two.
References .— K.T.H. JC :^ , ff . 4, 5.— H.P.W.T.K. III., f. 36.
PU-MONEY.
123
(460)
Obveesb.
Revbese.
-x<.
s.
wu,
~r* shih,
^50.'
JE. Size 2-0.
Kuan for Kuan tchung, capital of Ts^in, as 37, p. 108.
(461)
Kuan.
Unimportant variety.
A S ^^j
50.'
T" -p shih,
JE. Same size.
(462)
Kuan.
Unimportant variety.
\An ^ san shih,
■IX ^
'36.'
luh.
^, Same size.
(463)
Kuan,
Unimportant variety.
+ shih,
X s
15.'
wu.
M, Same size.
124
(464)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obverse. Eevekse.
Kuan.
No legend.
M. Size 3-8.
Kuan for Kuan tchung, capital city of Ts'in, see 37, p. 108, and (460).
(465)
Kuan.
Unimportant variety.
- yK ' 1/
M,. Same size.
(466)
Kuan.
Unimportant variety.
ZZ n erh, '2.'
M. Same size.
(467)
Kuan.
Unimportant variety.
A pah, '8.'
M. Same size.
PU-MONEY.
125
(468)
Kuan. ,
Unimportant variety.
Reverse.
+ (upper centre) -f* ahih, ' 10.'
JE. Size 3-8
(469)
Kuan.
Unimportant variety.
^
•^
61.
Luh shih yh.
■M. Same Bize.
References .— K.T.H. JU %, S. 2, 3, 4.— S.T.H. jc — , f- 4.— H jt T, *• 9-—
H.P.W.T.K. III, f. 43.
(470)
-she'll. Li-
//A'
No legend.
^. Size 20.
lArsheh, now Yung-ning, Fen-tcliou fu (lat. 37° 34', long. 111° 04'), in Shansi.
It was conquered from Wei by Ts'in in 328 B.C.
(471)
-sheh. Li-
Unimportant variety.
If .Th '20.'
^ » shih,
-\- + shih, '10.'
JS. Same size.
126
(472)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obverse. Reverse.
:5
* V'.
(=11)
-sheh. lA-
(473)
(474)
Id-shih, same as (470).
-sheh. Li-
Unimportant variety.
-sheh. Li-
Unimportant variety.
-y-
yh,
M. Size 30.
-f- shih, f 1 1 J
S,. Same size.
— ®*'^' ' 20.'
M. Same size.
(475)
Li-sheh.
Same as (472), but
reversed order.
-f" sA-i/i,, , j^j^ ,
M. Smaller size, 2'65.
References .— K.T.H. % IX., ff. 1, 2.— S.T.H. X — , f • 4.— H.P.W.T.K. III., f. 35.
PU-MONEY.
127
Obtekse.
(476)
m . 0
-yang. Tsin-
\
im
Keveese.
yh,
JE. Size 2-0.
Tsin-yang is still a district in Tai-Yuen (lat. 37° 45', long. 112° 20'),
in Shansi. It belonged to the state of Wei g^, when it was destroyed by
Ts'in ^, in 302 b.c.
(477)
yang. Tsin-
Same legend as (476).
-pj:^ shih san, '13.'
M. Same size.
Beference-.—K.TM. % IX., f. 6.
128
TCHOU DYNASTY.
(478)
(=1)
{=+)
-yang. Lu-
sUh , J2
erh
III. PU-MONEY {continued).
(11.) Eound-foofced. h. Double names.
Obveese.
O
Eeveese.
0 ,. ■ .. O
Koh.
M. Size 2-9.
Lu-yang, now Lu-slian, in N. Honan. See (300) and (458) .
Koh was situate near tte modern P'ing-yuen (lat. 37° 23'j long. 116° 34'), in
Shantung.
(479)
Mou.
Koh.
J5. Size 1-0.
Mou is the modem Teng-tchou, in Shantung, as (443) above. Koh is also
in Shantung, as (478) above.
PU-MOJSTEY.
129
Legend
worn out.
(480)
Pao- tcheng.
III. PU-MONEY {continued).
(III.) Point footed.
43.
Obveesi.
Reveese.
Same as obverse,
but no legend nor marks.
M. Wt. 71.
\
No legend.
M. Size 21.
In the state of Tchao, now Pao-ting in ^ '^ (lat. 38° 53', long. 119° 36'), in
Tchihli.
(481)
-tcheng. Pao-
Variant of the
legend on (480),
inverted.
K^i^i iV/
/I ir
No legend.
M. Same size.
S
130
(482)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obveese.
tcheng. Fao-
Variant of the
legend on (480) ^
inverted.
(483)
? Siang.
Illegible.
"t
;i I
Eeveese.
-; I
Reference .— K.T.H. x VIII, ff. 17, 18.
*
♦■ '
' * 1
\)^
V
V
t 1 I
:-t-
T.
'
See Jmig-yn (316), p. 77.
No legend.
^. Same size.
yh
JE. Size 21.
(484)
Illegible.
/A
No sign nor mark whatever.
M. Same size.
PU-MONEY.
131
(485)
A
Pah,
' Bight.'
/ '\^
Revbesb.
No sign nor mark whatever.
m. Size 2-1.
Reference .— K.T.H. jc VIII., ff. 18, 19.
(486)
Fung.
(487)
IP
Tsih.
*
No legend, nor any marks.
M. Same size.
Reference .—K.T.H. % VHI., i.llv.
\B
'5
\7) 0
; 71?
I'l
^. Same size.
Tsih, or Tsih-mo ^ g, an important mart (see Larger Knife-money series) of Shan-
tung peninsula (lat. 34° 15', long. 120° 44') ; still a hien in Lai-tchou fu, E. Shantung.
132
TCHOU I
DYNASTY.
(488)
Obverse.
Reveesb.
Tsih.
Same reverse as (487), with
Same legend as (487).
— erh '2.'
Unimportant variety.
in the centre.
M. Size 2-1.
(489)
Tsih.
Same reverse as (487), with
Same legend as (487).
pg sze '4.'
Unimportant variety.
in the centre.
M. Same size
(490)
Tsih.
Same legend as (487).
Unimportant variety.
Same reverse as (487), with
3i wu ' 6.'
in the centre.
M. Same size.
Reference .— K.T.H. ^ , VIII., ff. 16, 17.
(491)
-hiu. Hoh-
\.
rii
\
No legend.
JE. Same size.
Hoh-ktu, still a hien in Yng-tchou fu (lat. 32° 23', long. 116° 13'), in Anhui.
PU-MONEY.
133
(492)
Obverse.
-kiu. Hoh-
Good variant of
the legend on (491) .
I I
Eeveese.
Same reverse as (491).
M. Size 2-1.
(493)
-hiu. Hoh-
Variant of the
legend on (491).
Z: erh '2.
M. Same size.
(494)
-Mu. Eoh-
Variant of the
legend on (491).
/
I i:....
WW)
]m
0 sze ' 4:
M. Same size.
(495)
-Mu. Hoh-
Variant of the
legend on (491 ) .
X
2, 'wu ' 5.
M. Same size.
134
(496)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obveese.
£ m
-hiu. Hoh-
Reverse.
_4- + shih '10.'
^. Size 2-1
References .— H.P.W.T.K. III., f. 13.— K.T.H. % VIII., ff. 6, 7.
(497)
t5 ®
-iw. Si-
: I /
II
No legend.
jE. Same size.
8i-tu, formerly in Hiao-y hien ^ ^ (lat. 37° 10', long. 111° 45'), in Shanai.
(498)
-tu. /Si-
Variant of the
legend on (497).
m
Same reverse as (497).
M. Same size.
(499)
-tu. 8i-
Variant of the
legend on (497).
s
I - yh '].'
M. Same size.
PU-MONEY.
135
(500)
-tu. 8i-
Variant of the
legend on (497).
(501)
-tu. 8i-
Variant of the
legend on (497).
(502)
-tu. Si-
Variant of the
legend on (497) .
Obvikse.
...WIL
Oi
y/ \
Reveese.
-p shih
M. Size 2-1.
II r erh ,20.'
-p shin
X 1^
Reference ;— K.T.H. X VIII., f. 5.
M. Same siize.
• >
luh
+ sW/i, ' 67.'
^. Same size.
(503)
^ 1
\V
irui^
1 n\
No legend.
.ffi. Same Size.
Same Id-sheh in Shansi as on (470-475) Eound-footed series.
Reference .-—K.T.B. JQ VIII., f. 15.
136
(504)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obveese.
fun. Yii
(Turned up.)
II:
V(+
Reverse.
X
pF^ luh '6.'
M. Size 2-1.
i.e.j ' Yii's fun/ or a fun of Fm, still a hien in Kiang-su.
(505)
fun. Yii
Same legend
(turned up)
as (504).
(506)
Yii.
?
(507)
-tchou. P'ing-
,-\\l-.
D
(?)
.^S. Same size.
■ H ;
I H
+ (?) '11.'
M. Same size.
Probably same place as on (504).
Reference .— K.T.H. jt VIII., ff. 13, 14.
W:
I , .
Some specimens are
quite plain, or with
only the right-hand
side line.
M. Same size.
Ping chou 2ji '>)]\, of the state of Tsi ^, was near the modern Lai-wu ^ ^ hien
in Pai 'An fu ^ ^, in Shantung.
PTJ-MOJSIEY.
137
(508)
(509)
(510)
(511)
(512)
Obverse.
-tchou. P'ing-
Same legend as (507). *
Unimportant variety.
-tchou. P'ing-
Unimportant variety.
-tchou. P'ing-
Unimportant variety.
-tchou. P'ing-
Unimportant variety.
-tchou. P'ing-
Unimportant variety.
Reverse.
— - yfe '1.'
centre or riglit foot, or left side.
JE. Size 2-1.
^ or I I ~ erh ' 2.'
JE. Same size.
///
right centre.
-• san
M. Same size.
pg sze '4.'
JE. Same size.
= or X S WW '5.^
centre or riglit.
M. Same size.
(513)
-tchou. P'ing-
Unimportant variety.
^ or ^ or A /^ ^«^ '6.'
centre or left.
JE. Same size.
T
138
(514)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obverse.
-tchou. P'ing-
Same legend as (507).
Unimportant variety.
centre
Eeveese.
^— ^ ts'ih '7.'
iE. Size 2'1.
(515)
(516)
(517)
(518)
(519)
-tchou. P'ing-
TJnimportant variety.
-tchou. P'ing-
Unimportant variety.
-tchou. P'ing-
Unimportant variety.
-tchou. P'ing-
Unimportant variety.
-tchou. P'ing-
Unimportant variety.
>^ or X oOC ^ ^«^ '^■'
centre.
M. Same size.
y~^ ii Uu '9.'
centre.
M. Same size.
centre.
+ shih '\0.'
M. Same size.
><:or >'<or XX + f*'18
M. Same size.
I I _^ erh , 20 '
+ -f-- shih
M. Same size.
PU-MONEY.
139
(520)
(521)
(522)
(523)
(524)
Obverse.
-tchou. P'ing-
Same legend as (507).
Unimportant variety.
Eeveese.
-'-'- or =s
. erh
+ shih ' 23.'
^ san
JE. Size 2-1.
-tchou. P'ing-
Unimportant variety.
X
or
1)
Dt
or
or M
~ erh
+ shih ' 25
^. Same size.
-tchou. P'ing-
Unimportant variety.
erh
shih ' 25.'
wu
M. Same size.
-tchou. P'ing-
Unimportant variety.
>
+ sW/i, ' 26.'
.SI. Same size.
-tchou. P'ing-
Unimportant variety.
^
Zl erh
+ s/ii/i ' 27.'
^ is'i/i,
jE. Same size.
(525)
-tchou. P'ing-
Unimportant variety.
+
A
erh
shih
pah
^. Same size.
^28.'
(526)
-tchou. P'ing-
Unimportant variety.
::! san
III -t shih
— yii'
'31.
M. Same size.
uo
(527)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obyeese.
-tchou. P'ing-
Same legend as (507).
Unimportant variety.
(528)
P'ing tchou.
Same legend as (507) from left to right.
(529)
P'ing- -tchou.
Same legend as (528).
Unimportant variety.
Reveese.
^ san
ill or at-Jj^ + shih '32.'
11 erh
M. Size 2-1.
Same reverse as (507).
No legend.
M, Same size.
^ yh 'I.
M. Same size.
(530)
(53i;
(532)
P'ing- -tchou.
Unimportant variety.
= or V"^ ~ erh '2.'
centre or left.
M. Same size.
P'ing- -tchou.
Unimportant variety.
lower centre.
H san ' 3.'
M. Same size.
P'ing- -tchou.
Unimportant variety.
txj
centre.
5. wu ' h.'
I&. Same size
PU-MONEY.
141
(533) Obteesb.
P'ing- -tchou.
Same legend as (528). •
Unimportant variety.
Eeveese.
left side.
:'ih ' 7.'
^. Size 2.1.
(584)
P'ing- -tchou.
Unimportant variety.
D( A pah '8.'
lower centre.
X. Same size.
(535)
P'ing- -tchou.
Unimportant variety.
-(• jl hiu '9.'
right side.
M. Same size.
(536)
P'ing- -tchou.
Unimportant variety.
left side.
+ shih '10.'
M. Same size.
(537)
P'ing- -tchou.
Unimportant variety.
•^^ ^ san
centre.
M. Same size.
(538)
P'ing- -tchou.
Unimportant variety.
I
left centre.
+ shih , j^ ,
sze
S,. Same size.
142
TCHOU D
YNASTY.
(539)
Obverse.
Eevees
E.
P'ing- -tchou.
Same legend as (528) .
th
+
shih f 1 c J
wu
Unimportant variety.
centre.
-i
M. Size 2-1.
(540)
P'ing- -tchou.
"-<
' sMh , .„ ,
: ts'ih '■'■
Unimportant variety.
centre.
JE. Same size.
(541)
P'ing- -tchou.
>'c
A
shih I , g ,
pah
Unimportant variety.
left side.
M. Same size.
(542)
P'ing- -tchou.
Unimportant variety.
^
shih I jg ,
kiu
M. Same size.
References :—K.T.B.. ^fi VI., £f. 13-20.— S.T.H. If jt T, f- 6.— KK.S.K.L. II.,
f. 3.— H.P.W.T.K. III., f. 10.
(543)
^
+
-she.
Tze-
fun.
shih
At
L
No legend.
^. Same size.
i.e., ' Ten fun of Tze she,' otherwise Tze clan, in the state of Tchao, modern Fun-yang
,inFun-tclioufu(lat. 37°19',long.lll°41')Sliansi. Samelegendas (217), p. 53.
PU-MONEY.
143
(544)
(545)
(546)
(547)
(548)
Obveese.
Tze-she shih fun.
Same legend as (543). ,
Unimportant variety.
Tze-she shih fun.
Unimportant variety.
Tze-she shih fun.
Unimportant variety.
Tze-she shih fun.
Unimportant variety.
Tze-she shih fun.
Unimportant variety.
Ebveese.
~- yh '1.'
centre.
M. Size 2-1.
centre.
- erh '2.
^. Same size.
"^ or
III H san ' 3.'
centre
or left.
M. Same size.
III! m sze '4.'
centre or left.
M. Same size.
tX] or X or mil jS wu '5.'
centre.
M. Same size.
(549)
Tze-she shih fun.
Unimportant variety.
A, /^ luh '6.'
centre.
M. Same size.
144
(550)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
(551)
(552)
(553)
(554)
Obverse.
Tze-she shih fun.
Same legend as (543) .
Uiiimportant variety.
Tze-she shih fun.
Unimportant variety.
Tze-she shih fun.
Unimportant variety.
Tze-she shih fun.
Unimportant variety.
Tze-she shih fun.
Unimportant variety.
Eeveese.
^
-t
ts'ih
"7.'
centre.
M. Size 2-1.
^^ % Uu '9.'
left.
M, Same size.
-)— + shih ao.'
centre.
M. Same size.
\__ + shih ,-.,,
= 0 sze
centre.
M. Same size.
I
X
right.
-f- shih c 1 e J
2L v)u
M. Same size.
(555)
Tze-she shih fun.
Unimportant variety.
II
-+■
centre.
— fi'"'^ ' 20 '
-f' shih
M. Same size.
PU-MONEY.
145
(556)
(557)
(558)
(659)
(560)
Tze-she shih fun.
Same legend as (543).
Unimportant variety.
Tze-she shih fun.
Unimportant variety.
Tze-she shih fun.
Unimportant variety.
Tze-she shih fun.
Unimportant variety.
Tze-she shih fun.
Unimportant variety.
Rbveese.
ii I it '^^-
centre.
II
centre.
m. Size 2-1.
J_[
■fr jeh ,22'
~ erh
centre.
M. Same size.
■tt* jeh < c,f. ,
luh
M. Same size.
1 1 "H* jeh ,28'
centre or left.
M. Same size.
II .^^ jeh ,29/
-^ kiu
centre.
JE. Same size.
(561)
Tze-she shih fun.
Unimportant variety.
Ill
4-
centre.
^ son , nn. ,
_L. .I,.-7. O'J-
.M. Same size.
U
146
(562)
(563)
(564)
(565)
(566)
TCHOTJ DYNASTY.
Obveese.
Tze-she sliih fun.
Same legend as (543).
Unimportant variety.
Tze-she shih fun.
Unimportant variety.
Tze-she shih fun.
Unimportant variety.
Tze-she shih fun.
Unimportant variety.
Tze-she shih fun.
Unimportant variety.
Eevbese.
Ill '^ ^^jI^ '31.'
centre or left.
M. Size 2-1.
ill W- sah ,^^,
—~ . erh
centre or left.
.3!. Same size.
Ill V^ sah ,.j„,
san
33.
left.
-M. Same size.
centre.
il, Mu
^. Same size.
iiii m
-f- shih
'40.
centre.
^. Same size.
(567)
Tze-she shih fun.
Unimportant variety.
0 sze
IIII (jh) {shih) '43.'
centre.
-35. Same size.
PU-MONEY.
147
(568) Obverse.
Tze-she shih fun.
Same legend as (543)*
Unimportant variety.
Reveese.
Llil (+) (shih) '44.'
centre.
JE. Size 2-1.
(569)
Tze-she shih fun.
Unimportant variety.
■ Ill ^ ^^^
^ (+) (s/iz/i) '45.'
centre.
M. Same size.
(570)
(571)
Tze-she shih fun.
Unimportant variety.
Tze-she shih fan.
Unimportant variety.
nil Mil 0 «^«
or ^^ (+) {shih) '48.'
A pah
centre or left.
^. Same size.
1 1 1 1 yS sze
V (+) {shih) '49.'
centre.
^. Same size.
(572)
Tze-she shih fun.
Unimportant variety.
I (+) (s/i*) '52.'
centre.
^. Same size.
(573)
Tze-she shih fun.
Unimportant variety.
__ or ^ (+) (s/ii/i) '53.'
— — zi san
centre or left.
JE. Same size.
148
T
CHOU I
3YNASTY.
(574)
Obteese.
Eeveese.
Tze-she shih fim.
Same legend as (543).
X £
1 t
X s
wu
shih '55.'
wu
Unimportant variety.
centre or left.
M. Size 2-1.
Reference .
— K.T.H. 5G VII., ff. 1-4.
(575)
+
^
^
Tze- she
shih fun.
I
1
88if
i.e., " 10 fun of Tze-she."
Same legend as (220) and (217, 543).
r - - 1
— yh 'I.'
Ml. Same size.
The lower left cross is sometimes missing. The reverse is also found plain.
The character ^ presents the following varieties : — T" •4-| T"!
(576)
Tze-she
shih fun
li
erh
'2.'
Variant of the
legend on
(575).
centre.
M.
Same size
(577)
Tze-she shih fun.
Variant of the legend on (575).
centre.
^ san '3.'
M. Same size.
PU-MONEY.
149
(578) Obverse.
Tze-she shih fun.
Variant of the legend on (575).
(579)
Tze-she shih fun.
Variant of the legend on (575).
(580)
Tze-she shih fun.
Variant of the legend on (575).
Ebveese.
X 0 sze '4.'
centre.
-e ^
right centre, no
perpendicular lines.
M. Size 2a.
kiu ' 9.'
M. Same size.
-|- + shih '10.'
lower centre.
^. Same size.
(581)
Tze-she shih fun.
Variant of the legend on (575).
(582)
(583)
I + shih '16.'
centre.
•^
luh
M. Same size.
)
Tze-she shih fun.
JJ.
+
erh
shih '22.'
Variant of the legend on (575).
centre.
erh
.^. Same size.
)
Tze-she shih fun.
II
+
erh
shih '28.'
Variant of the legend on (575).
A
pah
centre.
-^. Same size.
150
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obverse.
(684)
Reverse.
-she. Tze-
shih.
%
l"
^-1
8?
+
<-_ /
i.e. "Tze-she 10." ''^-'' \
Same legend as (21 7^ 643) abridged.
M. Size 3-2.
There are other issues of the same type with slight differences.
' '1
\X1
/'\
3l
^6.^
(585)
Tze- I
I
shih. '
%
1 ' '
-""^
0 »
^ saw^ ' 3.'
^. Same size.
Same legend as (584) .
References:— K.T.R. ^ VII., f. 5.-H.P.W.T.K., III., f. 1.— S.T.H., Po-y T,f. 8.
(686)
-she
fun.
Tze-
Same legend as (543) abridged.
\" 1 7
No legend.
^. Size 2-1.
PU-MOJSTEY.
151
(587)
Tze-she fun.
Same as (586).
Unimportant variety.
X
Eeveesb.
2 wu ' 5.
M. Size 2-1.
(588)
Tze-she fun.
Same as (586).
Unimportant variety.
)C A P<^h 'b.'
^. Same size.
(589)
Tze-she fun.
Same as (586).
Unimportant variety.
-f- sMh f J2 '
*"*■ erh
M. Same size.
(590)
Tze-she fun.
Same as (586).
Unimportant variety.
-jh shih ,^^,
^ san
13.
iE. Same size.
(591)
Tze-she fun.
Same as (586).
Unimportant variety.
N
+
.^ erh
-f^ shih
'20.
M. Same size.
152
(592)
(593)
(594)
(595)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obverse.
Tze-she fun.
Same as (586) .
Unimportant variety.
Tze-she fun.
Same as (586).
Unimportant variety.
Tze-she fun.
Same as (586).
Unimportant variety.
Tze-she fun.
Same as (586).
Unimportant variety.
III!
X
III!
Reveese.
Ill f-JL
.san
(+) (sUh) ' 32.'
*"! erh
M. Size 2-1.
Ill n san
Jl (+) [sUh) '35.'
^. Same size.
0 sae
(+) {shih) • 45.'
JE. Same size.
P3 sgg
(+) (shih) ' 47.'
-t; ts'ih
M. Same size.
Be/erewce .•— S.T.H. Po-Y "f , f. 7.
(596)
Tze.
88
hi
I \
I \
No legend.
M. Same size.
Tze for Tze-she, same as (217, 543).
PU-MONEY.
153
(597) Obvbesb.
Tze
Same as (596), but on the teft.
(598)
Tze.
Same as (596).
Reveese.
Same reverse as (596).
M. Size 2-1.
- yh <l.'
M. Same size.
(599)
^ It
-she. Tze-
Sameas (217, 543).
\\%l
Same reverse as (596).
M. Same size.
(600)
Same as (21 7j 543), from left to right.
%t\
II
^ san ' 3.'
^. Same size.
Beferences .— K.T.H., X VII., f. 7.— K.K.S.K.L., II., f. 1 1;.— H.P.W.T.K., III., f. 4.
X
154
(601)
Tze.
(602)
:1b
Peh-
-Tze hin.
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obvebse. Reverse.
II
\
\
Tae for Tze-she, same as (217, 543).
Reference .-— S.T.H. JQ ^^■> f- 1 ■"■
sail
'3.'
^. Size 3-2.
Plain, no legend.
M. Size 2-0.
i.e., " Km of Peh-tze (or northern Tze)." Perhaps a northern division of the Tze-
she. See (217, 548, 596).
(603)
Peh-
-Tze hin.
+
■shih.
- yh '\.
centre.
M. Same size.
Same as (602) for the three read symbols. The sign under Tze is here altered,
and apparently a variant of (608), of which (607) is another alteration.
PU-MONEY.
155
(604)
Obverse.
Peh- kin
-Tee.
Same as (602).
-11 .-
l^
(605)
Peh- Tze kin.
Unimportant variety of (604) .
(606)
Peh- Tze kin.
Unimportant variety of (604) .
(607)
Peh-
-Tze
shih.
kin
ferri
Variant of (603) and (608).
Eeveese.
centre.
centre.
centre.
~ erh '2.
JD. Same size.
-• san ' 3.
^. Same size.
= E3 sze '4.'
centre.
^. Same size.
-t: ts'ih ' 1.'
M. Same size.
(608)
Peh-
-Tze
shih.
^^
kin
W IL'.
Zi\^
r
1 1
Same as (603). See (602).
Ee/erewce .— K.T.H. %, VII., ff. 1, 8.
M. Same size.
156
(609) Obveese.
Jiua J^
( = '»)
'Exchange.' upside down
TCHOU DYJJASTY.
^
(610)
Two ^ (the right one L \
inverted) for -f^ hua. v^ J
(611)
( = li)
2:s
-yang.
Tsin-
m
Eevekse.
II
II (?)
Twice X liung.
M. Size 2-
T. hung.
M. Same size.
No legend.
M. Same size,
Tsin-yang in the state of Wei, was destroyed in 302 b.c. See (476, 477).
(612)
There were many issues like the pre-
ceding. The left-hand side character
varying as follows :
^5
while the symbol for Tsin remained
unchanged.
(613)
-yang. Tsin-
Same as (611).
Same reverse as (575).
M. Same size.
\\
Z. erh '2.'
JE. Same size.
PU-MONEY.
157
(614)
Obteese.
-yang. Tsin-
Same as (611).
(615)
Tsin- yang.
Same place as (611).
^1^ m
(616)
-yang.
Tsin-
(Tarned to
the right.) I>^
Same place as (611). *^
(617)
-yang. Tsin-
Same as (611).
^
(618)
-yang. Tsin-
Same as (611).
|«
Reveese.
X
\\\
£. wu '5.'
M. Size 2-1.
— yh '\:
J&. Same size.
No legend.
M. Same size.
- yh 'L'
^. Same size.
ZL erh '2.'
JE. Same size.
(619)
-yang. Tsin-
Same as (611).
X
san ' d.
Jil. Same size.
158
(620)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obverse.
■yang. Tsin-
Same as (611).
^
(621)
(622)
(623)
(624)
(625)
-yang. Tsm-
Same as (611).
H
X
Reveese.
pg sze ' 4.'
M. Size 2-1.
-yang. Tsin- W W
Same as (611). S \J
XI
E
wu ' 5.'
M. Same size.
-yang. Tsin-
m m
Same as (611).
1 I
Zw;i ' 6.'
Unimportant variety.
JS. Same size.
-yang. Tsin-
Same as (611).
<
-t
fe'i/l ' 7.'
Unimportant variety.
M. Same size.
-yang. Tsin-
Sameas (611).
5 (
A
pah ' 8.
Unimportant variety.
.iE. Same size.
jl Uu '9.'
JJ. Same size.
PU-MONEY.
159
(626)
-yang. Tsin-
Same as (611). *
Unimportant variety.
Eeveese.
-f sMh '10.'
JE. Size 2-1.
Eeferences :—K.T.Il. ^c V., S. S, 4.— K.K.S.K.L. II., f. l.-H.RW.T.E. III., f. 6.
(627)
Tsin-
Same
yang.
as (611)
m^
I ( ^ ts'ih '7.'
from left to right.
M. Same size.
(628)
Same obverse
as (627).
No legend.
-
JS. Same size.
(629)
(=Ii)
#
11 §
No legend.
\(r-^ 1
Only the two side-strokes.
-yang
fun.
Tsm- j
y \
M. Same size.
i.e. Fun of Tsin-yang. Same name as (611).
(630)
-yang Tsin-
G
r
fun.
Variant of (629).
-f
~ er/i '2.'
iE. Same size.
160
(631)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obverse.
-yang Tsin-
fun.
Same as (629).
K
^
Reverse.
"><]
WU ' h.'
M. Size 2-1.
(632)
-yang Tsin-
fun.
Same as (629).
(633)
f. 9
D
li -
luh ' 6.'
]E. Same size.
-yang Tsin-
jun.
1 d 1 ^ ts'ih ' 7.'
Same as (629).
: J M:
Unimportant variety.
M. Same size
(634)
-yang. Tsin-
fun.
Same as (629).
(635)
-yang Tsin-
fun.
Same as (629) .
,1 ^
fc ^
t
upside down.
.£. Same size.
<i
/\, pah ' 8."
? ? ?
M. Same size.
PU-MONEY.
(636)
Obverse.
-yang Tsin-
fun
Same as (629).
161
Reveesb.
^
% Iciu ' 9.'
M. Size 2-1.
(637)
Tsin-
-yang.
fun.
Same as (629)
y
t
+ sUh '10/
M. Same size.
(638)
Tsin-
-yang
fun.
Same as (629).
V
«
Ifr
■ff ieTi ' 20.'
^. Same size.
(639)
Tsin-
-yang
fun.
Same as (629).
,H
i/'l
A Tcth '8.'
? ?
JE. Same size.
(640)
Tsin-
-yang
fun.
Same as (629)
?
No legend.
iE. Same size.
Y
162
(641)
Obveese.
Tsin-
ijang
fun.
Same as (629)
from left to right.
TCHOU DYNASTY.
H
Reveese.
Eeverse plain, same as (640).
M. Size 2-1.
(642)
Tsin-
yang
fun.
Same as
(641).
n.. R
M
7*^ luh ' 6.^
M. Same size.
(643),
-yang Tsin-
fun.
Same legend as (629)
differently arranged.
V-V-
J3. Same size.
(644)
-yang
Tsin-
fun.
Same as (643).
'i
k
-f- shih ' 34.'
Jjl. Same size.
PU-MONEY.
163
(645)
Obteese.
' -yang Tsin-
fun.
Same as (643).
Eeveese.
7^; luh ' 6.'
M. Size 2-1.
(646)
-ya.ng Tain-
fun.
Same as (643).
■-■~
-I---"
:>
<v
/
~ 1
A -pah ' 8.'
^. Same size.
(647)
-yang Tsin-
fun.
Same as (643) .
19:
/ \
il Uu ' 9.'
X. Same size.
References :~K.T.'R. % V., ff. 5-9.— S.T.H. Po-y ±, f. 4.— H.P.W.T.K. III., f. 5.
(648)
(upside down).
( = li)
Same legend as (629) differently arranged.
No legend.
M. Same size.
164
TCHOU DYNASTY.
(649)
Obyeese.
Tsin fun.
(upside down.)
yang
Variant of (648).
^ ^
^ ^
Eeveese.
Same reverse as (648) .
M. Size 2-1.
(650)
Tsin fun \V^ I /
(upside down.) ^-y >>v
yang ^
Variant of (648). K "^
(651)
Tsin fun
(upside down.)
yang
Variant of (648).
(652)
fun. Tsin-
yang.
Same legend as (629)
differently arranged.
7..:
^
^
/
— y^
JE. Same size.
?
'6.'
?
.iE. Same size.
Same reverse as (648).
.i3E. Same size.
References .— K.T.H., % Y., S. 9, 10.— H.P.W.T.K., III., f. 6.
(653)
(on the left,
upside down.)
y.
upside down.) .^
fun ^ ^
Same as (629), incomplete.
Same reverse as (648) .
.M. Same size.
PU-MONEY.
165
(654)
#■ (on the left.) U\
fun I I
Same as (629), incomplete.
Reverse.
Same reverse as (648).
M. Size 2-1.
(655)
(on the right.) "g"
Tsin
1^
Same as (629), incomplete.
Same reverse as (648).
M. Same size.
(656)
)
-yang Tsin-
; ^
V
fun.
Same as (629).
f
Same reverse as (648) .
^ Same size
(657)
-yang Tsin-
fun.
Same as (629).
^ U
If
''n
Same reverse as (648) .
M. Same size.
Ee/erences:— K.T.H. % Y., f. 11.— H.P.W.T.K., III., fiF. 6, 7.
166
(658)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obverse.
-:\ /[.-
Tsin
yang
Same as (611),
from left to right.
(659)
-yang. Tsin-
Same as (611).
Reverse.
I I
Reference .— K.T.H. % Y., i. 4.
(660)
m ¥
Tchou. Ping-
\\\L
ill
i I;
I
i,..l
No legend.
^. Size S'l.
A pah '8.'
sideways.
M. Same size.
No legend.
^E. Size 2-1.
Ping-Tchou was in Fun-tchou fu, W. Shansi. See (236-249).
(661)
The issues were numerous, but the
only variants of importance were in the
left-hand side symbol, as follows : —
ffi e
Same reverse as (660) .
iE. Same size.
PU-MONEY.
167
(662)
(663)
(664)
(665)
(666)
(667)
Obveese.
Tchou. Ping-
Same as (660) .
Unimportant variety.
-Tchou. Ping-
Same as (660).
Unimportant variety.
-Tchou Ping-
Same as (660).
Unimportant variety.
-Tchou. Ping-
Same as (660).
Unimportant variety.
-Tchou. Ping-
Same as (660).
Unimportant variety.
-Tchou. Ping-
Same as (660).
Unimportant variety.
Reveese.
— or I -^ yh 'I.'
or
high centre.
JE. Size 2-1.
centre.
n erh ' 2.'
M. Same size.
I ( I or — - '^ san ' 3.'
centre, high rightj
in the line.
M. Same size.
II or =
centre.
sze ' 4.-'
J&. Same size.
centre.
3S uiu ' b.'
M- Same size.
>
left.
•^ luh ' 6.'
^. Same size.
105
(668)
Obyeese.
Reverse.
-Tcliou. Ping-
Same as (660).
Unimportant variety.
^ or .^ ^ ts'ih 'i:
centre.
iE. Size 2-1
(669)
-Tchou. Ping-
Same as (660).
Unimportant variety.
>< A pcih '8.'
centre.
M. Same size.
(670)
-Tchou. Ping-
Same as (660).
Unimportant variety.
>C % Jiiu '9-'
lower rigtt.
^. Same size.
(671)
-Tchou. Ping-
•4-
+
shih '10.'
Same as (660) .
centre.
'nimportant variety.
or right.
M. Same size
(672)
-Tchou. Ping-
Same as (660).
Unimportant variety.
I + shih <■ 1 o '
— 3 sc-n
left side.
^. Same size.
(673)
(674)
(675)
(676)
PU-MONEY.
Obteese.
Eeveese.
-Tchou. Ping-
•
Same as (660).
= m
shih 1 -\A,'
sze
Unimportant variety.
centre.
M. Size 2-1.
-Tchou. Ping-
Sameas (660).
centre.
shih f 1 K >
wu
Unimportant variety.
and right.
M. Same size.
-Tchou. Ping-
Sameas (660).
X^^ i^
H san
(+) {shih)
5. v)u
Unimportant variety.
centre.
M. Same size.
-Tchou. Piiig-
Sameas (660).
^ (J)
san
{shih) ' 36.'
hih
Unimportant variety.
centre.
M. Same size.
169
(677)
Ping- Tchou.
Same as (236, 660),
from left to right.
...il /;!.
m
.-\ I L.
I I -JA.
yh
'1.'
M. Same size.
Z
170 ■ TCHOU DYNASTY.
(678) Obyeesb. Eeveese.
The principal varieties of numerous issues are the following :
The left-hand side symbol Ping :
1 1< 'J i<
The right-hand side symbol Tchou :
V V V
(679)
(680)
(681)
(682)
Fing- Tdcou.
Same as (677, 678).
Unimportant variety.
Eeverses various,
with or without figures.
M. Size 2-1.
Ping- Tchou.
erh ' 2.'
Same as (677, 678).
centre.
Unimportant variety.
JE. Same size.
Ping- Tchou.
Same as (677, 678).
Unimportant variety.
II 1 or —
left. centre.
H san ' 3.'
M. Same size.
Phig- Tchou.
nil m
sze ' 4.'
Same as (677,678).
centre.
Unimportant variety.
JH. Same size.
x
centre.
S wu ' 5.'
Ai. Same size.
PU-MONEY.
171
(683)
(684)
(685)
(686)
(687)
(688)
Obveese.
Fing- Tchou.
Same as (677, 678).
Unimportant variety.
Fing- Tchou.
Same as (677,678).
Unimportant variety.
Ping- Tchou.
Same as (677,678).
Unimportant variety.
Ping- Tchou.
Same as (677,678).
Unimportant variety.
Ping- Tchou.
Same as (677,678).
Unimportant variety.
Ping- • Tchou.
Same as (677,678).
Unimportant variety.
Reviese.
'fY 7^ luh 'Q.'
centre.
M. Size 2-1.
•^— ^ ts'ih '1.'
centre.
M. Same size.
-j- -p shih '10.'
centre.
M. Same size.
I I
■ erh
-!-L (+) {shih) '24'
^^ E!9 sze
centre.
M. Same size.
Ill — ^"■'^
MJ (+) (s/ii/i) '31.'
— 2/^
right.
^. Same size.
lil (f) (sA^;^) '33.'
^ san
centre.
M. Same size.
172
(689)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obverse.
Ping- Tchou.
Same as (677, 678).
Unimportant variety.
(690)
(691)
Ping- ^
Tchou. /^
(incomplete.)
,..,f^
Same as (660).
■' ■•
Ping-
Tchou.
Same as (660) . (on the left,
incomplete.)
Reverse.
I'' (+) [shih] '38.'
/A pah
centre.
M. Size 2-1.
Same as (660).
No legend.
JE. Same size.
= 0 fee '4.'
(on the
left line.)
M. Same size.
References :—K.T.R. jQ , VI., ff. 9-13.— S.T.H. # if, f. 5; jt ~, f- 17.-
H.P.W.T.K. III., ff. 7, 8.— K.K.S.K.L. II., f. 3.
(692)
(= -rit) (= m:
Wen- yang.
1
I
/ V
No legend.
JE. Same size.
TFem-i/ajjg' was in the centre of the state of Lu, near the modern Kiuh-fu
(lat. 35° 36', long. 117°), in Yen-Tchou fu, Shantung.
PU-MONEY.
173
(693)
Obveese.
The right-hand character pretents the
following variants : —
^
Reteesb.
Same as (692).
M. Size 21.
(694)
Wen- yctng.
Same as (692) ,
Unimportant variety.
[\ - erh '2.'
with a
right-hand side line.
M, Same Bize.
(695)
Wen- yang.
Same as (692).
Unimportant variety.
Ill S san ' 3.'
with a
right-hand side line.
M, Same size.
(696)
Wen- yang.
Same as (692).
Unimportant variety.
^ san
IJ_I (+) [shih) '32.'
— Zl erh
with a
right-hand side line.
Mi. Same size.
(697)
# ^
-yang. Wen-
?«
— erh '2.'
with a
right-hand side line.
M. Same size.
(698)
Obverse.
m.
^
(=11)
(turned up) ^
{=m
^
(inverted).
TCHOU DYNASTY.
^
)(
^
-yang
fun.
Eeveese.
Same reverse,
with two side lines,
as (660).
Wen-
i.e. "Fun of Wen-yang." Same Wen-yang as (692).
J?e/erence .— K.T.H. JC , Y-, f. H.
M. Size 2-1.
(699)
m
-yn.
Ta-
til
I (
No legend.
M. Same size.
Same as in square-footed series. (See 226, above).
(700)
-yn. Ta-
Same as (699).
Unimportant variety.
— - yh '1.'
M. Same size.
(701)
-yn. Ta-
Same as (699).
Unimportant variety.
ZZ Zl orh '2.'
var. 1 1
JE. Same size.
PU-MONEY.
175
(702)
(703)
(704)
(705)
(706)
(707)
Obteese.
-yn. Ta-
Same as (699).
Unimportant variety.
yn. Ta-
Same as (699).
Unimportant variety.
yn. Ta-
Same as (699).
Unimportant variety.
yn. Ta-
Same as (699).
Unimportant variety.
-yn. Ta-
Same as (699).
Unimportant variety.
-yn. Ta-
Same as (699).
Unimportant variety.
Eeveese.
— san ' 3.
^. Size 2'1.
— P3 sze ' 4'
var. nil
M. Same size.
X
^ wu ' 5.
M . Same size .
Y^ ^ fe'eVi '7.'
ir. /^
^. Same size.
+ +
shih ' 10.'
JE. Same size.
11
(+) (s/i*) ' 22.'
Ji. Same size.
176
(708)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
(709)
(710)
(711)
(712)
(713)
Obteese.
-yn Ta.
Same as (699).
Unimportant variety.
-yn. Ta-
Same as (699).
Unimportant variety.
II
X
Reverse.
H erh
(+) (shih) '28.'
/\ pah
^. Size 21.
-yn. Ta-
11
erh
Same as (699).
r^
shih ' 29.'
kiu
Unimportant variety.
M. Same size.
-yn. Ta-
III
^ san f 30 '
-f' shih
Same as (699).
4-
Unimportant variety.
M. Same size.
-yn. Ta-
Same as (699).
1 II
(+)
san
{shih) '31.'
yh
Unimportant variety.
M. Same size.
-yn. To-
1
san
Same as (699).
1
(B
{shih) ' 32.'
erh
Unimportant variety.
M. Same size.
Ill JH smi
— (+) (shih) '33.'
— ^ saw
y?5. Same size.
PU-MONEY.
177
(714)
(715)
(716)
(717)
Obverse.
-yn. Ta-
Same as (699).
Unimportant variety.
-yn. Ta-
Same as (699).
Unimportant variety.
-yn, Ta-
Same as (699).
Unimportant variety.
-yn. Ta-
Same as (699).
Unimportant variety.
Reverse.
Ill ^ sail
"I (+) [sUK) '%h.
wu
var.
Ill
X
III
A
nil
JE. Size 2-1.
san
(+) {shih) ' 36.'
•^ luh
M. Same size.
0 SZJe
(-j-) {shih) ' 41.'
M. Same size.
.A^ yf? Zm^ '6.
M. Same size.
(718)
(719)
A
P#
Ta-
yn.
A
Same
as (699).
)
ra-
yn.
Same as
(718).
Variant unimportant
I'?^
Reverse as (699) .
No legend.
i^jl. Same size.
:^^ ^ sa?i ' 3.
JE. Same size.
A a
178
(720)
(721)
(722)
(723)
(724)
(725)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obyeese.
Ta- yn.
Same as (718).
Variant unimportant.
Ta- yn.
Same as (718).
Variant unimportant.
Ta- yn.
Same as (718).
Variant unimportant.
Ta- yn.
Same as (718).
Variant unimportant.
Ta- yn.
Same as (718).
Variant unimportant.
Ta- yn.
Same as (718).
Variant unimportant.
Eeveese.
0 sze ' 4.'
M. Size 2-1.
var. : traced on the head.
JE.. Same size.
/^ luh ' &.'
M. Same size.
3 C ^ p"'^
M: Same size.
-\- + shih ' 10.-
JE.. Same size.
Ill ^ san
'■vJ (+) [shih) '35.-
■'^ £ wu
JS,, Same size.
PU-MONEY.
179
(726) , Obverse.
Ta- yn.
Same as (718).
Variant unimportant.
(731)
Ta-
-yn.
Same as (728).
Variant unimportant.
Reverse.
MM (+) {shih) '41.
— yh
M. Size 2-1.
(727)
(imper- ij^ r.
feet) "* '^
-yn. Ta-
Same as (699).
\ A
- yh ' 1.'
M. Same size.
(728)
Ta- ^
> 1 ; '
yn. ^
m
1
- yh 'I.'
Same as (699).
, \;
M. Same size.
(729)
Ta-
-yn.
Same as
(728).
- yh '1.'
Variant unii
mportant.
M. Same size.
(730)
Ta-
-yn.
__i«
H san ' 3.'
Same as
(728).
Variant unimpo
rtant.
M. Same size.
A 7^ ?«^ '6.'
M. Same size.
180
(732)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obveese.
It
Ta-
-yn
^
fun.
Reveese.
Same as (699).
No legend.
M. Size 21.
i.e. "Fun of Ta-yn." Same Ta-!/» as (699).
(733)
Ta- yn fun.
Same as (732).
Unimportant varieties.
: - erh '2.'
on the right-
hand side.
M. Same size.
References .— K.T.H., % VI., S. 1-7.— S.T.H., Po-y, J, f. 4.— H.P.W.T.K., III.,
f. 12.— T.S.T. f. 31.
(734)
Ta-
-yn.
i
It
Same as (699). /
' ^ \
1 ^
-\
No legend.
/ \
L"
/
\
\
\
\
\
^v
M.
Size
3-2.
PU-MONEY.
181
(735)
1-.
Ta- i^
(=it:
Obverse.
jl I.'
-I I-
Reversb.
I I
■ I I — --
I
n
sze
'4.'
Same as (699). ' / \
References .— K.T.H. %, VI. f. 7 u— H.P.W.T.K. III., f. 12
JE. Size 3-2.
(736)
-P'ing. Wu-
'\^
No legend.
M. Size 2-1.
Wu-P'ing, in the state of Tchao |f , Tchihlij near the former 'An hien, twenty-five
li N.W. of Wu-Kiao, wasjsonquered by the Prince of Ts'in 234 B.C.
(737) The character ^ Wu of the obverse presents the following varieties :
txl
^1
M. Same size.
The varieties of the character ip P'ing are very slight.
(738)
(739)
-P'ing. Wu-
Same as (736).
Unimportant variety.
-P'ing. Wu-
Same as (736).
Unimportant variety.
yh ' 1.'
JEi. Same size.
:Z erh ' 2.'
M. Same size.
182
(740)
(741)
(742)
(743)
(744)
(745)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obverse.
-P'tng. Wu-
Same as (736).
Unimportant variety.
-P'ing. Wu-
Same as (736).
Unimportant variety.
-P'ing. Wu-
Same as (736).
Unimportant variety.
-P'ing. Wu-
Same as (736).
Unimportant variety.
-P'ing. Wu-
Same as (736).
Unimportant variety.
-P'ing. Wu-
Same as (736).
Unimportant variety.
Reveese.
-- san
3.'
M. Size 2-1.
X s
wu ' 5.'
M. Same size.
'^\ or /^ ;?^ luh '6.'
M. Same size.
) ( A pah '8.'
M. Same size.
3\ il '«M '9-'
M. Same size.
-|- + shih '10.'
M. Same size.
PU-MONEY.
183
(746) Obveese.
-P'ing Wu-
Sameas (736).
Unimportant variety.
Reveesi.
A « '^^
Third of
iycle of 10.
M. Size 2'1.
Be/erewces .—K.T.H. jc, V., ff. 1-3— H.P.W.T.K. III., fiF. 8, 9.— K.K.S.K.L., II., f. 4.
T.S.T., XXL, ff. 31, 32.
(747)
-'An. Wu-
mi,
I \
No legend.
M. Same size.
Wu-'An, in the state of Tchao, was made a fcwm about 326 B.C., and conquered by
an army from Ts'in in 269 B.C.
(748)
(749)
(750)
(751)
-'An. Wu-
Same as (747).
Unimportant variety.
-An. Wu-
Same as (747).
Unimportant variety.
-'An. Wu-
Same as (747).
Unimportant variety.
-'An. Wu-
Same as (747).
Unimportant variety.
yh '1.'
M. Same size.
erh ' 2.'
M. Same size.
^ san ' 3.'
M. Same size.
0 826 ' 4.
JE. Same size.
184
(752)
(753)
(754)
(755)
(756)
(757)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obverse.
-An. Wu-
Same as (747).
Unimportant variety.
-'An. Wu-
Same as (747).
Unimportant variety.
-'An. Wu-
Same as (747).
Unimportant variety.
-'An. Wu-
Same as (747).
Unimportant variety.
-'An. Wu-
Same as (747).
Unimportant variety.
-'An. Wu-
Same as (747).
Unimportant variety.
Keveese.
/\ 5 WM ' 5.'
M. Size 2'1.
y^-ft -
luh ' 6.
y
M. Same size.
^ ts'ih ' 7.'
M. Same size.
^ (^ A l'«A '8.'
M. Same size.
?A ^
Uu ' 9.'
J<). Same size.
t +
sUh ' 10.'
M. Same size.
PU-MONEY.
185
(758) Obvebsb.
-'A71. Wu-
Same as (747).
Unimportant variety.
Rbvbese.
^.^ Undecipliered.
See also (799).
M. Size 2-1.
References .— K.T.H. % V., fE. 2, 3.— S.T.H. % II., f. 1.— S.T.H., Po-y f , f. 3 v.—
T.S.T., XXL, f. 32.— K.K.S.K.L., II., f. 4.— H.P.W.T.K., III., f. 9.
(759)
(turned up) ^
Fun.
Ill;
Only the usual three lines of this series.
No legend.
M. Size 2-0.
Fun fjj, in the state of Tchao ^', during the period of Civil Wars answered to the
modern Fun-tchou fu (lat. 37° 19', long. 111° 41'), in Ki-ning ^ ^"-circumscription,
Shan-si.
(760)
Fun.
Same as (759).
:l/-
3.'
Same reverse as (759).
M. Same size.
(761)
Fun
(upside down).
Same as (759).
)
^1
—
yh 'V
M. Same size
B b
186
(762)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obverse.
Fun
(upside down).
Same as (759).
(763)
Fun.
Same as (759).
(764)
Fun
(upside down).
Same as (759).
(765)
^
(=i
V
If:
Reverse.
A
i^ luh ' 6.'
M. Size 2-0.
I//
?.
^Q A pah ' 8.'
No side lines, only the central one.
M. Same size.
.i\/^-i
.-.)(■;
-f- shih c
" san
13.'
M. Same size.
References .— K.T.H. % VIII., ff. 14, 15.
-fun. Wei-
i.e. "Fun of Wei."
No legend.
.£. Same size.
Wei f J in the state of Wei H, Period of Civil Wars ; now Wei hui fu (lat. 85° 28',
long. 114° 16'), in N.E. Honan.
PU-MONEY.
187
(766)
Obverse.
-fun. Wei-
(Same as (765).
(767)
-fun. Wei-
Same as (765).
-ill/..
)C
6^
(768)
(=ii)
i 1 1 /
Wei- fun
)(
Same as (765)^ from left to right
(769)
Wei- fun.
Same as (765).
1/
Retekse.
jiir
No legend.
Same reverse as (765).
M. Size 2-0
No legend.
Same reverse as (765).
M. Same size.
No legend.
Same reverse as (766).
JE. Same size.
No legend.
Same reverse as (765).
M. Same size.
188
(770)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obverse.
Wei- fun. [ "-U,"
(iucomplete.) I lj
Same as (768). ;'^... C
(771)
■, \ / .'
Wei- fun.
Same as (768).
^'^
(772)
Wei- fun.
(incomplete.)
Same as (768).
r •
?
^"<
(773)
Wei- fun.
Same as (768).
Eeverse.
No legend.
Same reverse as (765).
JE. Size 20.
No legend.
Same reverse as (765) .
^. Same size.
;■--> I I..
; i(
y% lull '&.'
M. Same size
Same reverse as (765) with
-j- + sUh '10.'
in the centre.
M. Same size.
Reference:— K.T.B.., % VIII., flp. 12, 13.
PU-MONEY.
189
(774)
(=iF)
-fun. 8hu-
i.e., "Funoi Shu."
ll*f
Revebse.
1
No legend.
M. Size 21.
Shu tP during the Civil Wars was at 50 U S.W. of modern P'ing yuen (lat. 37° 23',
long. 116° 34'), in W. Shantung.
(775)
-fun. Shu-
Same as (774).
Same reverse as (774) with
-" yh '].'
in the centre.
M. Same size.
(776)
■Jl//
-fun.
Shu-
Same
reverse as
(774)
with
= ^^ M ^
^
—
yh
'1.'
Same
as
(774).
m
in
the centre
M.
Same
size.
(777)
....n /t-1
-fun. Shu-
^1
Same as (774).
Same reverse as (774) with
Zl erh '2.'
in the centre.
M. Same size.
190
TCHOU I
DYNASTY.
(778) Obvekse.
RE7EESE.
-fun. Shu-
...ill;..-:
Same reverse as (774) with
^ i% luh '6.'
Same as (774).
<:, '\\
in tlie centre.
^
M. Size 2-1.
(779)
-fim. Shu-
Same as (774).
(780)
-fun. Shu-
Same as (774).
(781)
-fun. Shu-
Same as (774).
(782)
-fun. Shu-
Same as (774).
^
im
.\\ 1
1
^f-
[I
I Vr\
Same reverse as (774) with
7^; luh ' 6.'
in the lower centre.
JS. Same size.
Same reverse as (774) with
-U -f- shih '10.'
in the lower centre.
.3S. Same size.
Same reverse as (774) without
any figure.
^. Same size.
No legend.
Ai. Same size.
PU-MONEY.
191
(783)
Obverse.
-fun. Shu-
Same as (774).
Corrupted legend.
Eevbesb.
Same reverse as (774) with
— ^ ^ ts'ih '1.'
in the lower centre.
^. Size 2-1.
References .— K.T.H. jQ VIII., fF. 9, 10, 17.— S.T.H. jQ, H., f. 2.
(784)
V!
^ m
-fun. Kuan-
)c|9|
\T1
-■1 \ }...
No legend.
M. Same size.
i.e. "Kuan's fun," or "Pun of Kuan." Kuan for Kuan-tchung, the capital city
of the state of Ts'in ^. See 37, p. 108, and (460).
(785)
-fun. Kuan-
Variantof (784).
II ~ erh '2.'
No side lines.
M. Same size.
(786)
-fun. Kuan- I
X
Variant of (784) . i / ,- - - T^,
' / '/I I
= 0 sze 'A.'
M. Same size.
192
(787)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obtbese.
-fun. Kuan-
Variant of (784).
(788)
-fun. Kuan-
Variant of (784).
(789)
-fun. Kuan-
Variantof (784).
(790)
-fun. Kuan-
Variant of (784).
(791)
Kuan- fun.
Same as (784),
from left to right.
/ ;...
I;*
II
...n/A..
-Ul/.,..
■ I /;
Reverse.
)C A P«'^ '8/
II
II
JE. Size 2-1.
+ +
shih '10.'
^. Same size.
. erh
-j- shih ' 24.'
0 sze
M. Same size.
__ erh
+ sWA, ' 28.'
7V pft/i
jE. Same size.
No legend.
Same reverse as (784) .
,E. Same size.
PU-MONEY.
193
(792)
Obveese.
Eeveesb.
Kuan- fun.
Variant of (791).
(793)
Kuan- fun.
Variant of (791).
(794)
Kuan.
-f- + shih '10.*
M. Size 2-1.
-il I;.;
X
e»7i.
+ shih '25.'
^E. Same size.
I I
IN
if
■f-.-\-
I
No legend.
M. Size 2.
Same as Kuan of Kuanfhm (784), ZiTMan, (460), and Kuan-tchung 38, p. 108, in Shensi.
(796)
lML
Kuan.
Variant of (794).
(796)
i&
5^ ZmA '6.'
.ffi. Same size.
J 1 1;
Kuan.
Same name as (794) . . /J^
Eeverse plain.
No legend.
Smaller issue. M. Size 1-9.
C C
194
(797) Obverse.
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Kuan.
Same name
as (794).
ffl
(798)
Same legend as on (797).
Slight variety.
(799)
Same legend as on (797).
Slight variety.
Reverse.
3C
A
oah
M. Size 3-1.
M
^
; \\
2. wu ' 5.'
JE. Same size.
r--J I '----i
>4:
(Doubtful.)
^ lull
/■^-t: (+) («^''')
'67.'
i[5. Same size.
References :—B..V.W.T.K., f. 3.— K.T.H. %,VIII., ff. 7-10.— S.T.H., X, II., f. 2.
PU-MONEY.
195
(800)
Obteese.
WIL
m
-tu.
Tchung-
«v
9i
!
y r-
\ I
Eeverse.
/1\
No legend.
M. Size 2-05.
Tchung-tu, which was a place in the state of Lu ^ , is now a district N.W. of
modern P'ing-yao hien in 0. Shansi. See in the Square-footed Pii series (164-186).
Reference ;— K.T.H. % , VIII., f. 4 r.
(801)
(=M)
-tcheng. Shang-
~ 2//. '1.
M. Size 2- .
Shang -tcheng , now Shan-yang in Shensi. See Square-footed Pu series (441).
(802)
-tcheng. Shang-
Variantof (801).
II
~ erh ' 2.'
JSi. Same size.
(803)
-tcheng. Shang-
Variantof (801).
■ ^ — m§
1
V:
; / ;
W
1
-- san
S.'
lower centre.
.E. Same size.
196
(804)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obverse.
-tcheng. Shang-
Variant of (801).
Mf
Eeteese.
1^1
0 sze ' 4.
M. Size 2- .
(805)
-tcheng. Shang-
Variant of (801).
(806)
-tcheng. Shang-
Variant of (801).
(807)
-tcheng. Shang-
Variant of (801).
(808)
-tcheng. Shang.
Variant of (801).
m
w
I
\ 11-
V
.u
— I I
tti
^
^
^^ 5. i«« '5.'
X
M. Same size.
£ WM ' 6.'
-33. Same size.
^ :?L Km '9.
on the left.
.33. Same size.
+ shih < , „ ,
. erh
12.'
/B. Same size.
PU-MONEY.
197
(809)
Obverse.
-tcheng. Shang-
Variant of (801).
(810)
-tcheng. Shang-
Variantof (801).
(811)
-tcheng. Shang-
Variant of (801).
(812)
-tcheng. Shang-
Variantof (801).
(813)
-tcheng. Shang-
Variantof (801).
. V
J 1 I
4
t^S
.--I I ' L—
^:
..i w;
D
n
Reverse.
— . erh
+
X
•f" shih
'20.'
M. Size 2-
111 ^ sah , 22 '
i— . erh
M. Same size.
I I I ^ Sa/i. J gg ,
JE. Same size.
'[' W- sah ,37.
JE. Same size.
(t) {shih) '49.'
JE. Same size.
198
TCHOU DYNASTY.
(814) Obverse.
Eeveese.
-tcheng. 8hang-
Variantof (801).
yf-W
X
1
(+)
{shih) '51.'
yh
JE. Size 2-.
(815)
-tcheng. Shang- j
Variant of (801). [
...ii ';.-.
h/vi
MX
(+)
WU
{shih) ' 52.'
erh
jE. Same size.
(816)
-tcheng. Shang-
Variantof (801).
(817)
t;^
Shang- tcheng.
Same legend as (801) from left to right.
: V
I
^
^
A* luh
{-i-) {shih) ' 62.'
— _^ erh,
M. Same size.
Two straight lines, left and right.
No legend.
M. Same size.
(818)
Shang- tcheng. i /\
Variant of (818).
H
nil
Eg sze
(+) (s^t/i) '41.'
M. Same size.
PU-MOISrEY.
199
(819)
Obveese.
\ I '
-tcheng. Pan-
Reveese.
No legend.
Same reverse as (801.)
M. Size 2-
Pao-tcheng in the state of TchaOj during tlie Civil Wars ; now Pao-ting fu
(lat. 38° 53', long. 119° 36'), in Tcluhli.
i?e/emice .— K.T.H. %, VIIL, ff. 1-4.
(820)
m
-yn.
Shou-
.m
^ I
•«.i
yh
'V
M. Size 21.
8hou-yn, which means probably the northern side of the Shou (river) in Tai-yuen
fu, C. Shansi is not identified.
(821)
-yn. Shou-
Unimportant variety of (820).
(822)
-yn. Shou-
Unimportant variety of (820).
(823)
-yn. Shou-
Unimportant variety of (820).
-— - yh '].'
JE. Same size.
=:r ~ erh '2.'
M. Same size.
^ H san '3.'
M. Same size.
200
(824)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obverse.
Reveese.
-yn. Shou-
Same as (820).
il%
l\
A pah '8.'
M. Size 21.
Reference :— K.T.H. % VI., f. 8.
(825)
Shou yh.
■1 //
Ml
I
1
/ 1
/ , -^
'^1
erh
'2.'
JE. Size 20.
Shou yh, or ' Shou city;' probably same as Shou Kuang S ^, also written '^ tK
(lat. 36° 55', long. 119°), in modern Tsing-tchou ^ >j'\\ fu, Shantuno-.
The several issues of this type present the followiDg varieties for the left-hand
side character Shou ^ : —
826 827 828 8-'9
/P\ or gi £E
■while the variations in the other sign are indifferent.
(826)
Shou yh.
Variant of (825).
Unimportant variety.
^ E3 «-e '4.'
£. Same size.
PU-MONEY.
201
(827)
(828)
(829)
(830)
Obvbkse.
8hou yh.
Same as (825).
Unimportant variety.
Shou yh.
Same as (825).
Unimportant variety.
Shou yh.
Same as (825).
Unimportant variety.
Shou yh.
Same as (825).
Unimportant variety.
Reverse.
X 5
>
M. Size 2-0.
•\
luh '6.'
^. Same size.
/^ -jl hiu ' 9.
J&. Same size.
-t- +
shih ' 10.'
Si. Same size.
(831)
Shm, yh.
Same as (825).
M
Reverse plain, without lines.
JEj. Same size.
Dd
202
TCHOU DYXASTY.
The left-hand character presents the following varieties on the different issues
832 833 834 836 836
^ <=> O) It d
■^ f -^ t f
(832)
Obyerse.
8hou yh.
Variant of (831) as above.
(833)
Shou yh.
Variant of (831) as above.
(8.34)
Shou yh.
Variant of (831) as above.
(835)
Shozi yh.
Variant of (831) as above.
(83ti)
Shou yh.
Variant of (831) as above.
Reverse.
T
M
)^'
1 1
l.A
■^ luh ' 6.'
M. Size 20.
•^ luh ' 6.'
M. Same size.
^ ts'ih ' 7.'
M. Same size.
A V"-1i ' 8.'
IE. Same size.
-p shih c
•>
luh
16.
M. Same size.
PU-MONEY.
203
(837)
Obverse,
Shou yh.
Variant of (831).
Reverse.
yU
2Qd character of
tlie cycle of ten.
M. Size 2 0.
(838)
Shou yh.
1 ■" ' ■" 1
Variant of (831).
Hf \
■J] Tao.
Reference .
-K.T.H. 7C VII., ff. 9-11.
M. Same size
(839)
{='fC) [=%
- or H)
-h%M. Yang-
o
tif'
' r'\
_j '- -
T
luh
M. Same size.
i.e. ' Yang's Exchange.' Yang, during the Spring and Aiotum^i period (b.c. 722 —
481), was a small independent principality which lost its independence during the
Civil Wars (b.c. 481 —255). It answered to the modern Hung-tung '<(&. ^pl , in P'ing
yang fu (lat. 36° 17', long. 111° 42), Shangk
(840)
Yang hua.
Same as (839),
inverted.
3
(841)
Yang hua.
on the left, turned up.
Same as (839).
iij
Reverse a
s (839),
without central character
M. Same
■If
T T
?
M. Same size.
204
(842)
TCHOU DYXASTy.
Obveese.
Yang hua.
on the left, turned up.
Unimportant variety of (841).
(843)
Yang hua.
on the left, turned up.
Same as (841).
(844)
Yang hua.
on the left, turned up.
Same as (843).
(845)
-hua. Yang-
on the right, turned over.
Same as (84-3).
(846)
-hua. Yang-
on the left, turned over.
Unimportant variety of (84-5)
^1
Ee VERSE.
'tl hua, 'Exchange.'
( = -»)
M. Size 2- .
t
J^ hua, ' Exchange.'
(='fii)
without side lines.
M. Same size.
No legend.
Same as (840) .
M. Same size.
■ yli '1.'
M. Same size.
i
^ ta'ih ' 7.'
M Same size.
(847)
-hua. Yang-
on the left, turned over.
Unimportant variety of (845).
-|- -f shih '10.'
vE, Same size.
PU-MONEY.
205
(848) Obverse.
-hua. Yang-
on the left, turned over.
Unimportant variety of (845) .
(849)
-hiM. Yang-
on the left, turned over.
Unimportant variety of (845) .
(850)
-hua. Yang-
on the left, turned over.
Unimportant variety of (845) .
(851)
-hua. Yang-
on the left, turned over.
Unimportant variety of (845).
(852)
(turned up) # (=E)
Yang
Same as (845), shortened.
1^
o
a
Reveesi.
iJ- yih ' 20.'
turned up
M. Size 2- .
Y
Apparently same as (848) .
M. Same Bize.
II
II
? ?
J&. Same size.
7
kao.
jE. Same size.
^
■\^ hua, 'Exchange.'
jE. Same size.
(853)
H
turned up.
Yang.
Same name as (839).
IN
'o-
No legend.
^. Same size.
206
TCHOU DYAUSTY.
B54)
Yang- H
hna. ]^
Obverse.
a
upside down. ' VJ ' \
i.e. ' Exchange of Yang.'
Legend in full.
Same name as (839).
(855)
Yang-
hua.
(upside down.)
Unimportant variety of (854).
Reverse.
a
No legend.
.41. Size 2-
i% luh ' 6.'
JE. Same size.
(850)
Yang-
hua.
(upside down.)
Unimportant variety of (854).
) C ^ 1""^' "'
M. S;ime size.
References .— K.T.H. ^ , V., ff. 1 3-17.— K.K.S.K.L., II., f. 4.
(85/
-yang. Tchung-
m
. _i
' ' /
No legend.
M. Size 2-05.
The character ^ presents but unimportant varieties, while the character 4» is
also found as follows : —
^ <\>
Tchung-yang mentioned in the She Kl (B. XLIII.), B.C. 285, belonged to the state
of Tchao, and was situate in the modern prefecture of Fun-tchou, in Shansi.
PU-MONEY.
207
(858) Obvbesb.
-yang. Tchung-
m
Unimportant variety of (857)
Eeveese.
^( A l^nh '8.'
jE. Size 2-05.
References:— K.T.B.. X,Y.,S. 12, 13.— K.K.S.K.L. II., f. 5.— H.P.W.T.K. III., f. 11.
(859)
Ye- ^5
shan. (Jj
31 L
>_<
No legend.
\
M. Size 2-1.
Ye-shan, abridged apparently from Lang-ye shan, in E. Shantung.
(860)
Ye-
shan.
Same legend as (859) .
(861)
Corruption of
same legend as (859) .
(862)
Corruption of
same legend as (859)
I I-
5^1
- yh -l.'
In the centre of the three lines as (859) .
M. Same size.
- I/:.
Zl erh '2.'
In the centre of the three lines as (859) .
M. Same size.
I -:'
m
i% luh ' 6.'
In the centre of the three lines as (859).
JE. Same size.
208
(863)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obverse.
Ye
Shan.
Same legend as (859) .
(864)
Ye- ^
shan. [Xl
Variant of legend
on (859).
(865)
Ye-
shan.
Corruption of legend
on (859).
(866)
Ye-
shan.
Corruption of legend
on (859).
iv
\l!
\y
vll'/-,
51
(867)
Ye-
shan.
Same legend as
on (859).
^ X
Reveese.
-j- + shih ao.'
In the centre of the three lines as (859) .
iE. Size 21.
r- -) li-"'.
3 V
5 V
\/r \ \
X
T
No legend.
jE. Same size.
No legend.
IE. Same size.
,?T. wu '6.'
^. Same size.
second character of
1 the denary cycle.
JE. Same size.
PU-MONEY.
209
(868) Obverse.
Ye
shall..
Corruption of legend
on (859).
Ejsveesb.
~~; I ^.'->
No legend.
M. Size 2 1.
References :—K.T.B.., ^, VII., ff. 11, 12.— S.T.H., Po-y Jl , f. 7.—
H.P.W.T.K., III., f. 11 V.
(869)
Te- M
shan. [I[
Variant of
legend on (859).
T.
hi.
', sixtli character
<
I of the denary
cycle.
M. Size 3-2.
(870)
Ye-
shan.
I
Variant of
legend on (859) . ^
The lower cha- i VL^
racter corrupted. "
I---:
No legend nor
mark but the two
ornamental lines.
M. Same size.
E e
210
(871)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obveese.
Ye-
shan.
Same legend as
on (859).
The left-hand
character dropped.
J. 1 1
V
V
lU/,
(872)
Ye-
shan.
r-J I f i-
Variant of the
legend on (859).
(873)
Ye-
shan.
Variant of the
legend on (859) .
r \
i^^l^
M
(874)
Ye-
shan.
MIL
I
Variant of the
I?
legend on (859). joZiiV
Eeveese.
Same reverse as (870).
I\
r — V
;, I ;-,
+
shih
'10.'
M. Same size.
Esferences .— K.T.H., % YIL, S. 12, 13.— H.P.W.T.K., III, f. 11.— S.T.H., % II., f.2.
I
\
M. Size 3-2.
erh
'2.'
M. Same size.
WU
M. Same size.
PU-MOJSTEY.
211
(875)
Obverse.
' n
Kan
Tan.
Reveese.
r---.^
I
I
I
;
I
I
I \
No legend nor
other mark than
the three orna-
mental lines.
\
Ei. Size 3-2.
Kan Tan was the capital city of the state of Tchao (403 b.o.) and answered to a
hien of the same name in Kuang-p'ing fu (lat. 36° 40', long. 114° 40'), in S. Tchihli
See Spade-Money series (111).
(876)
Kan
Tan.
Same legend as
on (875), inverted.
Same reverse as (875).
M. Same size.
(877)
Kan
Tan
Same legend as on (875)
Unimportant variety.
(878)
T,
'an.
Variant of legend
on (875).
Upper character
dropped.
^l
fe?
r
ZL erh • i:
M Same size.
JC ts'ih ' 7
M. Same size.
212
(879)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obveese.
Kan
Tan.
Same legend as on (875).
Unimportant variety.
Eeteese.
N/
A pah '8.'
M. Size 3-2.
(880)
Kan
Tan.
Variant of legend
on (875).
0
A pah '8.'
^. Same size.
References:— K.T.R.jt VIH-. ff- 15, 16.— S.T.H., jc, H., ff. 2, 3.—
H.P.W.T.K. III., f. 39.
(881)
Teheng.
No legend nor
other mark but
the three orna-
mental lines.
M. Same size.
Tcheng otherwise Tch'ing, formerly in S. Shantung. See above (407).
Reference .— K.T.H. % VII., f. 13 v.
KNIFE-MONEY. 213
IV. KNIPE-MONEY.
Erom the seventh to the second century b.o.
The practice of using metal knives in barter began, as well as for all
other metal implements of daily use, in remote antiquity (see p. 1, and
Introduction). But the relative convenience of their shape for carry-
ing, because of the ring of the handle, did no doubt somewhat
facilitate the spreading of the custom. The first piece, 44, of the
following collection, belongs to the sort of money which had grown
from the ancient practice, in the Shantung peninsula, outside of the
Chinese political authority, and is probably anterior to the seventh
century u.c.
The introduction of the Knife-money in the state of Ts'i, conterminous
with the above peninsula, is attributed, in a rather legendary way, to
the following circumstances, circa 650 b.o. At the eve of an expedition,
the soldiers of the Duke Hwan, of Ts'i, proved dissatisfied with the
stringent regulations on weights and money which had previously been
enacted by the Prime Minister Kwan-tze (see pp. 4, 18, and Introduc-
tion). Their General, afraid of their being disloyal, granted to them
the authorization of making use of their metal knives for barter. The
people were delighted with the innovation, which was giving them a
more convenient medium of exchange, and adopted it eagerly. Hwai-
nan tze, who died in 122 B.C., and to whom we are indebted for the
preceding story, says, that in his time, they were still faithful to the
practice, and, despite the changes and modifications which had happened
in the currency, they continued to cast Knife-money similar to the
patterns of former times. This is apparently the explanation of the
peculiar deformation of the inscriptions which were no longer under-
stood, and present in some cases an unusual degree of difS.culty in
decipherment. In 135 b.o, all private casting of money was strictly
forbidden.
The legends of several types of the Knife- Money are more interesting
than those of many in the other series. The formula Tsi fan wang tze
km hwa (928-944) which indicates that this currency when returned will
be again reviving {i.e. repaid), is highly suggestive of the information
214
TCHOU DYNASTY.
required to show the newly restored money in the state of Ts'i. And
when the habit was well established there was no more use for such
explanations, and the legends were successively reduced to four and
three characters. See 56 p. 232, and (950) 59 p. 234.
Those of the associated-names-series, 52-55 (922-927), oflPer some more
information on the interesting fact that associations of traders or guilds
of towns issued money, a fact disclosed in other series, 6, 7, 39 (442-453,
478, 479), and on which see Introduction. The most interesting is the
specimen 55 which exemplifies a currency issued for the travelling
merchants between Tsih-moh in the Shantung peninsula, and Kwan-
tchung, the capital of the state of Ts'in, in Shansi.
The geography of the Knife-Money, except the above case, is
limited to the Shantung peninsula and conterminous region. This
matter, and the trade-routes suggested by the associated names, the
decipherment of the legends, and the weights and measures are treated
of in the Introduction.
A. Larger sort. (I.) Oldee series, a. Various single names.
(Gardner C'oU.)
44.
Obveese.
Tsih
yh.
n
a
i.e. Tsih city, perhaps
an earlier name of the
following Tsih-moh. See
above (487-490), of the
Pit-Money series. The
forms of the characters
are a revival of some
very ancient ones.
^^S^i^^^H
^^.
1^^
W'^ ^'
%%'i
'^^>A'i'
M^^^
'^
^^
^^y )
^?^^&
«j^^
^^p
v^i
K^
jfjf^
'W4m
*.^^a
i^^^^^l ''-'^^4 ^H
■k^-''^I
^^^^Kh^^ .r^H
^^^H^'^^B
^^^^^K^^ti '^^m
^^^^^Kf'^^H
Reveese.
Tsih
yh.
Same name as on
the reverse.
JE. Size 6-5. Wt. 953.
KNIFE-MONEY
215
{Gardner Coll.)
IV. KNIFE-MONEY {continued).
A. Larger sort. (11.) Later series.
45.
Obverse.
Tsih
fP
moh
S
yh
F
tchi
z
Mu
*
hwa
^
i.e. " Currency of Tsi/i
moh city."
Retbese.
r:^ san ' Three '
~r shih ' ten.-"
r. sTiang ' High.'
M. Size 7-4. \Vt. 798.
Tsih-moh was an important trading place of the Shantung peninsula, in the state of
Tsi, during the Civil Wars. In 279 B.C. it was conquered by the northern state of
Yen. Its name is preserved in that of a hien in Lai-tchoii fu (lat. 34° 15', long.
120° 44'), in E. Shantung.
216
{Gardner Coll.)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Tsih
moh
yh
tchi
hilt,
hwa
P
z
Obveese.
i.e. "Currency of Tsih-
inoh city."
Variant of legend
on 45.
46.
Eeveese.
.m san '3.
"h shih '10.'
sing ' star.
M. Size 7-6. Wt. 840.
Tsih moh yh tchi Iciu hxua. "Currency of Tsih-moh city."
Ret.
San shih. Sing. "Three ten. Star."
JE. Size 7 3. Wt. 810.
Obv.
KNIFE- MONEY.
48.
Tsih moh yh tchi km hwa.
' Currency of Tsih-moh city."
217
Rev.
San shih. Sing. " Three ten. Star."
M. Size 7-2 Wt. 740.
Obv.
49.
Tsih moh yh tchi kiu hwa.
' Currency of Tsih-moh city."
Kev.
San shih. ± T'u. "Threaten. Earth."
M. Size 7-4. Wt. 770.
Other issues of the same Knife-Money^ Tsih moh yh tchi kiu, hwa, with the same
obverse (variants unimportant), have the following reverses. The two first symbols,
excepting on (892-894), which have not the second, are the three horizontal lines
for san, 'three,' and the sign for 10, which varies from a single dot, a globule, or a
218 TCHOU DYNASTY.
vertical line, to a combination of the latter with a central dot or thicker part, as in
the preceding specimens. The only differences of importance is marked by the third
or last symbol, which alone is reproduced here in facsimile. The legends read
from top to bottom.
(882) jf -i- H + •/-Ij San shih. Hiva. Threaten. Exchangeable.
(883) >A. H + -^ San shih. Kiu. Three ten. Return.
(884) ^Q H + X San shih. Rung. Three ten. Work.
(885) Uy = + j^ San shih. Tch'eh. Three ten. Sprout.
(886) 3 "i* 'f San shih. Huia. Three ten. Exchangeable.
(887) ^ H "f* 'fc San shih. Hwa. Three ten. Exchangeable.
(888) Zlt = + ^ San shih. Kih. Three ten. Lucky.
(889) _r H + ± San shih. Shang. Three ten. High.
(890) ^ ^ \_ H+::'cfT San shih. TaHeng. Three ten. Great going.
(891) -^ST (o J H + ■i "H" San shih. Kiu. Kan. Three ten. Return. Good.
(892) I" H X /San. ZMwg'. Three. Work.
(893) Same as (890) E :k fr San. Ta Heng. Three. Great going.
(894) rO H M -San. Sm^. Three. Star.
(895) Plain, no mark.
All M. Same size.
For the same obverse, with other names on the reverse, see (924-927) in
Associated-names-series.
Beferenees:—K.T.R., Heng III,, ff. 2-5.— S.T.H., Heng I., ff. 19-21.— H.P.W.T.K,
I, ff. 1-3.— T.S.T., XXI., ff 44, 45.
KNIFE-MONEY. 219
A currency of the same shape and device^ but of smaller size^ was issued with the
following symbols on the reverse. The obverse is similar to the preceding series
typified in 48, 49, p. 217, with unimportant differences.
(896)
^
*
Kiu
To depart.
(897)
H*
iW
Teh'eh
Sprout.
(898)
H
X (upside down)
Knng
Work.
(899)
h
J5
She
Family.
(900)
^
b (=-«:)
Ewa
Exchangeable
(901)
-h
±
Shang
High.
(902)
\
± ?
Shang
High.
(903)
®
H (in a circle)
Jih
Sun.
(904)
(
—
Yh
One.
(905)
h
Luh
Six.
(906)
)(
A
Pah
Bight.
(907)
_ .
%
Kiu
Nine.
(908)
+
+
Shih
Ten.
(909)
Plain, no mark.
All ^. Size 5-7.
References .— K.T.H. Heng, III., ff. 5-8.-S.T.H., Heng, I, ff. 21, 22.-H.P.W.T.K.,
r., f. 4.— T.8.T., XXI., f. 46.
220
TCHOU DYNASTY.
(Gardner Coll.)
50.
Obveese
Reverse.
'An-
yang
tchi
kiu
hwa
^
i.e. ' Currency of
'Au-yang.'
~p shih
/ft Swa
i.e. Three ten.
Exchangeable.
M. Size 7-1. Wt. 896.
'An-yang, so called in 257 B.C.; now in Tchang-teh fu, N. Honan. (See Pu-Money,
Square-footed series, 29-32, pp. 83, 84.)
51.
Obv.
'An-yang tchi Jdu hwa.
" Currency of 'An-yang.
Rev.
San shih. _t Shang.
Three ten. High.
(Specimen broken.) JE. Size 67. Wt. 756.
KNIFE-MONEY. 221
There are other issues of the same obverse, with the following symbols ; the last
symbol of the reverse only is given here in facsimile, as follows : —
(910) ( . J H + S San shih. Sing. Three ten. Star.
(911) ^ H + X San shih. Kung. Three ten. Work.
(912) V|/ H + JIJ 8an shih. Tch'eh. Three ten. Sprout.
(913) j H + — San shih. Yh. Three ten. One.
(914) II E + Zl San shih. Erh. Three ten. Two.
(915) -H H + •? San shih. Luh. Three ten. Six.
(916) -J- H + -t San shih. Ts'ih. Three ten. Seven.
(917) /\ H + A San shih. Pah. Three ten. Eight.
(918) iT H "f* ^ San shih. Kiu. Three ten. Nine.
? San shih. Shih hiu. Three ten. Nineteen.
(919) ^ H + +
(920) H San. Three.
M. Size 6-7.
References .— K.T.H. Heng, ff. 8-12.— S.T.H. id., I., ff. 23, 24.— H.P.W.T.K.I.,
flf. 5-8.— T.S.T., XXI., fi". 42-44.
222
TCHOU DYNASTY
(921)
Obverse.
Tcheng
yang
tchi
hiu
hwa
(=M)
(=11)
*
i.e. ' Currency of
Tcheng-yang.'
Eeteesb.
san
~r shih
wa
i.e. Three ten.
Exchangeable.
M. Same size.
Tcheng-yang, during the Civil Wars period, was 90 U south of modern P'u-tchou
(lat. 35° 48', long. 115° 33'), in Shantung.
KNIFE-MONEY.
223
{Gardner Coll.)
Ts'i
Yng
ling
yh
Tso
yh
tchi
hiu
hwa
IV. KMrE-MONEY [continued).
A. Larger sort. h. Associated names.
52.
I?
z
i.e. ' Currency of
Yng-ling city,
(and of) Tso-yhj
in Ts'i/
— •■ 6 aw
~p shih
i.e. Three ten.
Grandson.
The last is figured
by a revival of one of
the many ornamental
and fanciful corrup-
tions of the old form.
M. Size 6-7. Wt. 854.
Yng-ling answered to the modern Tchang-loh (lat. 36° 42'^ long. 118° 58'), in
Ts'ing-tchou fu, B. Shantung. Tso-yh answered to the modern Wen-hi, in Kiang-
tchou (lat. 35° 29', long. 111°, 03'), Shansi.
(922)
The same obverse was issued with a plain reverse.
M. Same size.
Reference .— K.T.H. Heng I., f. 9.
224
(Gardner Coll.)
Ts'i
n
Tsih
n
'An-
^
yang
(=pi)
fan
M
wang
1±
Hu
*
hwa
^
i.e. ' Returnable-re-
viving currency
of Tsih,
and ^An-yang
in Ts'i.'
TCHOU DYNASTY.
53.
Obverse.
Eeveese.
zn san. Three
~r" sJdh. Ten
r. Shang. High.
JE. Size 7-0. Wt. 1044.
Tsih for Tsih-Moh, as, 45-49, pp. 215 sq., and 'An-yang, as, 29, Z2, 50, 51, (910, 920).
(923)
Ts'i
m
Tsih
m
'An-
^
fEi.
yang
^
fan
m
wang
f±
tze
9X
hiu
*
hwa
^
i.e. ' Returnable-re- . ^ vy ^s
viving currency of Tsih, / "^ "'C^
and 'An-yang in Ts'i.' — ■ ■ -
III
san
■V
shih
*
Tiiu
-t
kan
M. Same size.
KNIFE-MOifEy.
225
{Gardner Coll.)
54.
Ts'i
n
Tsih- Yng-
mo ling
ta
^
heng
n
tchi
z
Jdu
*
hwa
^^
i.e. ' Currency of the
great going of Tsih-raoh
and Yng-ling, of Tsi.'
Obverse.
Reverse.
— . san. Three
•Ar* shih. ten.
ii Kai-
JE. Size 7 8. Wt. 1278.
Tsih-moh in Shantuag, as '44-49, 53 above. Yng-ling is the modern Tchang-loh
^ ISI, in Tsing-tchou fu (lat. 36° 42', long. 118° 58'), Shantung. Kai-fung is
still the name of a prefecture (lat. 34° 52', long. 114° 33') in Honan,
Knife-Money of Tuih-moh, B. Shantung, with the same obverse as 45-49, 882-895,
was issued with the following names on the reverses. The wood-cuts do not re-
produce the two first and always the same symbols ^ -p :
(924)
(925)
fp p^ = + ^ fi ««
/ I v» — t '-^n for 'An-yang, as
san shih. 'An. Wang.
as 29, 32, 50, 51 (910-920).
Variant of (924).
Gg
226
TCHOU DYNASTY.
(926)
(927)
(81 8$
Variant of (924).
^^ t +
H "f" ^ ^ ^^'"' *^''^' -Kat-/«wgr. Kai-fung as on
the obverse of 54.
jE. Size 7.
iJe/erences .--K.T.H., heng III., ff. 1, 2.— S.T.H., heng I., ff. 18, 19.—
T.S.T., XXI., f. 45.
(Gardner Coll.)
Ts'i
m-
Kwan
i
tchung wang
^ ii
liu
m
heng
n
hit,
M
fan
iM
fee
^X
hiu
*
hwa
^
55.
Obverse
i.e. 'Returnable-reviving
currency of all travel-
ling traders of Ts'i
and Kwan-tchung.'
Eevbese.
"zr: san. Three.
^ sing. Star.
Figure in relief of a man
holding a pole with a flag.
^ j5_ Hang. Wu.
_ i.e. ' Five liang.
M. Size 8-1. Wt. 1480.
Kwan-tchung was the name of the capital of the great state of Ts''in, then on its
growing way to the empire. The merchants of Ts'i used to go there on commercial
expeditions. See above 37, 38 p. 108 and (460, 784, 794).
KNIFE-MONEY.
227
IV. KNIFE-MONEY {continued).
A. Larger sort. c. Ts'i series. 1. Six- character legends.
(928)
Obveese.
Ts'i
m
fan
m
-f^
wang
#
m
tze
nk
m
hiu
*
^
hwa
^
n
i.e. '
Returnable-reviving
currency of Ts'i
9
Only the three transversal lines,
^^ san. Three.
M. Size 7.
The same legend appears on the following issues (929-944), with some important
variants in the second, third, and fourth symbols which alone are here given in fac-
simile, and with different reverses, as follows :
(929)
Ts'i
fan
wang
tze
kiu hwa.
$1?
t
Variant of the legend on (928).
Only the three transversal lines,
"^^ san. Three.
M. Same size.
228
TCHOU DYNAS'n
'•
(930) Obverse.
Reverse.
fan
K^
— . san. Three
tvang
n
*
~r shih. ten.
tze
hiu hwa.
-s^i
Variant of tht
3 legend on (928).
JO. Size 7
(931)
fan
0
— san
wang
11
"T" shih
tze
kiu hwa.
A'^'r
Same shape as (980).
Variant of the
legenc
Ion (928).
JE. Same size
(932)
Ts'i
fan
A^
:ri san
luavg
^^
~j' shih
Same shape as (930).
tze
kiu hwa.
K%
M. Same size.
(933)
Ts'i
fan
^^
H san Three
-^ shih ten.
wang
tze
m
-)
i hwa Exchange.
hiu hwa.
-fijf
( = -«.)
Variant of the
legend
on (928).
.M, Same size.
(934)
(935)
(936)
KNIFE-MONEY.
Obveese.
Eetekse.
Ts'i
fan
41?
H san Three
wang
-f- shih ten.
tze
hiu liwa.
■)
-f hwa Exchange.
( = ffc)
Variant of the
legend
on (928).
M. Size 7.
Ts'i
^
H san Three
fan
wang
&*
H
-f- shih ten.
tze
-f hwa Exchange
hiu hwa.
Af
( = ft)
Variant of the legend
on (928).
M. Same size.
Ts'i
^#
H scwi Three
fan
wang
Si
1-
-\- shih ten.
li hwa Exchange
tze
•2^g
(=-«:)
hiu hwa.
<^
Variant of the
legend
on (928).
^. Same size.
229
(937)
Ts'i
fan
wang
tze
hiu hwa.
^fr
o
C
- T
Variant of the legend on (928).
O
H san Three
-f" shih ten.
^ simgr Star.
JEi. Same size.
230
TCHOU DYNASTY.
(938)
Obverse.
Ts'i
fan
wang
tze
hiu hwa.
n
Variant of the legend on (928).
(939)
Ts'i
fan
wang
tze
hiu hwa.
^^
^1
Variant of the legend on (928) .
(940)
n
Variant of the legend on (928) .
Ts'i
fan
wang
tze
hiu hwa.
(941)
Ts'i
fan
wang
tze
hiu hwa.
<^^
Variant of the legend on (928).
o
O
J
o
Reveese.
H «aw Three.
J§; sing Star.
M. Size 7.
,— , san Three
-f- shih ten.
P wei A circle.
Ei. Same size.
zz. san Three.
"] Jl shang Above.
M. Same size.
jr. san Three
+ shih ten.
^ sing Star.
yE. Same size.
KNIFE-MONEY.
231
(942)
Obverse.
Ts'i
fan
wang
tze
hiu hwa.
xi
Variant of the legend on (928).
(943)
fan ^
wang ^ vp
tze (]
hiu hwa. A /*
Yariant of the legend on (928).
(944)
Ts'i
fan
wang
tze
Jciu hwa.
3^
Variant of the legend on (928).
^
Eevekse.
H san Three
+ shih ten.
^ sing Star.
M. Size 7.
—
san Three
*
+
shih ten.
d\
^
/iwa Exchange
JE. Same size.
H san Three
-f- s/tt7i ten.
t^ tchung Middle.
M. Same size.
References:— K.'Y.Yi.., heng I, ff. 1-5.— S.T.H., heng I., ff. 1-4.— H.P.W.T.K., I.,
ff. 8, 9.— T.S.T. XXL, f. 47.
232
TCHOU DYNASTY.
IV. KNIPE-MONEY {continued).
A. Larger sort. c. Ts'i series. 2, Four-character legends.
{Gardner Coll.)
Obveese.
Ts'i
#
tchi
z
r
Mu
*
hwa
^
i.e. 'Currency of Ts'i.'
56.
Ee VERSE.
m. san
"l" shih
^ sing
.e. Three ten. Star.
M. Size 7-1. Wt. 643.
T.'s'i tchi kiu hwa.
Same as 56.
57.
Plain, no mark.
(RcpreBcntative specimen.) .E. Size 6-6. Wt. 1020.
KNIFE-MONEY.
58.
233
Obv.
Ts'i tchi Mu hwa. ' Currency of Ts'i.'
Eev.
— + Hi 'S'aw sliih, Hwa.
M. Size 6.9. Wt. 677.
The same obverse, Ts'i tchi kiu hwa, was also issued with the following reverses ;
(945) / ^ H "f* ^ ^"''"^ shih. Hwa. Three ten. Exchange.
(946) H H + Jl ^an shih. Shang. Three ten. Above.
(947)
(948)
,^^ ^ + A San shih. Jen. Three ten. Man.
O H
+ P Safi shih.
Three ten. A circle.
(949) ''O^ (o J .ri+iti' San shih. Kiu. Kan. Three ten. Kiu. Good.
All M. Same size.
Eeferences ;— K.T.H. heng I, ff. 6-8.— S.T.H., heng I., ff. 4-6.
H h
23i
TCHOU DYjSTASTY.
IV. KNIFE^MONEY (continued).
A. Larger sort. c. Ts'i series. 3. Three-cliaracter legends.
(950)
(Gardner Coll.)
Obverse.
tchi ^
hwa '\\^
i?e/erence .--K.T.H. heng I., £ 8
Reyeese.
— . san Three
"P shili ten.
^>J
\ hwa Exchange,
ft)
M. Size 7-.
59.
Obverse.
Tsi ^
hill -J"
liwa -^j^
i.e. 'Carrency of Ts'l.-"
Reverse.
san
shih
hiu
i.e. 'Threaten.'
Kiu.
M. Size 7-. Wt. 713.
KNIFE-MOJSTEY.
60.
235
Ts'i Mu hwa. ' Currency of Ts'i.'
Rev.
^ -f- _t San shih. Bhang.
Three ten. Above.
M. Size 7- . Wt. 701.
Ts'i hiu hwa. ' Currency of Ts'i.'
Rev.
.n + P San shih wei. Three ten. A circle.
M.S\ze7-. Wt. 777.
Ts'i Mu hwa. ' Currency of Ts'i.'
236
TCHOU DYXASTY.
Eev.
^ + p]" San shih. K'o. Three ten. Can.
M Size 7-. Wt. 725.
Ts'i kiu hwa. ' Currency of Ts'i.'
Eev.
.zi + |« San shih. P'u. Three ten. Divining.
M. Size 6-8. Wt. 658.
Ts'i kiu hwa. ' Currency of Ts'i.'
Rev.
^ -f ± San -shih. T'u. Three ten. Earth.
M. Size 7- . Wt. 730.
KNIFE-MONEY.
65.
237
Te'i Mu hwa. ' Currency of Ts'i.'
Rev.
i£ + fb San shih. Hwa. Three ten. Exchange.
JK. Size 6-8. Wt. 768.
Ts'i Iciu hwa. ' Currency of Ts'i.'
Rev.
i^an shih. (?) Three ten. (?)
jE. Size 6'8. Wt. 581.
(951) Obveese.
Ts'i Mu hiva.
Variant of the legend on 66.
Reverse.
San shih -f hwa.
JE. Same size.
238
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Ts'i kiu hwa. ' Currency of Ts'i.'
Rev.
H +
■rt:
San shih. Kih.
Three ten. Lucky.
M. Size 7-2. Wt. 773.
Ts'i kiu hwa. ' Currency of Ts'i.'
Rev.
H + -H-
San shih. Kan.
Three ten. Sweet.
M. Size 7-2. Wt. 744.
Ts'i kiu hwa. ' Currency of Ts'i.'
KNIFE-MONEY.
239
Rev.
^ -t ^
San shih. Tch'eh. Three ten. Sprout.
^. Size 7-2. Wt. 693.
Ts'i kiu hwa. ' Currency of Ts'i.'
Rev.
H + a
San shih. Tsi'e. Three ten. And.
iE. Size7-. Wt.720.
Ts'i kiu hwa. ' Currency of Ts'i.'
Rev.
^ -J- J2 San shih. Kung. Three ten. Work.
M. Size 7-1. Wt. 755.
240
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Ts'i hiu hwa. ' Currency of Ts'i.'
Rev,
H + ±
8an shih. T'u. Three ten. Earth.
M. Size 7- - Wt. 690.
Ts'i hiu hwa. ' Currency of Ts'i.^
Rev.
.n ■f' "fr '^"'^ shih. Reng.
Three ten. Going.
M. Size 7- . Wt. 749.
Ts'i hiu hwa. ' Currency of Ts'i.'
KNIFE-MONEY.
241
Rev.
H + ^
San shih. Seng. Three ten. Produce.
M. Size 7-3. Wt. 746.
Ts'i Iciu hwa. ' Currency of Ts'i.'
Ret.
= + ^
San shih. Ho. Three ten. Grain.
JE. Size 7-2. Wt. 940.
Ts'i kiu hwa. ' Currency of Ts'i.'
Rev.
— (+) pT ^'^'"' i^hih). Ko. Three ten. May.
M. Size 6-9. Wt. 740.
I i
242
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Ts'i kill {hwa). '(Currency) of Ts'i/
Rev.
H + X
San shih. Shang. Three ten. Above.
JE. Size 7- . Wt. 683.
Ts'i hiu hiva. 'Currency of Ts'i.'
Rev.
H + ±
San shih. Shang. Three ten. Above.
JE. Size 7-3. Wt. 727.
Similar issues in shape and size^ with the same legend Ts'i Iciu hwa on the
obverse, have the following reverses. The last character only is given in facsimile.
r-,9.\
(95
(953)
IS
— + ^ fi'aw shih. 'An. Three ten. Peace.
E + ^ '5aft shih. 'An. Three ten. Peace.
KNIFE-MOj^EY. 243
(954) ffi ^ + :^ San shih. Yeng. Three ten. Enlarge.
(955) "7 — H + T San shih. Hia. Three ten. Below.
r
(956) /\/\ H + £ San shih. Kiu Three ten. Hills.
(957) ^^ H + ^ San shih. Yn. Three ten. Yn.
(958) -^p .^ + ^ 'S'aw s/iiA. Fangr. Three ten. Yang.
(959) 'fY H + jfc San shih. Li. Three ten. Up.
(960) (a H + I^ San shih. Peh. Three ten. White.
(961) (®J H + M 'S'aw s/iiA. Sing. Three ten. Star.
(962) — { V- H + P '^'*'' *'*'*'''• Swei. Three ten. Enclosure.
(963) €y H + 0 '^'*"' *'^^'^- '^*'^- Three ten. Sun.
(964) "A" H + :'C 'S'*'* *"^*^- ^"- Three ten. Great.
(966) V |— H + Jh 'S'aw s/ii/i. TcAe. Three ten. To stop.
244 TCHOU DYNASTY.
(967) // ;£ + ^{^.) San shih. Tchi. (?) Three ten. To.
(968) '-\ H + b 'S'a7i sMh. Hwa. Three ten. Exchange.
^ — ^ i-H)
(969) /| H + 'f 'S'aw s^i/i. Hwa. Three ten. Exchange.
(970) lO H + ^ /5aw sM/i,. Ts'ih. Three ten. Seven.
(971) j-P H + Jt 'S'aw s/i*. Tc/ii Three ten. To.
(972) "^ H + 5? San shih. Wan. Three ten. Myriad.
(973) irpi = + ^ San shih. P'an. Three ten. Half.
(974) M"'^ H + ]^ '8'«w s^*- Tc/t'e/i. Three ten. Sprout.
(975) _ H + ^ Sc-''^ shih. Erh. Three ten. Two.
(976) J H + f 'S^a*'' shih. Eiva. Three ten. Exctange.
I ( = ffc)
(977) q E + ^ San shih. Tchi. Three ten. To.
1 (turned aside)
M. All same size.
References .--K.T.H., ^ II., ff. 8-12.— S.T.H., f^ I., flf. 6-17.— H.P.W.T.K. I.,
ff. 13-19.— T.S.T., XXI., ff. 33-40.
KNIFE-MONEY.
245
(Gardner Coll.)
79.
Ts'i ^
Mu ■^
hwa -flj
i.e. ' Currency of Ts'i.'
Eeveese.
Z^ san. Three.
^ Mh. Lucky.
%.J
M. Size 7- - Wt. 770.
Other issues of the same size and shape with a similar obverse, Ts'i Mu hwa, have
the following signs on the reverses. The second symbol only is given in facsimile.
Three. Star.
(978)
^
= ^
(979)
©
H -H-
(980)
A
5 &
(981)
:e
E IE
(982)
O
E P
(Saw, Kan. Three. Good.
San. Tsiu. Three. Moreover.
San. Tcheng. Three. Right.
San. Ewei. Three. Enclosure.
•246
TCHOU DYNASTY.
(983)
51
(984)
J>\
(985)
\
(986)
^
(987)
\\
(988)
-^
— pj San. Ko.
Three. Suitable.
— ^ San. Hwa. Three. Exchange.
^ ^ San. Ts'ih. Three. Seven.
^ San. Hwa. Three. Exchange.
5 (?) San (?)
H ^
San. Ta.
Three. (?)
Three. Great.
(989)
Obv.
yL
H tC
San. Wen, Three. Ornament.
M. All same size.
References :—K.T.R., "^ II., S. 2-12.— H.P.W.T.K. I., S. 19.
80.
No legend.
Rev.
+ X Shih. Rung. Ten. Work.
^. Size 12. Wt. 756.
KNIFE-MONEY.
247
IV. KNIEE-MONEY (continued).
B. Smaller sorts, a. Various series.
(990)
Obverse.
Kan-
Tan
Kan-Tan was the capital of
the state of Tchao (403 B.C.),
in S. Tchihli. See above,
Spade-Money (111) series
and Pu-Money (875) series,
also (1226) below.
Eeveese.
Plain, no legend,
nor marks.
M. Size 5-2.
Other issues with same plain reverse exhibit the following variants on the
obverse : —
(991) (992) (993)
Kan.
Tan.
B o '=='
M. Same size.
248
(994) Obverse.
Kan-Tan.
Variant of (990).
TCHOU DYNASTY.
H
^
Reverse.
yi Tch'eh, ' Sprout.'
iE. Size 5-2.
(995)
Kan-Tan.
Variant of (990).
^ (J Hua, 'Exchange.'
' (=lfc)
JE. Same size.
(996)
Kan-Tan.
Variant of (990).
i
5?^ luh, ' Six.'
(turned on side)
M. Same size.
(997)
Kan-Tan.
Variant of (990).
-|- -f- sMt, 'Ten/
^. Same size.
JJe/erences .— H.P.W.T.K. II., f. 20.— K.T.H , heng + 0 , ff. 1, 2.—
S.T.H., heng H , f- 8.
Obv.
Eev.
(998)
(999)
(1000) (1001)
(1002)
9
1ft K
6 e
Plain, no marks.
)^ ^ Tcheng
0 6 Peh.
M. Same size.
Tcheng is perhaps the name of a place, as (407) and (881). Peh is not identified.
Ouv.
Eev.
KNIFE-MONEY.
24£
(1003)
(1004) (1005)
(1006)
)^
. ^ K
u
^ Tcheng
+
— 1
+
"i* s/tiA
3
6 e
G
^ Pe/i.
Plain, no marks.
./
E. Size 5-2.
References ;— K.T.H., heng + 0 , ff. 3, 4.— S.T.H., heng £ , f. 8.—
H.P.W.T.K. II., f. 20.
Obv.
(1007)
(1008)
(1009)
(1010)
(1011)
0
G
O
0
0 & Pe/i
d
?>
^
a
^ :JJ tao.
Eev.
Plain.
(■
n
4>
oc
L (='tt:)
Hwa,
' Exchange.'
' north.'
4'
tchung,
' middle.'
Mao,
' cross.'
J5. Same size.
Obv. (1012) (1013) (1014) (1015) (1016)
^ Peh
Eev.
9 Q e ^ 0
J ^ ^ ) 1
i^ II < r 4-
^ r: 7^ 5^ +
■pTem, er/i-, Zm^, luh, shih,
Ornament. '2.' '6.' '6.' '10.'
7J iao.
iE. Same size.
Kk
■250
TCHOU DYIS^ASTY,
Obv.
(1017)
(3 & ^ '^
(1018)
D ^«^-
Eev.
Rev.
Rev.
(1019)
0 i.
Peh.
b
JJ tao.
+ s/ii/i,, '10.' {^ = ilhwa. tC w'e'^-
jS). Size 5-!
Obv. (1020) (1021) (1022) (1023) (1024)
6 ^a?20r O 0 0 6 Vek.
i> A y •\
s.
• ^
-t
Wh,
luh,
luh,
luh,
ts'ih,
Five.'
' six.'
' six.'
' six.'
' seven.'
^. Same size.
Obv. (1025) (1026) (1027)
) y ? 3 ? ?
^ ^ t { = it) J^wa. p ^ yu
f
Plain,
no mark.
yh, '1.' hwa.
J5. Same size.
Epferences:—K.T.B., ^f^ + ffl, ff. 4,5,6.— S.T.H., -^^H^f. 9.— S.T.T.XXI., f.47.
ObVv
Kev.
KNIFE-MONEY.
(1028)
(1029)
•
? ?
9f<
? .-g. Lm.
^
? ^ shili.
%
? ^ s.'ii/i,.
4
? lif j/an^.
_
^
V
? [J^ 7/aw^.
P|aiu,
no marks.
^. Size 5-2.
251
2?e/ere»ices .—K.T.H., ^^ + 0 , f . 10.— H.P.WJT.K., I., f. 21.
IV. KNIPE-MONEY (continued).
B. Smaller sorts, b. Pointed series.
81.
Obv.
£, Ki. Sixth of the denary cycle.
Rev.
Plain.
,E. Si/.e 6--1. Wc. 233
252
Eev.
Obv.
TCHOU DYNASTY.
82.
t {=it) ^'^■"' 'Exchange.'
Plain.
83.
Plain.
JE. Size 61. Wt. 247.
Rev.
;^ Muh. ' A Tree.'
M. Size 61-. Wt. 210.
KNIFE-MONEY.
253
84.
Obv.
J^ Ts'ih, ' Seven.'
Rev.
Plain.
85.
.a;. Size 6-1. Wt. 250.
Obv.
Plain.
Eev.
A Pah, ' Eight.'
(Specimen broken.) M. Size 5 9. Wt. 247.
254 TCHOU DYNASTY.
Other issues of the same shape and size, the obverse plain, bear the following
signs on the
Rev. (1030) (1031) (1032) (1033) (1034)
- = X Z V
(turned up)
- H 5. S /^
yh,'l.' sail, ' 3.' wu, ' 5.' icu, ' 5.' luh, ' &.'
Rev. (1035) (1036) (1037) (1038) (1039)
(turned up)
A %
luh, '6.' lu'h,'Q.' pah, '8.' kiu, ' 9.'
Rev. (1040) (1041) (1042) (1043) (1044)
^ ^ t ^ y
(turned up) (upside down)
Mu, ' 9.' Uu, ' 9.' jih, ' 20.' jih, ' 20.'
Rev. (1045) (1046) (1047) (1048) (1049)
-r^ luh, /\ 'pah. Variant ^ ijh, p^ ping,
T ii»9' -" yh, of 2nd of tlie 3rd of the
'*J- '8.' (1046) denary cycle, denary cycle.
4th of the denarj' cycle. ' 1.'
KXIFE-MONEY.
(1050)
(1061)
(1052)
(1053)
(1054)
J
OfJl
y
Y
7
(turned up)
j t^iig,
^ ping-
4th of the
3rd of the denary cycle.
denary cycle
255
Rev. (1055) (1056) (1057) (1058) (1059)
^ ^ 5 :i c n
£* ^h ^U mao, Tiiao,
6th of the denary cycle. 4th of the as
duodenary cycle. (1058).
Rev.
(1060) (1061) (1062) (1063) (1064)
(turned up)
mao, mao, mao, mao, Q se,
as (1058). as (1058). as (1058). as (1058). 6th of the
duodenary cycle.
Rev. (1065) (1066) (1067) (1068) (1069)
^
(turned up) (turned up) (turned up) ^ ^^^^ ^ ^^.^
«e, se, se, 7th of the 8th of the
as (1064). as (1064). as (1064). duodenary duodenary
cycle. cycle.
256
Rev.
(1070)
?
T ting,
as (1054)
and (?).
TCHOU DYNASTY,
(1071) (1072)
ting,
(turned up)
T iing,
^ mao, mao,
4th of the as (1071).
sexagenary
cycle.
(1073)
) C
ting,
mao,
as (1071).
(1074)
)(•
ting,
mao,
as (1071).
Rev.
Rev.
(1075)
(1076)
(1077)
(1078)
(1079)
)(
•
)(
^
T
±
•
f «
(turned upside down)
ting.
ting.
± t'u.
t'u.
t'u,
mao.
mao.
' earth.'
Variant of
as (1077)
Variant of
Variant of
(1077).
(1071).
(1071).
(1080)
(1081)
(1082)
(1083)
(1084)
A
>'(
V\)
0
□
t'u,
7jC shui,
[Ij shan,
0 jiK
jih,
as (1077).
' water.'
' mountain.^
' the sun.'
as (1083),
Rev.
(1086)
(1086)
(1087)
8 6 (
(turned up) (turned up) •
H tan, tan, stars,
'dawn.' as (1085). (TaHofthe
Great Bear 1)
(1088)
J:
Jl shang,
' above.'
(1089)
T
v^ tchung,
' middle.'
Eev.
(1090)
1
(turned up)
"]» hia,
' below.'
KNIFE-MONEY.
(1091) (1092) (1093)
257
:i
Ma,
Variant of
(1090).
hia,
Variant of
(1090.)
' great.'
(1094)
r
(turned up)
ta,
as (1093).
Rev.
(1095)
(1096)
(1097) (1098)
(1099)
(turned up)
%
y (turned V J
f
:k ta,
ta.
ta, ^ sing,
sing.
as (1093).
as (1093).
as (1093). 'to produce.'
as (1008)
Rev.
Rev.
(1100)
I 1
(1101)
(1102)
(1103)
(1104)
"i
^
(turned up)
Z
sing.
sing.
^ she,
}S^ wen,
X ^ung,
Variant of
Variant of
'family.'
' ornament.'
' work.'
(1098).
(1098).
(1105)
(1106)
(1107)
(1108)
(1109)
)(
)(
• •
n
5C
3C
—
(corrupt)
fr T^eng,
heng,
heng.
{j = '/^ hwa
hwa,
' going.'
as (1105).
as (1105).
' exchange.'
as (1108)
Ll
258
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Rev. (1110)
(1111)
(1112)
(1113)
(1114)
^
^l
L
s/
1
(abridged)
(abridged)
(abridged)
(abridged)
hwa.
f (='ft) ^wa,
hwa,
hwa,
hwa,
as (1108).
' exchange.^
as (1111).
as (1111).
as (1111)
Rev. (1115)
Rev.
O
P hwa,
' enclosure.^
Rev. (1120)
^
(1116)
(1117)
(1118)
(turned up)
' change.^
yh,
as (1116).
(1121)
(1122)
yh,
as (1116).
(1123)
(1119)
^ ^ 5 i
(turned up)
TlTao,
' knife.'
(1124)
^ 3 ^ i
tao,
tao.
tao,
tao,
tao,
as (1119).
as (1119).
as (1119).
as (1119).
as (1119).
(1125)
(1126)
(1127)
(1128)
(1129)
□
0
C
r?
\j
a square.
Variant of
Unknown ?
"Jj wan,
wan,
(1125).
' myriad.'
as (1128).
KNIFE-MONEY. 259
Eev. (1130) (1131) (1132) (1133) (1134)
n ♦ c^ f I
■wan, (?) ^ tsing, P tsih, ^ !/m, a knife,
as (1128). 'a well.' 'a joint.' 'to.'
Rev. (1135) (1136) (1137) (1138) (1139)
e^^ ^I^ f I I Jr
a ^ X Jcung. _J (?)-f{: 7iM,a,
yh mao. ^ mao. Undecipliered. Undecipliered. ' exchange.'
Ee/erereces.— K.T.H. ^ :ft,, ff. 1-17; +, flP. 1-14; + — , ff. 1-12 ; + r, ff. l-H ;
+ H, ff. 1-10.— S.T.H. ? H ff. 2-6.— H.P.W.T.K. II., f. 18.— T.S.T., ff. 51, 52.
Other issues of the same size and shape, or with occasional minor differences,
in length or in curve, the reverse plain, bear the following marks :
Obv. (1140) (1141) (1142) (1143) (1144)
Obv.
'O
—
II
X
)l
(turned up)
— yK
^ erh.
S wu,
y?^ luh
luh,
' one.'
' two.'
'five.'
' six.'
as (1143)
(1145)
(1146)
(1147)
(1148)
~ (1149)
V
A
A
t
H/
(turned up)
(turned up)
yf^ luh.
^ ts'ih.
ts'ih.
ts'ih,
ts'ih,
' six.'
' seven.'
as (1146).
as (1146),
as (1146).
260
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obv.
(1150)
A pah,
' eight.'
(1151)
•jl, Mu,
' nine.'
(1162)
Mu,
as (1151).
(1153)
) h ^
Mu,
as (1151).
(1154)
■ft* Jeh,
twenty.'
Obv.
(1155)
(1156)
(1157)
Obv.
Obv.
^^ % h
(1158)
Ay
(1159)
V
Jj wan,
wan,
wan,
2. yK
yK
' myriad.'
as (1155).
as (1156).
2nd of the
denary cycle.
as (1158).
(1160)
(1161)
(1162)
(1163)
(1164)
AA
I
(turned up)
I
(turned up)
2
yh
T t'^i^g.
ting,
ting,
^hi,
as (1158).
4th of the
denary cycle.
as (1161).
as (1161).
6 th of the
denary cycle,
(1165)
(1166)
(1167)
(1168)
(1169)
5
^
i
n
(turned up)
hi.
hi,
i ./en,
^jl mao,
mao.
.8 (1164).
as (1164).
9th of the
denary cycle.
4th of the duo-
denary cycle.
as (1168.)
KNIFE-MONEY,
261
Obv.
(1170)
^^
mao,
as (1168).
(1171)
I
(turned
up)
5?^ luh
T iing,
'six.'
4th of the
denary cycle.
(1172)
7
luh
ting,
Variant of
(1171)
(1173)
I
"(turned up)
luh
ting,
Variant of
(1171).
(1174)
)<.
A P<^h
T i'^'^9>
' eight.'
4th of the
denary cycle.'
Obv.
Obv.
Obv.
(1175)
(1176)
(1177)
(1178)
(1179)
r' (turned
V \ (turned
±
v> (turned
Xy up)
1
f (turned
p- "P)
(turned up)
A pah
^ wei,
• eight.'
8th of duo-
denary cycle.
^ Mu
± t'u,
' nine.'
' earth.'
;^ weti
-^yh,
' ornament.'
' one.'
ti=i\:)hwa
' exchange.'
' one.'
(1183)
ti='f^)hwa
'exchange.'
(1180)
(1181)
(1182)
(1184)
V
i
1
^
y
hwa,
as (1179).
hwa,
as (1179).
hwa,
as (1179).
hwa,
as (1179).
hwa,
as (1179).
(1185)
hwa,
as (1179).
(1186)
(1187)
(1188)
hiva,
i(1179).
hiva,
as (1179).
(turned up)
^ yh,
' change.'
(1189)
\^ ^ e J
(corrupt)
yh,
as (1188).
262
Obv.
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obv.
Obv.
(1190)
as (1188).
(1191)
(turned up) (turned up)
yh
as (1188).
(1192)
(turned up)
JC yuen,
' origin.'
(1193)
y
(turned up)
yuen,
as (1192).
(1194)
O
H ji/h
' the sun.*
(1195)
(1196)
(1197)
(1198)
(1199)
±
(turned up)
±
^
(turned up)
±t'u.
t'u,
t'u,
!fi tch'eh,
tch'eh,
' earth.'
as (1195).
as (1195).
' sprout.'
as (1198),
(1200)
(1201)
(1202)
(1203)
(1204)
^
/K
(turned up)
i
(turned up)
5
TfC muh,
muh,
I wang.
35^ wen.
^ hung.
' tree.'
as (1200).
' ruler.'
'ornament.'
' prince.'
Obv.
(1205)
' great.'
(1206)
X
(turned up)
ta,
as (1205).
(1207)
(turned up)
ta,
as (1205).
(1208)
(turned up)
ta,
as (1205).
(1209)
(turned up)
ta,
as (1205).
KNIFE-MONEY.
263
Obv.
Obv.
Obv.
Obv.
(1210)
(1211)
(1212)
(1213)
(1214)
Jt
1
~F
^
J: sJmng,
' above.'
shang,
as (1210).
I* hia,
' below.'
fyu,
'to.'
yu,
as (1213).
(1215)
(1216)
(1217)
(1218)
(1219)
1(
.s
^
e
/
(turned up)
(several sizes)
• going.'
-fti ^wa (?),
■ exchange.'
JJ tao,
' knife.'
tao,
as (1217).
too,
as (1217).
(1220)
(1221)
(1222)
(12233
(1224)
f
c
c
L
O
' lucky.'
Un-
deciphered.
Un-
deciphered.
Un-
deciphered.
P hwd,
' round.'
(1225)
(1226)
P
P Ax^
p hu, ' door.' Unknown.
References .— K.T.H. heng % ff. 1-20; + flP. 4, 6-14; + — ff. 1, 3-12 ; + " ff. 2, 4-11 ;
-f- H ff. 3-6, 8.— S.T.H., heng H ff- 1, 4.— H.P.W.T.K. II., ff. 18, 19.
264
TCHOU DYNASTY.
The following series of the same shape and size, have marks on Obv. and Rev.
as follows :
(1227) Obverse.
-Tan
Kan- -y-
O
Reveese.
^ -^ luh, 'six.'
(turned on side)
Kan-Tan (turned up ?), the capital of the state of Tchao, and on (111, 875, 990)
above.
(1228)
yh
H
/\
luh,
(1229)
yh
(1230)
yh
(1231)
ts'ih Ac
(1282)
■pah /\
' eight.'
T
H
) (^ A pah,
' eight.'
Ik
~X ting, 4th of the
denary cycle.
^ mao, 4th of the
(turned up) duodenary cycle.
-ip |?g pwgf, 8rd of the
r denary cycle.
(turned up)
^^
(turned up)
— 1/fe, * one.'
^|J mao, 4th of the
duodenary cycle.
KNIFE-MONEY.
265
(1233)
shih
' ten.'
Obverse.
+
Reveese.
' twenty.'
(1234)
hwei P
a circle.
'to.'
(1235)
ping |?g f
3r(l of the denary (turned up)
cycle.
"Y ping.
Same as obverse.
References.— K.T.R., heng %, ff. 10, 11, 13-15, 18.— S.T.H., heng H, ff. 5, 7.
(1236)
IV. KNIPE-MONEY (continued).
B. Smaller sorts, c. Ming series.
Obverse.
B)j ming.
Reverse.
Jj ( = 'ft) liwa 'exchange.'
M. Size 5-1.
Miiig or Ming i/Zi H^ ^ was in the state of Tchao (Tchihli) during the period of the
Civil Wars. In 281 B.C. Tchao Siang Wang of Ts'in conquered the town with the
help of the King of Wei.
M m
266
Obv.
TCHOU DYNASTY.
(1237)
(1238)
Same as (1236).
^
rmng.
Variant of (1236).
Eev.
Obt.
) undeciphered.
P^ 0 tien 'land.'
.£. Size 6-1.
References .— K.T.H., heng E3 , f- 1. S.T.H., heng IT , f. 1.
IV. KNIFE-MONEY (contmued).
B. Smaller sorts, c, Ming series. 1. Square-point class.
86.
B^ mtngf. Same as (1236).
Eev.
No legend.
M. Size 5'3. Wt. 201.
KNIFE-MONEY.
267
Obv.
87.
^ ming. Same as (1236).
Eev.
No legend.
M. Size 5-4. Wt. 306.
Obv.
88.
^ ming. Same as (1236).
Rev.
No legend.
M. Size 5-4. Wt. 240.
268
TCHOU DYNASTY.
89.
Obv
l-jjj ming. Same as (1236).
Rev.
35. wu 'five.
M. Size 5-3. Wt. 254.
Obv.
90.
RJ] mmg. Same as (1236).
Rev.
/\ jjah ' eight.'
M. Size 5-6. Wt. 273.
KNIFE-MONEY. 269
Other issues of the same size and shape bear the following marks :
Obv. (1239) (1240) (1241) (1242) (1243)
3^ ^ I ^ 5)
Rev.
mmg,
as (123G).
Rev.
Plain.
X X T
(npside down)
— yh ^ wu wu -;r\ luh
Obv. (1244) (1245) (1246) (1247) (1248)
S ^
O I ming,
as (1236).
/^ 1 1 I
/\ pah pah 2* 2/'*' I Ttung
' eight.' ' eight.' 2nd of the denary cycle. ' work.'
^. Size 5-3.
Reference :-K.T.'H., hong 0, ff. 2-4.
Other issues of the same shape^ a little larger in size, bear the following marks ;
Obv. (1249) (1250) (1251) (1252) (1253)
9 9 ^, 9
miiig,
as (1236).
270
Rev.
(1249)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
(1250) (1251) (1252)
f- t
^ ts'ih t{ = ^t) ^wa y Ua
' seven.' ' exchange.' ' below.'
_tl shang
' above.'
(1253)
i>
J} tao
'knife.'
jE. Size 5-5.
Obv. (1254)
(1265)
(1256)
(1257) (1258)
^ ^ i
mmg,
as (1236).
Rev.
2> ^fc T f ^
J] tao ^ hwa ^ han Jean ^ yii
'knife.' 'exchange.' 'shield.' (?) ' shield.' (?) 'to.'
M. Same size.
References .--KT-H., heng 0 , ff. 5, 6.— S.T.H., heng — , ff. 1-2.
91.
Obv.
^ ming. Same as (1236).
Rlv.
No legend.
M, Sire 5'5. Wt. 209.
KNIFE-MONEY.
271
92.
Obv.
0)J ming. Same as (1236).
Rev.
ff heng ' going.'
93.
JS. Size 5-4. Wt. 258.
Obv.
fl^ ming. Same as (1236).
Rkv.
fj heng ' going.'
M. Size 5-5. Wt. 253.
272
TCHOU DYNASTY.
BjJ ming. Same as (1236).
Rev.
fr heng ' going.'
^. Size 5'4. VVt. :
Other issues of the same shape, design, and size, with the same obverse, bear the
following marks on the
Rev. (1259) (1260)
— yh
'one.'
Rev. (1264)
. erh
'two.'
(1265)
(1261)
^ sail
' three.'
(1262)
(1263)
jS MM J^ shang
' five.' ' above.'
(1266)
(1267)
(1268)
\
7^
^ ?
(corrupted) (corrupted)
y Ma ■§: tch'ang ^ ijun ^ Un- (?) ^ Ivh ' six.'
* below.' ' long.' ' say.' deciphered. — yh ' one.'
Ji. Size 5'4.
Three other issues bear: y^ luh ' six,* -J]- nien 'twenty' (upside down), |lj shan
' mountain.'
Eef er ences :—K.T.'K , heng H , ff. 7, 8.— S.T.H., heng -, ff. 3, 4— T.S.T. XXI.,
ff. 51, 52.
KNIFE-MONEY.
273
Other issues of the same size, shape, and design, with a similar obverse inscribed
mmg, bear the following marks on the
Ebv. (1269)
(1270)
(1271)
i
\
(turned f^
\
(1272)
i
(1273)
^
h
'-' yh 'one,' ^Y hwan 'hair- ^ yun' to say.' Her/i'two.' /\ pah ' eight'
•^ to" 'eminent.' [tuft.' -"yh' one.' (?)W «* 'west.' ? ? ?
— vh 'one,' J^ ts'ih' aeren.' •{' shih .
^ '^ 'sixteen.'
/\
luh
Rev. (1274)
/
\
±
(turned
(1275)
(1276)
|\
(1277)
4-
(1278)
^
A iJa^ ' eight.' (?)JJ too 'knife.' 5^ Zw/i. ' six.' „ ZwTi'six.' ^Zw/i'six.'
Jl s/iaw^ ' above.' -JJ- mew 'twenty.' ^ ?i;o 'myself.' „ wo 'myself.' „ wo 'myself.'
•^ tai 'eminent.' -p s/in'/i ' ten.' ^ sah ' thirty.'
— yh ' one.'
(1279)
(1280)
(1281)
(1282)
(1283)
^
S"
D
v^
^
;f^ luh ' six.'
(corrupted)
? ?
55
(corrupted)
fij ii;o ' myself.'
un-
deciphered.
'seven.'
' fifty-five.'
un-
deciphered,
^
N n
274
Rev.
TCHOU DYNASTY.
(1284)
(1285)
(1286)
eg
l<
^
(corruptciJ)
(corrnpted)
undecipliered.
fr 'i«'li/
^=^ tsien
'going.' ?
' money.'
M. Size 5-4.
References.— K.T.B.., heng 0 , ff. 10, 11. -S.T.H., heng -, flf. 2, 3.
(Gardner Coll.)
Obv.
IV. KNIPE-MONEY {contmued).
B. Smaller sorts, o. Ming series. 3. Left class,
95
B^ ming. Same as (1236).
Eev.
^ Jl tso shancj. 'Left.' 'above.'
JE. Size 5-4. Wt. 239.
KNIFE-MONEY.
275
(Gardner Coll.)
Obv.
Rev
ObV.
96.
B^ ming. Same as (1236).
^ f tso hia. 'Left.' 'below.
M. Size 5 -i Wt. 241
97.
0^ ming Same as (1236).
Ret.
& tso ^ ^
JSi. Size 5-5. Wt. 245.
276 TCHOU DYNASTY.
Other issues of the same shape, design, and sign, with a similar obverse inscribed
ming, as (1236), bear the following marks on the
Eev. (1287) (1288) (1289) (1290) (1291)
^
-Or
% ^ ^ ^
^ tso 'left.' „ tso 'left/
Jl shang 'above.' f hia 'below.'
Eev. (1292) (1293) (1294) (1295) (1296)
^ ^ 2 ^ -&
^ tso ' left.' „ tso ' left.' „ tso ' left.' „ tso ' left.' „ tso ' left.'
f Ma ' below.' „ hia ' below.' „ hia ' below.' P heu ' mouth.' „ Jceu ' mouth.'
— yh ' one.' ^ san ' three.' X hmg 'work.' — yh ' one.'
Rev. (1297) (1298) (1299) (1300) (1301)
^ =^ IT ^ ^
A (upside Q (turned w^ ^. (upside V^
n down) X^ aside) \7 ZA dSwn) V
& tso 'left.'
P heu ' mouth.
Key.
- KNIFE-MONEY.
(1302)
(1303)
(1304)
(1305)
(1306)
^
•
^
^
^
'n
& ho 'left.'
ri
rr
„ tso '
' left.'
JJ too' knife.'
t = i^ hwa
' exchange,
277
Kev. (1307) (1308) (1309) (1310) (1311)
i tso 'left.' „ tso 'left.' „ iso 'left.' „ tso 'left.'
■^ Jtt/i 'lucky.' -^ /iM ? 3it wen. 'ornament.' fj Ae?igf 'going.'
Eev. (1312) (1313) (1314) (1315) (1316)
A
A
^
'^
-^
a:
J:-
Y
1-
o
/
V
>r
c
^ <so 'left.' „ tso 'left' „ tso 'left.' „ foo 'left.'
2, yfe 2nd of ^ Ua 1st of S ^^ 3rd of (?) •& <ot ' eminent.'
denary cycle. denary cycle, denary cycle.
278
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Ebv. (1317)
(1318)
(1319)
(1320)
(1321)
f
„ tso 'left.'
T
^
jLT
Ac
^
^
^ tso 'left.'
1" hia 'below.'
„ <so 'left.'
•^ tei ' emiuent.'
„ tai ' eminent.' „ tsi
> 'left.'
^ fcan 'shield.'
1^ hia ' below.'
^ ts'ien ' thousand.'
— yh 'one.'
Eev. (1322)
(1323)
(1324)
(1325)
(1326)
^
i^
^
^.
^ tso 'left.'
„ tso 'left.'
w
— yh 'one.'
Rev. (1327) (1328) (1329) (1330) (1331)
■^ ^ < /^ ^
x: ^ a^
^ i - r
— -A. jD -=-
^
^ tso 'left.' „ tso 'left.'
— 1/A ' one.' H er/i ' two.'
KNIFE-MONEY, 279
Rev. (1332) (1333) (1334) (1335) (1336)
jk -e. -^ ^ ^
<'i\
III ''^ i^ X
2£ tso 'left.' „ tso 'left.' „ Uo 'left.'
^ sttw 'three.' P9 s%& 'four.' 5& '^w 'five.'
Eev. (1887) (1338) (1339) (1340) (1841)
/ci ^ ^
O 'i\ 7\ T^
^ tso 'left.'
^r^ Zj^/i, ' six.'
Rev. (1342) (1343) (1344) (1345) (1346)
^ ^ ^ ^ ^.
^ (turned V Sj (cor- VV / J
aside) / I rupted) ^**» ' I
^ tso 'left.' „ tso 'left.' „ tso 'left.'
5?; Zm/i ' six.' JiCi **'* ' seven.' A 'po^ ' eight.'
280 TCHOU DYNASTY.
Eev. (1347) (1348) (1349) (1350) (1351)
$ ^ ^ f ^
n /\ t
^ tso 'left/ ,, tso 'left/ „ tso 'left.'
/V pah ' eight.' i{j Mu ' nine.' -f- shih ' ten.'
Rev. (1352) (1353) (1354) (1355) (1356)
-V-
<fc
Y j^ '^'sf if
^ iso 'left.' „ tso 'left.'
"tf iiien 'twenty.' ^ sah 'thirty.'
Rev. (1357) (1358)
& tso 'left.' „ iso 'left.'
^ wu ^ ts'ien 'thousand.'
-f- shih ^'
M. Size B-2.
JBe/erences.— K.T.H., heng 55., ff. 1-14.— S.T.H., heng Zl, f. 5.-T.S.T.,XXI.,
ff. 48, 51.— H.P.W.T.K. II., ff. 7-16.
KNIFE-MONEY.
281
KNIEE-MONEY {continued).
B. Smaller s^t3. c. Ming series, 4. Eight class.
98.
B|j ming. Same as (1236).
Rev.
"& J) S. yu tao wu ' right, knife, five.'
M. Size 5-4. Wt. 231.
BjJ mtng'. Same as (1236).
Rev.
'& -t 2/^ ^^'^i 'right, seven.'
M. Size 5-4. Wt. 2J3.
O 0
282
TCHOU DYNASTY.
100.
Obv.
Bfl ming.
Same as (1236).
Rev.
^ -f" — yio shih yh 'right, eleven.'
(Representative Specimen.) M. Size 5'2. Wt. 369.
Other issues of the same shape, design, and size, bear the following legends :
Obv. (1359) (1360) (1361) (1362)
Rev.
V
^
^
^
0
^
BjJ ming.
Same as (1236).
' right.'
M. Same size.
The following issues of the same shape, design, and size, with a similar obverse
inscribed viing 0^ , bear the following legends on the
Rev.
(1363) (1364) (1365) (1366)
5^ A
:5^
C
V
\
V
V
(1367)
(1368)
..J
3
^ yu^ right.'
— . yh ' one.'
„ yu 'right.'
~'. erh 'two.'
„ yu 'right.'
H *tt7i 'three.'
Eet.
Ebv.
Eev.
Ret.
KNIFE-MONEY.
21
(1369)
(1370)
(1371)
(1372)
(1373)
51.
5s
^
A
V
V
M.
V
\f
^
><X
„ yu ' right.'
X
,> yu
X
^ 2/M '
right.'
' right.'
gg sae
' four.'
jj tsze ' four.'
P A;e?4 ' mouth.
5, WM
(1377)
'five.'
(1374)
(1375)
(1376)
(1378)
:3k
:Jv
^
^
-rf
\^
V
b^
X
A
»^ -
x\
<V
<& 2/M
'right.'
„ ^M 'right.'
jl. WM
'five.'
7^ Zm/i 'six.'
(1382)
(1379)
(1380)
(1381)
(1383)
Si
0
^
7^
:X
:±:
/^ (turngd
V ^ tj right)
^ 2/M
'right.'
3>
yu 'right.'
-{;; is'i/i 'seven.'
(1387)
hiu ' nine.'
(1384)
(1385)
(1386)
(1388)
:^
5^
:^
^
-V-
V
y
W
V
^
-^
n
^
-f-
^ 2/M
' right.'
»
1/tt 'right.'
\ hill
' nine.'
+
s/w'/i. 'ten.'
284
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Eev. (1389)
(1390)
(1391)
(1392)
(1393)
\
a
A
:^
^J
W
X)
-1-
-V
V
1
yu ' right.'
„ yu ' right.'
>rx
>& yu '
right.' „
„ yu ' right.'
-p shih
' ten.'
shih
, ' eleven.'
• yh
shih
„ 7. 'twelve
shih
.' _ ' fourteen.'
0 S2e
Eev. (1394)
(1895)
(1396)
(1397)
(1398)
n6
:^
•li
+
t
^
■^
•^ yu 'right.'
„ yu 'right.
i
„ yu 'right.'
-f" shih
I 'fifteen.'
-{}■ nien ' twenty.'
^ ts'ien ' thousand.'
M. Size 5-4.
Ee/erences .—K.T.H. heng -^^ , ff. 2-6, 11.— T.S.T., XXL, S. 47-50.— H.P.W.T.K.
II., ff. 7-16.
KNIFE-MONEY.
285
Other issues of the same shape, size, and design, with the obverse inscribed
59 Ming, thus : ^^^, or with unimportant variants, bear the following legends :
: pj^j or with
Eev. (1399)
;g'2/w 'right.'
— yh ' one.'
JIl keu ' mouth.'
(1400)
o
(1401)
„ yu ' right.'
ZZ erh ' two.'
,, keu ' mouth.'
(1402)
(1403)
:>^
_ 'd
= i\
<r ^
„ yu ' right.' „ yu ' right.'
^ san ' three.' p^ luh ' six.'
,, keu ' mouth.' ,, keu ' mouth.-
Eev.
(1404)
(1405)
(1406)
(1407)
><
A
>K
>^
V
^
\^
M
T
•V-
^
^
o
V
V
»
^
^ yu ' right.'
„ yw
right.'
yu ' right.'
(?) yf; luh 'six.'
"tf nien
' twentj
. }
w-
sah ' thirty.'
P keu ' month.'
„ keu '
' mouth.'
3)
keu ' mouth.'
El. Size 5-4.
i^e/ere^ices .— K.T.H. heng y?^, ff. 7, 8.— H.P.W.T.K., II., ffi 1-16.
286 TCHOU DYNASTY.
In the following issues, which do not otherwise differ from the preceding, the
name Ming of the obrerse is written thus, ^q\ , and the reverses are the following ;
Eev. (1408) (1409) (1410) (1411)
■>>
\1
V
^ yu ' right.' „ yu ' right.' „ yu ' right.' „ yu ' right.'
jJl wen ' ornament.' "^ tai ' eminent.' „ tai ' eminent.' „ tai ' eminent.'
~ erh 'two.' ~- yJi 'one.' H ^*^ 'three.' "{}" nien 'twenty.'
M. Size 5-4.
Ee/erences .— K.T.H. heng :?;, ff. 8-10.— S.T.H. heng II., ff. 8-10.—
T.S.T. XXL, ff. 47-50.
The following issues, which bear cyclical marks on the reverses, and are incom-
plete in that respect, have the obverses inscribed Ming, thus ^^^ :
"Rev. (1412) (1413) (1414) (1415) (1416)
¥ V .^ f^
•^ yu ' right.' ,. 2/" ' right.'
^ Tela 1st of 2i y^ 2nd of
denary cycle. denary cycle.
KNIFE-MONEY. 287
Eev. (1417) (1418) (1419) (1420) (1421)
< ^• 5 t
\ „ .y
^ yu ' right/ „ yu ' right.'
Zi yh 2nd of T iing 4th of
denary cycle. denary cycle.
Eev. (1422) (1423) (1424)
^>
o
>
S
/\
}Q yu ' right.' „ yu ' right.' „ yu ' right.'
"J* ting 4th of £, Iti 6th of ^ wu 7th of
the denary cycle. the denary cycle. the duodenary cycle.
J&. Size 5-2.
Reference .— K.T.H. heng y?^ , ff. 9, 10— H.P.W.T.K., II., ff. 7-16.
288 TCHOU DYNASTY.
Other issues of the same shape, size, and design, inscribed ^ Ming, thus
on the obverse, bear the following legends :
?
Rev. (1425)
(1426)
(1427)
(1428)
(1429)
9)
3>
>3
Si
1)
53
f
rr^
(^
1
„ yu ' right.'
J
^ yu ' right.'
„ yu ' right.'
LO
= -ft) hwa ' exchange.'
(?) (?)
(?) (?)
Rev. (1430)
(1431)
(1432)
(1433)
(1434)
^
w
^
^
^
It
^
bf
„ -yu ' right.'
n5
\J
V
„ yu ' right.'
^
^ yu '
right.'
„ yu ' right.'
"§ liih
' lucky.'
^ ho ' grain.'
^ wen
' ornament.'
' standing up.'
Rev. (1435)
(1436)
(1437)
(1438)
(1439)
^
^
^
^
-s9
0
o
^
^g" 1/M ' right.' „ yu ' right.' „ yu ' right.' „ i/m ' right.' „ yu ' right.'
^ 2/^^^ ' moon.' g sin^ ' star.' Q jih ' sun.' _g. irm ' star.' P heu 'mouth.'
KNIFE-MONEY.
289
Ebv.
(1440)
(1441)
(turned np)
^ yu ' right.'
J3 heu ' mouth.'
(1442)
-Si
„ yu ' right.'
TU" ho ' can.'
(1443)
(1444)
S
„ 2/M 'right.
P^ tchi ' only.'
Eev.
1445) (1446)
(1447)
(1448)
(1449)
3?
1)
i
(to the left)
i
^ yw ' right.'
^ tchi 'only.'
„ yu 'right.'
Jl shang ' above.
)
Eev.
(1450)
Pi
(1451)
^
M
^
(1452)
T
(1453)
^ 2/M ' right.' „ yu ' right.' „ yu ' right.'
Jl s/iangf ' above.' ^ tchung ' middle.' T* hia ' below.'
n Iceu ' mouth.'
(1454)
„ 2/M ' right.'
„ ftm ' below.'
Ijl' fcwngf ' work.'
pp
290
Rev.
Rev.
TCHOU DYNASTY.
1455) (1456)
(1457)
(1458)
^
JJ
X
a) »
»
b
^
;g' yu ' right.''
yu 'right.'
g, yh ' city.'
n
tchou ' perfect.'
(1459) (1460)
(1461)
(1462)
yj 3i
A
A
(corrupted)
„ yu ' right.'
3
;§ J/M ' vighi.'
„ yu 'right.'
JU ic/ioM ' perfect.'
X h
'j,ng 'work.
■Jj kao 'effort/
Rev. (1463) (1464) (1465) (1466)
¥
^
3
3
d.-
y-
/^ yu ' right.'
„ yu 'right.'
Jf liao ' effort.'
■^ tai ' eminent.'
KNIFE-MONEY. 291
Eev, (1467) (1468) (1469) (1470)
b
\i
1 ^ " ^
"^~~^ (corrupted ?)
/^ yu ' right.' „ yu ' riglit. „ yu ' right.' „ yu ' right.'
•^ tai ' eminent.' ^^ ta ' gi-eat.' 2 waragr ' royal.' ^ tch'eh ' sprout.'
H tan ' dawn.' P Iceu ' mouth.'
M. Size 2-1.
On the following issaes, not otherwise dissimilar from the preceding, the
Ming of the obverse is written thus q , On the reverses are the following
legends :
Eev. (1471) (1472) (1473) (1474) (1475)
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
^^ 4 ^ ^
f Ma ' below.' ^ wen ' ornament.' •& tai ' eminent.'
;g yu ' right.' „ yu ' right.' „ yu ' right.'
M. Size 5-2
References .— K.T.H. heng 5?^ , ff. 11, 12 ; ^ , ff. 1-11.— S.T.H. heng ^ , ff- 6-8.
H.P.W.T.K. II., ff. 7-16.
292
TCHOU DYNASTY.
IV. KNIEE-MONBY {continued.)
B. Smaller sorts, c. Ming series. 5. Wai-kiun class.
All the obverses bear Ming ^ , written thus ^^^
The reverses have the following legends :
Eev. (1476) (1477) (1478) (1479)
Eev.
, with small variants.
(1480)
51
y>y
>(-
*-!-
t
^ Mmm,
i.e. ' Foreign kian' (a weight) .
Rev. (1481)
(1482)
(1484)
3!-
(1483)
'10
i.e. 'Foreign kiun' (a weight).
(1485)
■^l" ^h Wai-
'gp ^ Idun
Eev. (1486). Wai-ldun, ?ia (1479), with — yh, 'one' below.'
Rev. (1487). Wai-hiun, a,s (1484), with — yh 'one' below.
(1488)
(1489)
1
r
' Foreign kiun.'
2nd (of denary cycle).
(1490)
_P/> $h Wai-
^ hiun
(1491)
Wai-
Tiiun
"J* ting
' Foreign kiun.
4th (of denary cycle).
JE. Size 5-1.
References :—K.T.K. heng ^ , ff. 11 v. 13.— S.T.H. heng Z , ff. 8, 9.-
H.P.W.T.K. II., ff. 16-17.
KKIFE-MONEY.
293
Obv.
Rev.
rV. KNIFE-MONEY (continued).
B. Smaller S(*pts. c. Ming series. 6. Tai class.
101.
BJj Ming.
•^ tai ' eminent.' -Jl, hiu ' nine.'
(Representative Specimen.) M. Size 5'4. Wt. 241.
Other issues present the following legends. Ming is generally written thus Q
or with small variants, on the obverse. On the reverse are the following :
Eev.
(1492)
(1493)
(1494)
(1495)
(1496)
- f
•^ tai ' eminent.'
„ tai ' eminent.'
— yh ' one.'
Rev. (1497)
\
■^ tai 'eminent.'
— yh ' one.'
(1498) (1499) (1500)
§
^ W
„ tai ' eminent.'
~ erh ' two.'
c
o
^ =
(1501) (1502)
„ tai ' eminent.'
H san ' three.'
294
TCHOU DYNASTY
r
Rev. (1503)
(1504)
(1505)
(1506)
(1507)
^
8
&
9
<S
^
5^
X
-^
K
c? tai ' eminent.'
3>
tai ' eminent.'
0 sze ' four
(1509)
£
wu ' five.'
(1511)
Rev. (1508)
(1510)
(1512)
§
s
V
T
5-
■TK
H
1^
^\
"o tai 'eminent
. J
„ iat ' eminent.'
„ tm
; ' eminent.'
p^ luh ' six.'
(1514)
't; is'iA 'seven.'
A pa-'
(1516)
h ' eight.'
Rev. (1513)
(1515)
(1517)
6
6
%
^
rf
+
+
t
Y
-4> ^nr '
tai ' eminent.' „ tai ' eminent.' „ tai ' eminent.' „ tai ' eminent.'
■jl, Mu ' nine.' -p shih ' ten.' „ shih "jj' nien ' twenty.'
~yh '^1^^^^-'
Rev. (1518) (1519) (1520) (1521) (1522)
S S I & I
4= =t 4^ # 5
„ tai ' eminent.'
,, nien ' twenty .' „ nien ,, ,
■+■ shih /'
' 7 one.
KNIFE-MONEY. 295
Eev. (1523) (1524) (1525) (1526) (1527)
i ¥ i 5 7
■^ tai ' eminent/ „ tai ' eminent/ „ tai ' eminent.' „ tai ' eminent.'
„ nien ^ sah ' thirty.' jS, wu „ wu
nsze 'twenty-four.' ^ ^^.^ ' fifty-one.' ^^ ^^^ 'fifty-eight.'
Eev. (1528) (1529) (1530) (1531)
^ & J) ^
■s^ ^^S* ^\ down) J
■^ tai 'eminent.' „ fai ' eminent.' ,, tai 'eminent.' „ toi 'eminent.'
^ ts'ih ii, kill „ hiu „ Mu
+ sAA '''^^^*y-' „shih'''^^^y' „ ? 'iiinety.' _. ^^^ 'ninety-two.'
Rev. (1532) (1533) (1534) (1535) (1536)
i
& Sr ^
i J (
•q oav ■ eunueni). „ tai ' eminent.' ,, tai ' eminent.'
^ is'iew ' thousand.' -f- shih ' ten.' 2* ^/''^ 2nd of
P heu ' mouth.' denary cycle.
296 TCHOU DYNASTY.
Eev. (1537) (1538) (1539) (1540) (1541)
:7s T ^ <-{ \
•^ tai ' eminent/ „ tai ' eminent/ „ tai ' eminent/ „ tai ' eminent/
T ting 4th of J; shang 'above/ f" A*a 'below/ „ Ua ' below/
denary cycle. — yh ' one.'
Eev. (1542) (1543) (1544) (1545) (1546)
•o ia* 'eminent/ „ iai ' eminent.' „toi' eminent/ „ tai ' eminent.'
^ heu ' queen.' "^ Ti'ih ' lucky.' X Tcung ' work.' fel = fli ^"'^
' exckange/
Eev. (1547) (1548) (1649) (1550) (1551)
^_^ 5 ^ ^
■^ tai ' eminent.' „ tai ' eminent/ „ tai ' eminent.'
"% wen ' ornament.' f Icao ' effort.' ? ? ?
Rev.
(1552)
KNIFE-MONEY.
(1553) (1554)
297
&
i^
(1555)
&
(1556)
1-
■fi iai 'eminent.'
„ tai •
' eminent.'
„ tai ' eminent.
— yh ' one.'
„ ?
?
Ip hwa ' stride.'
^ ts'ih
:f^luh 'seventy -six.'
Rev.
Rev.
(1557)
(1558)
^ ■s
(1559)
P
o
±
(1560)
,, tai ' eminent.'
S&i'he.'
„ tai ' eminent.' „ tai ' eminent.'
T. ivang 'king.' g, yh 'city.'
(1561)
(1562)
9
(1563)
(1564)
,, tai ' eminent.'
g, 2/fe ' city.'
Rev.
(1565)
6"
(1566)
^
„ tai ' eminent.'
B 2/^ ' city.'
(1567)
(15681
\
t
4
-s
XT
1
^
)i
, tai
' eminent.'
>:
, yh'
city.'
-
- 1/'*-
'one.'
Qq
298
Eev.
(1 500)
0
t
TCHOU DYNASTY.
(1570) (1571)
„ tai 'eminent.' „ tai 'eminent.' „ tai 'eminent.' „ tai 'eminent.'
g, yh ' city.' „ yh ' city.' „ ijh ' city.' „ yh ' city.'
^- yh ' one.' ~ erh ' two.' -f- s/iii'i ' ten,' '^" hia ' below.'
,S:. Size 5-2.
Be/ere«ccs.— K.T.H., heng A, ff- 1-14.— S.T.H., heng ~, ff. 9-11.—
H.P.W.T.K. II., f. 17.
Obv.
IV. KNIFE-MONEY {continued).
C. Unknown and doubtful sorts.
102.
Tsi kiu.
Kkv.
m
9;uu(/.
.a;. Size 31. Wt. 334.
A representative specimen of a spurious issue made from written descriptions (as in
the Kin ting Tslen luh K. II., f. 6), for unaware collectors.
KJSTIFE-MONEY.
299
(157P)
A silver knife of the same shape as tlie preceding, but larger in size, said to have
been discovered in Shantungs is figured in the K'ien Lung's Museum Catalogue,
section of Money {Kin ting Tsien luh, K. II., f. 1). The legend on the obverse (the
reverse is uninscribed) should read ^ ^ 5V ■i ^^'''' Tai Kung Kiu.
M. Siee '6.
(1574)
A knife of same shape and size, without inscription, with two central lines
lengthwise, is figured in the same catalogue, K. I., f. 3.
M. SniTie size.
103.
Obverse.
Reverse.
^
yang
(=Fi)
?
?
z
hid
?
?
?
?
z
tchi
*
kiu
it
hwa
No legend.
Only three
horiKontal lines
as in the Tsi type.
/E. Size 5-4. Wt. 339.
300
TCHOU DYNASTY.
V. SUNDEY SHAPES.
Obv. (1575)
i.e. 'Each six tchus (weights).'
M
(1576)
Pan
Hang
i.e. 'Half ounce.'
Obv.
^
^
(1577)
Pan
Hang
i.e. ' Half ounce.'
(1578)
Undeciphered.
^. Size as figured.
Reverse not insbribed, and convex.
This somewhat curious currency^ which^ as a matter of i'actj was a metallic sub-
stitute for the cowries, and for that reason is sometimes called ' Shell-Money,' has
received the quaint appellatives of 'Ghost's heads' j^ S^ Kwei tou and 'Ants
noses' money ' ^ ^ ^ Y-]pi tsien. It was issued, according to tradition, by the care
of Siin-siok Ngao, Prime Minister of Tchwang, king of Tsu (S. Honan, Hupeh, &c.)
who ruled in 612-589 B.C.
Eeferwi^es .— K.T.H., tclieng III. f. 15.— H.P.W.T.K. VI., ff. 16, 17.
SUNDET SHAPED MONEY.
301
(1579)
Obverse.
Ts'i
Undecipliered.
Undeciphered.
Reverse.
Plain, no legend.
jE. Size as fignre<^.
References : — Kin ting tsien luh, K. II., f. 4.
104.
i.e. ' Ts'ie, Five thousand.'
(Representative Specimen.) JE. Size 3-8. Wt. 695.
The first character in the Li-shu, the two others in the Siao-tchuen styles of
writing. Ts'ie, perhaps for Ts'ie ^u S. ^> which was E. of Siuen-hwa fu in Chihli.
302
HAX DYNASTY.
VL NEW PU-MONEY.
a. Han Period. Interregnum. Wang Mang, rebel, a.d. 7-22.
105.
Obverse.
-pu. Siu-
-peh. Sze-
i.e. ' Class Pu. Four hundred.'
Eeveuse.
No
legend.
M. Size 1-4. W't. 80.
106.
Ifl ^
w
>*>
-pu. Tchung-
-peh. Luh-
No
leffeiid.
i.e. ' Middle Pu. Six hundred.
JE. SizjSS. Wt 153
NEW PU-MOXEY.
303
107.
^
^
w
-b
-pu. Tchwang-
-peh.
Ts'ih-
i.e. ' Full Pu. Seven hundred.'
Oj3V.
(1580)
w -
)l(
-pe7t. Yh.
i.e. ' Small Pu. One hundred.'
Obv.
(1582)
Eeveese.
No
legend.
Same
as 106.
M. Size 1-85. Wt. 173.
Obv.
(1581)
M
-pw. Fao-
-peh. Erh-
i.e. ' Little Pu. Two hundred.'
Obv.
(1-583)
i.e. 'Young Pu. Three hundred.'
-pu. Tiiu-
-peh. Wu-
i.e. ' Serial Pu. Five hundred.
304
Obv.
(1584)
HAN DYNASTY.
Obv.
(1585)
^ ^
W A
-•pu.
Ti-
•peh. Pah-
ffi ^
W A
-pw. Ts'e-
■~~. -pe/t. ifiti
i.e. ' Class Pu. Eight hundred.' i.e. ' Classified Pu. Nine hundred.'
JE, Sizes as figured.
Eev. All without legend. Only a central line lengthwise, as 105-107.
Reference .— K.T.H., Li III., ff. 10-12.
108.
Obverse. Eeversb.
m A
(
-pu.
Ta-
tn'ien.
Ewang-
:.e. ' Great Pu. Worth 1000.'
No legend.
.^. Size 2-15. Wt. 147.
NEW PU-MONEY. 305
109.
Obveesb and REVEES#nearly similar to preceding. Same legend.
M. Size 215. Wt. 212.
uo.
Obverse and Reverse nearly similar to 108. Same legend.
M. Size 215. Wt. 175.
111.
Obverse and Reverse slightly different.
(Eepresentative Specimen.) M. Size 2-05. Wt. 152.
Similar types on a slightly larger scale, but without indication of value, were
issued as follows : —
(1586) Obverse ^ )]» Siao Ptc, like on (1580).
iE. Size 1-5.
(1587) Obverse ^^ Yao Pu, like on (1581).
M. Size 1-6.
(1588) Obverse ^^ Pu, like on (1582).
M. Size 1-7.
(1589) Obverse ^ /f. Siu Pu, like on 105.
JE. Size 1-8.
(1590) Obverse ^^ TsoPu, like on (1583).
M. Size 1-8.
(1591) Obverse ^ tf -P'"> li^e on 106.
M. Size 1-9.
R r
306
(1592)
(1593)
(1594)
(1595)
{Loekhart CM.)
m ^
Pu Ho.
HAN DYNASTY.
Obverse ^ ^ Tchwang Pu, like on 107.
Obveese 4l& fl TiPu like on (1584).
Obveese ^ ^Jc Ts'ePu, Variant of (1585).
Obyeese y(S ^ Ta Pu, like on 108.
All Reveeses with a central line downwards.
112.
Obveese.
Reveese.
M. Size 1-9.
M. Size 2-
M. Size 2- .
iE. Size 2-1.
No
legend.
i.e. Currency, literally, ' Excliangeable-goods cloth.'
M. Wt. 245.
This type is one of those which has always been counterfeited, and from the literal
meaning such pieces have occasionally been made use of as counters.
NEW PU-MONEY. 307
(Gardner Coll.) 113.
Obverse and BsvEBSff nearly similar to preceding. Same legend.
JE. Size 2-2. Wt. 217.
114.
Obverse and Reverse nearly similar to 112. Same legend.
M. Size 2-2. Wt. 210.
115.
Obverse and Reverse nearly similar to 112. Same legend.
JE. Size 2-2. Wt. 252.
116.
Obverse and Reverse nearly similar to 112. Same legend. Later issue.
^. Size 2-2. wt. 202.
117.
Obverse and Reverse nearly similar to 112. Same legend. Later issue.
M. Size 2-2. Wt. 225.
118.
Obverse and Reverse nearly similar to 112. Same legend. Later issue.
iE. Size 2-2. Wt. 230.
119.
Obverse and Reverse nearly similar to 112. Same legend. Later issue.
M. Size 2-2. Wt. 246.
120.
Obverse and Reverse nearly similar to 112. Same legend. Later issue.
JE. Size 2-2. Wt. 254
308 HAN DYNASTY.
121.
Obverse and Reveese nearly similar to 112. Same legend. Later issue.
JE. Size 2-2. Wt. 270.
122.
Obverse and Reverse nearly similar to 112. Same legend. Later issue.
M. Size 2-2. Wt, 274.
123.
Obverse and Reverse nearly similar to 112. Same legend. Later issue.
^. Size 2-2. Wt. 324.
-pu. Ilo-
' Money.'
VI. NEW PU-MONEY {continued).
b. Unknown, dubious.
124.
Obverse.
Reverse.
iE. Wt. 1530.
This specimen is likely genuinSj but apparently not as a current piece of money.
NEW PU-MONEY.
309
(Ctardner Coll.)
125.
m
^
Tang Shu
shih hwa. tsien
Obveese.
i.e. ' Shu Money, value 1 0 hwa.'
126.
Same as 125,
with slight variants.
Reverse.
ho. Shih
^. Size 3-8. Wt. 524.
Same as 125.
The character -f- worn out.
^. Size 3-8. Wt. 497.
127.
Obveese and Reveese nearly similar to preceding. Same legend.
M. Size 3'8. Wt. 380.
310
HAN DYNASTY.
128.
Obveese and Reteese nearly similar to 125. Same legend,
M. Size 3-8. Wt. 480.
129.
Obveese and Reveese nearly similar to 125. Same legend.
M. Size 3-8. Wt 490.
(1596)
-tsien.
m
8ze-
Obteese.
Jol
>-
\
CfP
i.e. ' Pour money-piece.'
(1597)
J9
•tsien, 8ze-
L
Reveese,
-shih hwa. Tang-
i.e. 'Value 10 hwa.'
M. Size 1,5.
M
ffl
u
•shih hwa. Tang-
i.e. ' Four money-piece.'
References :—K.'i:.B.., Yuen I., f. 15.— H.P.W.T.K,, IV., f. 20,
i.e. 'Value 10 hwa.'
M. Size 1-5.
NEW KNIFE-MONEY.
311
VII. NEW KNIFE-MONEY.
a, Han Period. Interregnum.
Wang Mang ^ ^ a.d. 7-22.
Issues of second year Ku-sheh ^ ^ H ^ Kii-sheh erh nien ( = 7 a.d.)
130.
t; m
-too. K'i
Wu a.
peh. "g"
Obverse.
i.e. ' K'i knife. Five hundred.'
Eeveese.
No
legend.
M. Wt. 243.
312
HAN DYNASTY.
131.
Obverse.
71 %
-tao. K'i-
Wu S.
peh. H
i.e. ' K'i knife. Five hundred.'
7J n
-tao. K'i-
Wu S.
peh. W
Reveesb.
132.
i.e. 'Binding-knife. Five hundred.'
Eepresentative specimen of a doubtful type.
No
legend.
M. Wt. 268.
No
legend.
M. Wt. 180.
NEW KNIFE-MONEY.
313
133.
71 m
-tao. K'i-
Wu 3l
peh. W
ObveSIb.
Eeveese.
No
legend.
i.e. 'Z'i knife. Five hundred.' ^. Wt. 195.
Eepresentative specimen. The type itself is doubtful.
134.
Obverse and Reverse nearly similar to 133. Same legend.
M. Size 3- . Wt. 147.
13d.
Obverse and Reverse nearly similar to 133. Same legend.
M. Size 3- . wt. 149.
S S
314
{Gardner CoU.)
Obveksb.
HAN DYNASTY.
136.
Reverse.
7) ?
Tao. ?
Wu i
peh "5
No
legend.
ie.'l Knife. Five hundred.^ m. Wt. 315.
Representative specimen of a more than doubtful type.
{Gardner Coll.)
137.
Obverse.
i.e. ' One tao. Equal to five thousand.'
Rbveese.
No
legend.
^. Wt. 515.
NEW KNIFE-MONEY
138.
315
Obverse.
yh '
tao yj
Ping ^
WU JU.
tsi,en "p
i.e. ' One tao. Equal to five thousand.'
(Gardner Coll.)
139.
yh — •
tao yj
Ping ^
WU ^.
tsien 'f'
i.e. ' One tao. Equal to five thousand.'
Reverse.
No
legend.
M. Wt. 215.
No
legend.
140.
Obverse and Reverse similar to 139, but smaller.
M. Size 2-7. Wt. 200.
31C
HAN DYNASTY.
(Gardner Coll.)
141.
Obveese.
wu 5E
(on side)
Ping ^
wu i
tsien 'f'
i.e. ' Five. Equal to five thousand.'
142.
Obveese.
yh
(gilt)
tao
7}
(gilt)
Ping
¥
wu
551
tsien
=f-
i.e. ' One tao. Equal to five thousand.'
Eeveese.
Reveese.
No
legend.
JE. Wt. 207.
No
legend.
(Imitative specimen.) M. Wt. 505.
NEW KNIFE-MONEY.
317
{Gardner CM.)
yh
^™^
tao
7?
Ping
¥
wu
If
tsien
=f-
143.
Obverse and Reverse similar to 142.
M. Same size. Wt. 495.
144.
Obverse. Reverse.
i.e. ' One tao. Equal to five thousand.^ i.e. ' Equal to five thousand.'
M. Wt. 512.
145.
Obverse and Reverse similar to 144.
M. Same size. Wt. 505.
{Gardner Coll.) 146.
Similar to 144, but the -^ JJ oi the obverse is not gilt.
JE. Same size. Wt. 498.
(Gardner Coll.)
147.
Obverse and Reverse similar to 144.
M. Same size. Wt. 500.
318
HAN DYNASTY.
148.
Obverse.
yh
'
tao
71
Ping
^
wu
H
tsien
=f-
i.e. ' One knife. Equal to five thousand.'
Reverse.
No
legend.
M. Wt. 198.
VII. NEW KNIFE-MONEY {continued),
h. Unknown and dubious sorts.
149.
Obverse. Eeverse.
square fang Jj
inch tsun "^
seven ts'ih -ij
money I
five wu 5.
hundred peh y
No
legend.
Specimen doubtfal^ of an uncertain type.
M. VVt.199.
ANCIENT EOUND-MONEY. 319
VIII. ANCIENT EOUND-MONEY.
Erom about 950 b.o. to 622 a.u.
About 947 B.C., during the reign of tbe King Mub ^ , of the Tchou
dynasty, enactments were made for the optional redemption by mulcts and
fines, of penalties such as branding, mutilation, or death. The culprit
was allowed to exonerate himself by paying 100, 200, 500, or 1000
hwan 1^ , or pieces of Ring-Money in copper.
This statement of the Shu-king (part v., bk. xxvii.) shows that the
Ring-Money was then well known, at least as an o£B.cial unit of cur-
rency. Its shape however does not seem to hare circulated to the same
extent as those of the Spade-, Pu-, or Knife-Money, most probably
because it was in appearance more fiduciary than the latter, whose
shapes were those of implements of daily use. Various attempts to
promote its use proved unsuccessful. We do not realize how far the
monetary laws of 1032 b.c. made it acceptable, and the known attempt
of King Wang of Tchou in 523 B.C. was a complete failure. It lingered
until the Ts'in (in 221 b.o.) and the Han (in 195 b.o.) dynasties adopted it
definitively for their currency. It has passed through several phases,
being at first (a) without inscription (as on 1598, below), then inscribed
(fi) with its value or weight (as on 150, 1599-1605, 156-164, 168, 169,
1619, 1620, below), and (c) with geographical names (as on 151-155, 1606-
1615, 165-167, 1616, 1618, below), like the other shapes of money.
The interesting feature of associated names of towns for the issue of
money, which we have already met with in the Spade-Money (p. 16),
the Pu-Money (pp. 115-120, 128), and the Knife-Money (pp. 223-226)
above, occurs again in a few and last instances on 154, 155, 1611, below.
Eor convenience of reference the types are arranged in two divisions,
according to the central hole being round or square ; the latter,
theoretically and historically being the older, comes first, notwithstanding
a current statement among Chinese numismatists, which is discussed in
the Introduction, as well as many other questions connected with the
beginnings of the Round-Money.
320
HAN DYNASTY.
The habit of inscribing this currency with its value, nominal or real,
lasted with few exceptions until the beginning of the T'ang dynasty,
when the modern type of money, the modern style of writing, or nearly
so, and the use of the names of years or period {nien hiao) as legend,
were finally adopted, and are still in current practice.
(I.) With round hole. a. No legend.
OLDEST PERIOD.
(1598)
Obveese.
No legend nor
mark of any kind.
Eevekse.
Same as obverse.
No legend nor
mark of any kind.
M. Size as figured.
How late such a pattern was used is undetermined, but it lasted apparently until
the Civil Wars, 481 b.c. Of this uninscribed class no smaller specimen of a frac-
tional value is known,
(I.) With round hole. h. Value only.
(1599)
LATER PERIOD.
(=M)
-hwan. Fan-
i.e. ' Half a round.'
Plain, no legend
nor marks.
No rim. ^. Size I'l.
(1600)
ANCIENT KOUND-MONEY.
Obverse.
321
(=®)
-Jiwan. Pan-
i.e. ' Half a round.'
Eeveese.
Plain, no legend
nor marks.
No rim. JE. Size. I'l.
The above Half-round-Money is certainly much later than the preceding un-
inscribed type. Its date is probably like that of the following, the period of the
Civil Wars 481-255 b.c.
Reference ;— K.T.H. Li I., ff. 7, 14.
150.
^'
Tchung yh Hang
shih sze tchu.
i.e. 'Weight 1 Hang 14 tchus.'
Plain, no marks
nor rims.
^. Wt. 171.
(1601)
^'
* .2
3
Tchung yh Hang
shih sze tchu.
i.e. 'Weight 1 Hang 14 tchus.'
Plain, without
any marks.
M, Size as figured.
Tt
322
(1602)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obverse.
Reverse.
^M\
Tchung yh liang
Plain, without
any marks. ~
shih sze tchu.
i.e. ' Weight 1
L liang 14 tchus.
./E. Size as figured
(1603)
+^ -'
Tchung yh liang
shih erh tchu.
i.e. 'Weight 1 liang 12 tchus
Plain, without
any marks.
M. Size as figured.
(1604)
Tchung yh liang
shih erh tchu.
i.e. 'Weight 1 liang 12 tchus.'
Plain, without
any marks.
M. Size as figured.
(1605)
ANCIENT KOUND-MONEY.
Obverse.
323
. /9-H:
_p3 -
Tchung shih erh tchu.
i.e. Weight 12 tchu
Reverse.
Plaiiij without
any marks.
JE. Size as figured.
Reference ;— K.T.H. Li I., ff. 10-12.
VIII. ANCIENT EOUND-MONEY {continued),
(I.) With round hole. c. Geographical names.
{Gardner CoU.) 151.
ta
Yuen.
Plain,
no marks.
M. VVt. lo.*}.
About the end of the Civil War (481-255 b.c.) Yuen was on the frontier of the
states of Tchou ^ and of Tchao ^ . It was the name given by the conqueror,
Tchao Siang Wang, of Ts'in, to the region of Pa-fan and Pi-she (S.-W. Shansi), in
290 B.C. See above, Pu-Money series 17, p. 28, and (252-259) pp. 61, 62. See also
(161) p. 38, which perhaps belongs to the same place of issue.
324
TCHOU DYNASTY.
(Gardner Coll.)
Yuen,
Same as
151.
(1606)
Yuen.
Same as 151.
(1G07)
tl
(turned over)
Yuen.
Same as 151.
152.
Obveese.
Reveese.
Plain, no marks.
JE. Wt. 103.
Plain, no marks.
M. Size aa figured.
Plain, no marks.
JE. Size as figured.
Several other issues of the same type are known, with but slight dififerences.
References ;— K.T.H. Li I., ff. 3, 4.— S.T.S.T. I., f. 19.
ANCIENT EOUND-MONEY.
325
153.
Obveese.
Tch'ang-
-yuen
kin. ^
i.e. ' One kin of Tch'ang-yuen.'
Keveese.
Plain, no marks.
M. Wt. 108.
Tch'ang yum was in the North- East of the modern Men of the same name (lat.
35° 18', long. 114° 50'), in Tchih-li.
The same type was severally issued with small differences.
(1608)
dtfc
K'ung.
Plain, no marks.
JSJ. Size as figui-ed.
(1609)
^
K'ung.
Plain, no marks.
JE. Size as figured.
K'ung was the modern '|| Eui hien (lat. 35° 30', long. 114°) in Honan.
326
TCHOU DYNASTY.
(1610)
Several issues of the same type exhibit variants in the legend between (1608)
and (1609).
Reference ;— K.T.H. U k. I., ff. 5, 6.
(Gardner Coll.)
Eevekse.
Plain, without
any marks.
T'uan
tch'eh K'ung
kin
i.e. 'Eed metal of K'ung and T'uan.'
M. Wt. 141.
To be read from right to left upwards ; the second sign is upside down.
K'ung, in N. Houan, as on legend (1608, 1609), T'uan, apparently for T'uan
li'U T^ ^, mentioned in the Annals of the Bamboo books in 370 and 358 B.C., and
located where is now the modern Tch'ang-tze in Lu-'ngan fu (lat. 36° 05',
long. 112° 60'), in Shansi. See Pu-Money series 25 (278), pp. &&, 67. It is another
instance of association for issuing money; see above pp. 16, 115-120, 128 and 223-226.
(1611)
Plain, without
any marks.
A'
kin
tch'eh
K'ung
T'uan
i.e. 'Red metal of K'ung and T'uan.
M. Size as figured.
To read from right to left downwards. Same names of place as on 154.
Reference .—K.T.H. Li I., f. 6 c.
ANCIENT ROUND-MONEY.
327
(Gardner Cull.)
dt'
_ 3
^'
K'ung
'An
erh
Ttin
155.
Obvekse.
Reveese.
Plain, without
any marks.
i.e. ' Two kin of K'ung and 'An.'
m. wt. 40.
Another case of association for the issue of money. See above, 154.
K'ung, in N. Honan, as on (1608, 1609), 154, (1611). 'An is probably the same
as An-yang, so called in 257 B.C., now in Tchang-teh fu, N. Honan, as on Pa-Money
29-32, pp. 83, 84, Knife-Money 50, p. 220.
(1612)
Specimens occur with the same legend, but in Siao-tchuen style of character,
and of a smaller size, which are probably later imitations of the above.
(1613)
{=m)
-yn. Ts'i
Geographical
name.
Plain, no marks.
iEi. Size as figured.
Ts'i-yn, now Tung-tchang ^ ^ f u (lat. 36° 37', long. 116° 12'), in Shantung.
Reference .— K.T.H. Li I., f. 7.
328
(1614)
TCHOU DYNASTY.
Obverse.
I 1.1 'ZITf
m M
-Tchou. Si-
i.e. ' Western Tchou.'
Reverse.
Plain, without
any marks.
M. Size as figured.
Issued probably about the end of the reign of Tchou Nan Wang ^ |S I 314-
256 B.C., the last of the decayed dynasty of Tchou who had his capital at Si Tchou
■g" ji , now Sin-' An ff ^ hien, in Honan-fu (lat. 34° 45', long. 112° 06'), in Honan.
(1615)
'Tchou. Tung-
i.e. ' Eastern Tchou.'
Plain, without
any marks.
M. Size £13 figured.
Issued probably by Tung Tchou Kiun 1^ J«j :§" , the title of the last representa-
tive of the famous dynasty of Tchou, 258-249 b.c.
ANCIENT EOUND-MONEY.
329
VIII. ANCIENT ROUND-MONEY {continued).
(II.) Wi^ square hole. a. Value only.
{Gardner Coll.)
hwa.
Pao
i.e. 'Valuable hwa.'
(A monetary unit.)
{Gardner Coll.)
sze
Pao
hwa.
i.e. ' Valuable four hwas.'
{Gardner Coll.)
Obteese and Reverse.
luh
hiva.
m
Pao
156.
Obveese.
158.
Similar to 157.
159.
I.e. ' Valuable six hwas.'
Reverse.
Plain, witboufc
any marks.
J£. Wt. 88.
Plain, without
any marks.
M. Wt. 110.
M. Wt. 88.
Plain, without
any marks.
.E. Wt. ]2(3.
U U
330
TCHOU DYIs'ASTY.
{Gardner Cc/ll.)
Pao lull hwa.
Sligbtly different
from 159.
Pao lull hiva.
Slightly different
from 159.
Obverse and Reverse.
160.
Obverse.
161.
162.
Nearly similar to 159.
Reverse.
Plain, without
any marks.
JE. Wt. 110.
Plain, -vvithout
any marks.
JE. V^'t. 155,
JE. Wt. 115.
Obverse and Reverse.
163.
Nearly similar to 159.
M. Wt. 125.
All these types 156-163 were probably issued under King Wang ^ 2 of Tchou,
about 523 b.c. On this question, which is difficult, of date and decipherment see
Introduction.
ANCIENT EOUND-MONEY.
331
164.
Obveese.
-ho. Pao-
i.e. 'Precious.'
Plain,
without any marks.
(Representative specimen.) ^B. Wt. 119.
The type is probably a late fabrication.
Reverse.
VIII. ANCIENT ROUND-MONEY {continued).
(II.) With square hole. b. Geographical names.
165.
7) m
Tao Ming
i.e. 'Tao of Ming.'
Plain,
without any marks.
JE. Wt. 45.
The word tao, ' knife,' had then lost its proper meaning, and was used simply as
a unit of currency. The issue must belong to the period when the Knife-Money
was superseded by the more convenient shape of the Round currency, in the third
century B.C. Ming is the same town in the state of Tchao which issued so much
Knife-Money. See above (1236), 86 sq., and also (1671) below.
Obveese and Reverse.
Obverse and Reverse.
Obverse and Reverse.
166.
Similar to 165.
167.
Similar to 165.
168.
Similar to 165.
JE. Same size. Wt. 36.
M. Same size. Wt. 36.
JE. Same size. Wt. 36.
332 TCHOU DYNASTY.
(1616)
Similar type with the Obteese inscription turned over, and from left to right, was
issued smaller. Revekse plain.
M. Size 0-8.
(1617)
Obverse.
n m
Sze Ming
'.e. 'Four. Ming.'
For Ming see above (1236).
(1618)
7J m
Too Ming
i.e. 'Knife. Ming.'
Reverse.
Plain,
without any marks.
M. Size 1-1.
Plain,
without any marks.
M. Size 0-9.
A later issue.
7] ~
Tao. Yh
169.
Plain,
without any marks.
?'.e. 'OneTao.'
A subdivisionary of the preceding currency
£. Wt. 20.
ANCIENT EOUND-MONEY.
333
170.
Obverse and Revebse similar to 169.
Obveese and Eeterse.
171.
Nearly similar to 168.
M. Same size. Wt. 23.
M. Same size. Wt. 25.
(1619)
(1620)
Obveese similar to 168 and 169. On the upper part of the
Eeveese nit > *-^- * ^'^ ' Lucky.'
M. Same size.
Obveese same legend turned over, and from left to right : — JJ .
Reverse plain, without any marks.
^. Same size.
VIII. ANCIENT EOUND-MONEY (continued).
(II.) With square hole. c. Unknown and of doubtful date.
n
^
(?)
(^)^
Sir
(?)*
shang
shih
(
:?)
(?) wu
hin
(?
km
172.
Obverse.
Reverse.
Plain,
without any marks.
M.
Only known to me by the above, which is a false metallic cast of a mould
for an ancient type, which by its style belonged to the period of the Civil Wars, but
has been badly imitated and certainly altered.
334
TCHOU DYNASTY.
(1621)
AAl
m
n
Ti
SZG
Hang. ^'=^'"'9
yh.
Obvekse.
i.e. 'Series 1. Weight four Hang.'
Rbvbese.
Plain,
without any mai-ks.
M. Size as figured.
Series 1 to 10 were probably issued, but hitherto two others only are known
(K.T.H. Li I., f. 13). The only differences bear on the figure under the square hole.
Obv.
(1622)
Tchung sze Hang - ■
Ti Wu S ^\
Reverse, plain.
i.e. (series) 5.
2Si. Same size.
Obv.
Tchung sze Hang
Ti Eiu jl
(1623)
^
i.e. (series) 9.
Reverse, plain.
^. Same siza
ANCIENT ROUND-MONEY.
335
+
it
shih
Mu.
Ti
173.
Obverse.
i.e. 'Series nineteen.'
Eeveese.
Plain,
without any marks.
M. Wt. 488.
This type is only one of a series differentiated by the number on the left side of
the square. The following only are known hitherto (K.S.K. Li I., ff. 13, 14).
(1624)
Obverse, —
Ti yh ' Series One.'
Reverse, plain.
JE. Size 1-4.
(1625)
Obverse, -^ '^ Ti shih ' Series Ten.'
(1626)
(1627)
Reverse, plain.
^. Same size.
Obverse, ' ^ Ti shih-yh ' Series Eleven.' Reverse, plain.
j5). Same size.
ObversEj X H ^* shih-lnh 'Series Sixteen.' Reverse, plain.
JE. S.ime size.
336
TCHOU DYNASTY.
(1628)
+
Obverse, J. $^ Ti shih-pah ' Series Eighteen.-"
(1629)
Obterse, ' Series Nineteen.' Like 171, but the
figure for nine is turned to the right.
(1630)
Obverse, ' Series Nineteen.-" Like (1629), but
much larger in size.
(1631)
Obverse, -\- Ti jih ' Series Twenty.-"
Reverse, plain.
JE. Size 1-3.
Reverse, plain.
^. Size 1-2
Reverse, plain.
M. Size 1-8.
Reverse, plain.
Unlike the preceding, -which are disposed from right to left, the present is
arranged from top to bottom.
JR. Size 1-4.
-Hang. P'an-
' Half an ounce.'
174.
Obverse.
Reverse.
Plain, -without
marks or rims.
JE. Wt. 600.
ANCIENT EOUND-MONEY.
175.
Obverse.
M #
-Hang. P'an-
' Half an ounce.'
A late imitation.
176.
Obverse and Eevebse. Nearly similar to preceding.
177.
Obteesk and Rkvbese. Nearly similar to preceding.
337
178.
Obtsbss and Ebveese. Nearly similar to preceding.
Retbese.
Plain, without
marks or rims.
M. Wt. 350.
M. Same size. Wt. 250.
M. Same size. Wt. 280.
M. Same size. Wt. 240.
X X
338 TS'i:S^ DYNASTY.
VIII. ANCIENT ROUND-MONEY {continued).
Ts'in Dynasty ^ IE
Eive rulers, from 255 b.o. to 206 B.C.
The state of Ts'in, which for two centuries had gradually by succes-
sive encroachments assumed the leading position among the Chinese
States then under the honorific authority of the Kings of Tchou, had re-
duced these rulers to a mere shadow of their former greatness. In 256 B.C.
Yen Nan Wang j^ ^pg ^^^ the last of them, surrendered his dominions
to Tchao Siang Wang fl^ ^ ^ the Prince of Ts'in, then in the 53rd
year of his reign. The struggle against the other Chinese States con-
tinued, and lasted specially with the semi-Chinese Southern State of
Ts'u, whose centre was in Hupeh, and which was a concurrent for the
Empire. It was only when the resistance of the latter was overcome
that the Prince Tcheng ^ j^ of Ts'in, in the 26th year of his
reign, was enabled to declare himself ' The First Universal Emperor,'
She Swang-U ^ ^ '^ , thus far establishing the Chinese Empire
in 221 B.o.
The currency was regulated on bi-metallism. The gold currency
consisted of Yh's weighing one pound, as under the Tchou dynasty ;
and the metallic money was round with a square hole, like that under
that dynasty, but the legend was P'an Hang, or ' Half an ounce,'
and the weight was corresponding to that design. " Henceforth, pearls,
gems, tortoise-shells, silver, tin, and other things of the same kind,
were used as implements, toys, and jewels, or hoarded in treasuries,
and varied in price according to the market, but they were no longer
used as money."
The mintage of the Ts'in currency took place in Kwan tchung (name
of the region of the capital, as above, p. 226).
AXCIENT ROUND-MONEY.
339
(1632)
Obveese.
m ^
-Hang. P'an-
' Half an ounce.
(1633)
Pi ^
-Hang. P'an-
' Half an ounce.'
Reverse.
Plaiuj without marks
or rims.
M. Size 1-4
Plain, without marks
or rims.
M. Size 1-35.
(1634)
Obveese and Reveese nearly similar to preceding, with a slightly raised
thin edge.
J&. Size 1-35.
(1635)
Obverse similar to (1632) with the only difference that the two A inside of the
character liang ^ are like those of (1633).
Reverse plain, without marks or rims ; but the pierced central square is turned
with an angle straight upwards, in opposition to that of the obverse, which does
not come through.
M. Size 1 -35.
340
rOEMEE HAN DYNASTY.
VIII. ANCIENT EOUND-MONEY {continued).
Former Han Dynasty t|f '^ IE
Also called Western Han W ^, from the site of its capital at TcVang-ngan -g ^ ;
near Si-ngan (fu), in Shensi.
[Fifteen Rulers, from B.C. 206 to a.d. 24.
I. LIU P'ANG KAO TSU. fl] ^ ^ IE b.c. 206—195.
II. YNG HWBI TI. ^'M,f^ B.C. 194—188.
As tliey judged the Money of the former dynasty too heavy and
inconvenient to be used, the Emperors of the Han dynasty, in the begin-
ning of their rise, gave leave to the people to cast their own metallic
currency. The absence of an official standard permitted the circulation
of a variety of small pieces, irregular in size and weight, some of them
as thin as elm-leaves (^J ^).
179.
Obvekse and Reverse. Plain, no edges nor marks.
180.
Obverse and Reverse.
M. Size 0-95. Wt. 24.
Plain, no marks.
M. Wt. 38.
181.
Obvebse and ReveesE^ Plain, no marks. Edges.
M. Size 0-70. Wt. 33.
ANCIENT ROUND-MONEY. 341
(1636) Obverse and Reverse. Plain, no marks. Smaller.
JR. Size 0'30.
(1637) Obverse, pg ^ liang. P'an. Reverse, plain. Large square hole.
M. Size 0-55.
(1638) Obverse and Reverse. Similar to (1637). Smaller.
JE. Size 0-50.
(1639) Obverse and Reverse. Similar to (1637). Still smaller.
JE. Size 0-40.
(1640) Obverse and Reverse. Similar to (1637). Very small.
M. Size 0-30.
(1641) Obverse. ^ Liang, ' ounce/ on the left. Reverse, plain.
jE Size 0-55.
(1642) Obverse. ^ P'an, ' half,' on the right. Reverse, plain.
jE. Size 0-55.
(1643) Obverse. ^ ^ F'an-liang. Same legend as previously, but inverted.
Reverse, plain.
M. ■Size 0-55.
(1644) Obverse. Same legend and arrangement as (1643). Reverse, plain.
M. Size 0-45.
(1645) Obverse and Reverse. Similar to (1643).
M Size 0-30.
(1646) Obverse, liang. P'an, as (1637). Above and below the square hole are
two lines, downwards. Reverse, plain.
M. Size 0-30.
(1647) Obverse. E@ liang, repeated right and left of the square hole.
Reverse, plain.
iE. Size 0-40.
(1648) In many instances, the workmanship of these little pieces was so bad
that one or the other, if not the two characters of the legend, was
reduced to two horizontal lines.
342 FOEMER HAX DYISTASTY.
VIII. ANCIENT ROUND-MONEY {continued).
III. LIU SHIH KAO HOU. @ J^ i^ ^ (Empress).
B.C. 187—180.
In the 2nd year (b.c. 186) the Empress ordered the issue of pieces of
8 tchu in weight, equal in value to the half-ounce currency of the pre-
ceding dynasty ; but at the same time the profusion of thin money in
circulation was such, that it was impossible to withdraw it, and it
remained in use.
Some native numismatists have carried the distinction in classify-
ing the Chinese money far beyond reasonable limits, and unto minute
differences. Considering that the usual process of casting these pieces
necessitated frequently the making of new moulds, producing indefinite
varieties, we must neglect them as futile and childish. For instance,
in the case of the F'an-Uang ^ pj^ pieces, they make eight classes,
which they call respectively : —
^C ^ Ta-hing, ' great form/ i. e., those of larger size^ like 174, 1632, 1633.
^ A Tchang-jen, ' tall men,' i. e., those where the two A inside the symbol
^ Hang are high, and extend nearly to the horizontal line above.
^ A Liang-jen, ' two men,' i. e., those where the same strokes inside are of
middle size, and look like the symbol for man A twice repeated.
^ llj Liang-shan, ' two mountains,' i. e., those where the said strokes inside are
low, and more like "mountains" than " men."
M ^ Tchang-tze, ' tall characters,' i. e., those where the two characters of the
legend are higher and narrower than the average, like 300, below.
^ ^ Kw'oh-juh, ' ample flesh,' i. e., those where the body of the piece is more
substantial than in others.
m ^ Kw'oh-tue, ' wide characters,' i. e., those where the characters of the legend
are wider than the average.
-f ^ Shih-tze, ' shih-\ike character,' i. e., those where the central strokes of the
symbol ^ Hang form a simple cross like the character -f, as on 256,
and sq. below.
ANCIENT ROUND- MONEY.
343
Excepting the first, second, and last, whicli as far as possible have been
carefully kept in the present work because of their chronological bear-
ing, these distinctions have Jjeen neglected as impracticable. The pieces
are generally either corroded or worn down, so as to make such minutiae
indistinguishable ; and among those well preserved which permit of our
seeing exactly the strokes, it happens that they cannot be arranged
according to such distinctions ; as these distinctions exist but as the
extreme of variations occasionally produced by mere chance in the
making of numerous moulds of a wavering type, and therefore were
not intended as distinctive of the various issues.
182.
Obveese.
Reverse.
m ^
-liang. P'an-
' Half an ounce.'
Plain, without marks
or rim.
m. Size 1-25. Wt. 92.
The outer form comes from the fact that they were cast in groups, and the pattern
belongs to the Liang-jen type.
m ^
-Hang. P'an-
' Half an ounce.'
183.
Plain, without marks
or rim.
-E. Size 1-25. Wt. 125.
344 FOKMEE HAN DYNASTY.
184.
Obvekse. H ^ -Hang. P'an- ' Half an ounce.' Reveesi. Plain.
Of the Liang- j en type, and nearly similar to preceding.
JE. Size 1-25. Wt. 124.
185, 186, 187.
Obteesb. -Hang. P'an- Reveesb. Plain,
Nearly similar to 179.
M. Same size.
Weiglits: 185, 105. 186, 68. 187, 49.
(1649)
Obveese and Reveese. Nearly similar to preceding, with edges slightly raised.
JE. Size 1-2.
188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193.
Obverse. -Hang. P'an- Reveese. Plain.
Nearly similar to 183, but rather smaller.
M. Size 1-1.
Weights: 188, 72. 189, 98. 190, 55. 191, 65. 192, 73. 193, 63.
194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204,
205, 206.
Obverse. -Hang. P'an- Reverse. Plain.
Nearly similar to 183, 188, but still smaller.
M. Size 1-05.
Average Weight : 59.
207, 208.
Obverse. -Hang P'an- Reverse. Plain
Nearly similar to 183, 188, 194, and smaller.
M. Size !•
Weights: 207, 47. 208, 51.
ANCIENT ROUND-MONEY.
345
209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219,
220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230,
231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241,
242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252,
253, 254, 255.
Obveese. -Hang. P'an- Revebse. Plain.
Nearly similar to 183, 188, 194, 209, and smaller.
^. Size 0-95.
Average Weight : 40.
(1650) Obveese, -liang. P'an- as above. Under '^ Hang, are two strokes
downwards to the left. Eeveese, plain.
M. Size 1-25.
(1651) Obverse, -liang. P'an- as above. Under ^ liang, the symbol hwa.
Reverse, plain.
M. Size 1-20.
(1652) Obverse, ^ ^ P'an-liang. same legend as above, but inverted.
Reverse, plain. Workmanship generally rude, and the spurs resulting
from the casting in groups are often left.
M. Same size.
(1653)
Obverse.
4>
P'an-liang.
' half an ounce.'
(Two signs uiideciphered.)
Reverse.
Plain :
no marks nor rims.
E,. Same size.
(1654) Obverse, ^ ^ -liang. P'an-. Same legend as above, but the symbol
for liang is turned up. Reverse, plain : no marks.
iE. Size 1-20.
Y T
346 FOEMER HAN DYNASTY.
(1655) Obverse, ^ ^ -Kang. P'an-. Same legend as above, but tlie symbol
for P'an is turned up. Reverse, plain : no marks.
M. Same size.
(1656) Obverse, H ^ Hang Hang. Reverse, plain : no marks.
JE. Same size.
(1657) Obverse, P'an ^ , above and below the square hole.
Hang H Reverse, plain.
M. Size 1-10.
(1658) Obverse, -Hang. P'an- as 182, above. With an horizontal stroke
above the square hole for — yh, ' one.' Reverse, plain.
jE. Size 0-95.
(1659) Obverse, -Hang. P'an- as preceding, with two perpendicular strokes
below the square hole. Reverse, plain.
M. Same size.
(1660) Obverse, P'an-liang, i.e. same legend as above, inverted.
Reverse, plain.
M. Same size.
(1661) Obverse, ^ 3^ -Hang. P'an- Same legend as above, with the cha-
racter liang turned upside down. Reverse, plain.
.M. Same size.
(1662) Obverse, M sfe -liang. P'an- Same legend as above, with the cha-
racter p'an turned upside down. Reverse, plain.
M. Same size.
(1663) Obverse, -liang. P'an- Same legend as 182.
Reverse, same legend as on Obverse.
JEi. Same size.
(1664) Obverse, M ^ -liavg. P'an- twice repeated. Reverse, plain.
IS
JE. Same size.
(1665) Obverse, ^ ^ -hang. P'an- with jjr ki turned aside, above the
square hole. Reverse, plain.
JE. Same size,
» ANCIENT ROUND-MONEY. 347
(1666) Obveese, -Hang. P'an- as above.
Reveese, P'an-liang in deep ;^ workmansliip rude.
« ^. Same size.
(1667) Obveese, -Hang. P'an- as above, with two large rings, one above, the
other below the square hole. Reveese, plain.
M. Same size.
(1668) Obveese, -Hang. P'an- as above, with two perpendicular strokes above
the square hole. Reveese, plain.
M. Size 0-95.
"ft ""
(1669) Obveese, -Hang. P'an- as above, with Jl = + ' 21,' below the
square hole. Reveese, plain.
JE. Same size.
H
(1670) Obverse, M ^ -Hang. P'an- with X Jcu7ig ' work,' on the side,
above the square hole. Reveese, plain.
JE. Same size.
(1671) Obveese, ^ ^ -Hang. P'an- with ming-tao written aside. On
ming-tao, see above, 165. Reveese, plain.
jE. Same size.
(1672) Obveese and Reveese of the same size, without legend, marks, or rims.
Belongs also to the same period.
£. Same size.
348
FOKMEE HAN DYNASTY.
VIII. ANCIENT ROUND-MONEY {continued).
IV. HENG HIAO WEN-TI % # ^ ^ b.c. 179—157.
FiEST YeaeSj B.C. 179 — 164.
(First) Nien-hao : Hou-yuen ^ % B.C. 163—157.
In his fifth year, i.e. b.c. 175, Heng HiaoWEN-Ti, in order to eradicate
the counterfeit money, brought into circulation pieces of four tchu only
in weight, with the same former legend and value of F^an-Uang, 'half
an ounce.' Henceforth names were adopted for year -periods, and these
year-names, or Nien-hao ^ ^ , were used in the dating of any event,
sometimes without reference to the title of the living ruler, whose per-
sonal name was always sacred, and carefully avoided. Until the Ming
dynasty, the Nien-hao was usually changed several times during the
same reign, with the occurrence of important events.
256.
Obverse.
m ^
-Hang. P'a-n
' Half an ounce.'
M. Size 10. Wt. 57.
The pattern belongs to the Shih-tae type, on which see p. 342.
Eevekse.
Plain, without marks
or rims.
Obveese.
ANCIENT EOUND-MONEY. 349
257.
-Hang. P'an- Reverse. Plain.
Nearly similai-^fco 256, with lai-ger central hole.
JE. Same size. Wt. 50.
Reverse. Plain.
258, 259, 260.
Obveese. -Hang. P'an-
Nearly similar to 256, smaller, with central hole of average size.
M. Size 0-95.
Weights: 258, 40. 259, 50. 260, 60.
261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271,
272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282,
283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293,
294, 295, 296.
Obverse. -Hang. Fan- Reverse. Plain.
Nearly similar to 258, but smaller in size. The differences in the forms of the
characters are unimportant.
JE. Size 0-90.
Average Weight: 36.
297.
Obveese. -Hang. P'an- Same legend as above. A stroke upwards to the
■ right over ^, for — yh 'one.' Reverse. Plain.
M. Same size. Wt. 35.
298.
Obveese. Same legend. Three perpendicular strokes under the square hole, for
H san, ' three.' Reverse, plain.
^, Same size. Wt. 36.
299.
Obveese, Same legend. With a dot under the square hole, on the edge inward.
Reverse, plain.
JE. Same size. Wt. 86.
350 FOEMER HAN DYNASTY.
300.
Obverse. Same legend, the characters narrower.
Eevebse, plain. Very large square hole.
^. Size 0-90. Wt. 37.
(1673) Obvekse. Same legend. With a small circle on the right above the
square hole. Revekse, plain.
JE. Sapie size.
(1674) Obverse. Same legend. With two small circles, one above and one
below the square hole. Reverse, plain.
M. Same size.
(1675) Obverse. Same legend. With a perpendicular stroke above the square
hole, for — yli, ' one.' Reverse, plain.
Mi. Same size.
(1676) Obverse, Same legend. With the perpendicular stroke below the
square hole. Reverse, plain.
JE. Same size.
(1677) Obverse. Same legend, With three perpendicular lines above the
square hole, for ^ san, 'three.' Reverse, plain.
^ Same size.
(1678) Obverse. Same legend. With \|/ above the square hole, for H
san, ' three.' Reverse, plain.
M. Same size.
(1679) Obverse, Same legend. With /|\ below the square hole, for ^
san, ' thre^.' Reverse, plain,
M, Same size.
(1680) Obverse. P'an-Uang. Same legend inverted. Reverse, plain.
M. Same size.
(1681) Obverse. ifJ ^ P'an p'an. Reverse, plain,
M. Size I'O.
ANCIEI^T ROUND-MONEY. 351
(1682) Obveese. M ^ Liang Hang. EeveesBj plain.
M. Size 0-90.
•
(1 683) Obveese. ^ ^ Liang Hang, as preceding, but the character on the
right-hand side is upside down. Reveese, plain.
M. Same size.
(1684) Obveese. ^ -Hang. P'an- The character liang is on the side
[g below the square hole. Reveese, plain.
jE. Same size.
(1685) Obveese. ^ ^ -Hang. P'an- twice repeated, as shown.
IS Reveese, plain.
M. Same size.
352
FOEMER HAN DYNASTY.
INDEPENDENT AND CONTEMPORANEOUS CUREENCIES.
B.C. 179—157.
CURRENCY OF WU ^ (Feudal State).
Under the reign of Hiao Wen Ti the Chinese power was only half
estahlishecl over the region of Wu ^, i.e. Kiangsu, and North of Tclieh-
kiang and of Kiangsi provinces. The coj^per mines attracted a large
number of lawless people, who cast counterfeit money, whence tl:e
endless varieties of the above F'' an-liang series. ^ J y^ P'ei, Prince
of Wu [circa, b.c. 160), worked the mines of the TsiJi Shan i|] [Jj :
his currency being less alloyed than that of the official mintage, had a
great success, and proved obnoxious to the government mints during
the latter part of the reign of Wen-Ti, and that of his successor King-
Ti. The following specimen, and types 302, 1686, 1687, are most
probably issues of his currency.
301.
Obveu.se.
Reverse.
EH
(= %%)
J -tche. Liang-
' Double tche.'
No legend.
M. Wt. 61.
A tche was equivalent to six tchn, or quarter-ounce ; so that two tche were the
same as a P'an-Uang, or ' half-ounce. ■"
ANCIENT EOUND-MONEY.
(1G8G)
OliVEKSE.
-tche. Liang-
' Double tche.'
Variant of legend on 301.
Reverse.
No legend.
A rim outside.
JS. Size 1-15.
(1687)
-tche. Liang -
'Double telle.'
Variant of legend on 301.
No legend.
M. Size 115.
The chief difference of this type consists in the absence of rims.
CUREENCY OF TENG T'UNG (the Chinese Crcesus).
The same Emperor granted {circa e.g. 160) to a courtier Teng-t'ung
P|5 iM. ) the authorization of working the mines of the Copper Mountain
Tung Shan ^ [Jj of Yen Tao j^ ^ , now Ya-tchou fu in Azetchnen.
Teng-t'ung issuing copper money, acquired fahulous wealth, whicli
made his name famous for ever as the Croesus of China ; his currency,
Hke that of the Prince of Wu, being made of purer metal than that of
the Government, was eagerly sought for by the people, at the expense
of the Imperial exchequer. It was known as the ' Teng-she money '
^1^ .^ ^) but no exact information has been preserved as to its shape
and design.
z z
354
FOEMEE HAN DYNASTY.
FOEMER HAN DYNASTY {continued).
V. K'l KING TI M -^^ 1§, BC. 166—141.
No change in the currency is recorded under his reign.
VI. TOH'EH WU TI M. % % . e.g. 140—87.
(First) Nien hao: Kien-Yiien ^ tT, b.c. 140 — 135.
In the first year of the period Eien- Yuen (b.o. 140) the current money,
though bearing the legend P'an-liang (or 12 tchus) as before, was only
weighing on an average four tchus. The Emperor Wu Ti, in order to
rectify the anomaly, then issued pieces weighing three tchus only, in
accordance with their legend san-tchu ^ $.^ , ' three tchus.'
Obveese,
Keteese,
302.
'Three fchu'
-tchu. San-
No legend. Eims, as on the obverse.
(An apparent imitation. ) .ffi. Size 0'75. Wt. 35.
(1688) Obveese. -tehu. San- as 302. Eeveese. No legend.
Thin rims on the obverse, none on the reverse.
M. Size 0-75.
(1689) Obveese. -tchu. San- as 302, and a thin rim. Reverse. Plain.
M. Size 0-75.
ANCIENT EOUND-MONEY.
355
FORMER HAN DYNASTY {continued).
Five years after their issue, i.e., in b.o. 136, it was necessary to
demonetize the San-tchu pieces, as they had been counterfeited, clipped,
&c., and answered no more to their purpose. A currency somewhat
similar to the former one was then issued. The chief characteristics of
the new pieces were a rim slightly raised, and their device belonged to
the shih., or cross type of the F'an-liang pattern. The raised edges
were purposely made in order to prevent the pieces from being filed, as
the former currency used to be by the people, with a view of taking the
copper dust.
303.
Obverse.
^ Sl^ -Hang. P'an-
' Half-ounce.'
Witli a rim slightly i-aisecl.
Reverse.
Plain, no rim.
M. Size-1. Wt. 32.
304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313.
Obverse. -Hang. F'an- Reverse. Plain, no rim.
Nearly similar to 303.
^. Same size.
Average Weight : 37.
Obverse and Reverse.
314.
Same legend in modern characters.
(A late imitation.) ^. Size 1-15. Wt. 37.
(1690) Obverse.
Reverse.
-Hang. F'an- as above; with two rings, one smaller
above, and one larger below the square hole.
Plain.
JE. Size 0-95.
356
FOKMEE HAN DYNASTY.
(1691) Obvekse.
Eeveese.
-Hang. F'an- as above; with a perpendicular stroke
below the square hole, for — yh, ' one.'
Plain.
M. Size 0-90.
(1692) Obveese.
Eeveese.
(1693) OisvEBSE.
Reveese.
(1694) Obveese.
Reverse.
(1695) Obveese.
Revekse.
(1696) Obveese.
Reverse.
-Hang. P'an- as above ; with a slanting stroke to the
right below the square hole^ for — yh, ' one.'
Plain.
M. Same size.
P'an-liang as above ; with two perpendicular strokes
below the square hole, for ~ erh, ' two.'
Plain.
^. Same size.
P'an-liang as above but inverted; with two strokes,
as preceding.
Plain.
^. Same size.
-Hang. P'an- as above; with three perpendicular strokes
above the square hole, for ^ san, 'three.'
Plain. ■
M. Same size.
-Hang. P'an- as above; with '^ tvu, 'five,' on the right
hand side, above the square hole.
Plain.
M. Same size.
(1697) Obveese.
Reverse.
■Hang. P'an- as above ; with X shih, ' ten,' below the
square hole.
Plain.
M.. Same size.
(1698) Obverse. P'an-liang as above, but inverted.
Reverse. Plain.
M. Same size.
ANCIENT EOUND-MONEY.
357
(1699) Obveese. P' an -Hang as preceding.
Reveese. Plain.
(Smaller.) JE. Size 080.
(1700) Obtekse. ^ ^ -Hang. P'an- The right-hand side character
upside down.
Eeveese.
Plain.
JE. Size 0'95.
(1701) Obveese. ^ jfe P'an pan. The right-hand side character
upside down.
Eeteese.
Plain.
(Smaller.) M. Size 0-90.
(] 702) Obteese. ^ ^ -Hang. P'an-
Eevekse. Plain.
Rude workmanship.
(Iron.) M Size 0-95.
The iron piece here inscribed, according to the trustworthy Suh-tsiuen-huei (Li I.,
f. 3), is important as the oldest issue in China of real money in iron. This metal
had been used at the same time as the others, in lumps or as implements, during
the barter period. No record has been preserved of this issue, which cannot have
been made by the Government.
358 FOEMEE HAN DYNASTY.
SILVEE-TIN MONEY AND LEATHEE BADGES.
VI. TCH'EH WU TI [continued).
(Fourth) Nien hao : Tiien-sliou ^ |f , B.C. 122—117.
The long reign of Wu Ti was a glorious one. His suzerainty was
established over new parts of the south of China proper; and his
generals, victorious over the Hiung-nu Turks, carried the Chinese arms
and influence into Central Asia. Literature, Confucianist at first,
Taoist afterwards, flourished; and a sort of Imperial Academy was
established at Shang-lin juen _t ^ % (at Eang Kung near Hien
Yang, Shensi), to promote the study of classical history and wisdom.
The Court was put on a gorgeous footing, and expenses were running
high. Eor all these achievements an enormous quantity of money was
wanted, and the current money, the base copper cash, not being sufficient
to pay for these outlays, several sorts of representative currency were
introduced, and, as always the case, led the State almost to the verge of
financial ruin.
In the fourth year of the period Yuen-shoii (119 B.C.) a currency of
white metal and deer-skin was made.
This white-metal currency consisted of three types of pieces of a
diff'erent size and form, made of tin and silver melted together, and of a
nominal value, far beyoud the intrinsic.
The first was round, with a central round hole, and the figure of a
dragon (Lung) as device; its name was Tchuan ^, i.e., 'Pattern,' its
weight 8 Hang (ounces), and its value 3000 copper cash.*
* The word cash is a convenient appellative for the Chinese copper pieces which are cast
and not coined, and therefore have no right to be called coins. It is now widely used by-
Europeans in China and the East concurrently with the word sapeque, and is derived through
the Portuguese caixa, formerly the Tamil kusu, from the Sanskrit Jcdrsha, a name for a small
piece of money.
SILVEK-TIN MONEY AND LEATHER BADGES. 359
The second was smaller, and. square, and its device was a horse ; its
weight 6 Hang, and its value 500 copper cash.
The third was still smaller and oblong, with a tortoise for device ; its
weight 4i Hang, and its value 300 copper cash.
The end of this medal-like currency was sad. They were counter-
feited on a great scale by the people, and the State offi.cials as well.
Their value diminished rapidly, the Emperor ceased to issue them, and
before the end of a year after they had been first emitted, they were
no more accepted in circulation.
No specimen seems to have survived of this ill-conceived and fanciful
money, and their actual shape is not known beyond the aforesaid
descriptions. Some spurious figures of them appear in several untrust-
worthy books on numismatics, chiefly Japanese, taken from made-up
pieces of Japanese fabric in tin, which sometimes are met with in
collections for sale to collectors.
The deer-skin currency, issued in the same year, was a sort of token
or badge made in view of a narrower circulation. It consisted only of
pieces of the skin of white stags reared in the Imperial parks, measuring
a square foot, and embroidered on the hems, for which the kings,
feudal princes, and noblemen, had to pay 400,000 copper cash a-piece,
as they were compelled to wear them as badges of honour, without
which entrance to Court and audience by the Emperor could not be
obtained.
360 rOEMEE HAN DYNASTY.
VIII. ANCIENT ROUND-MONEY {continued).
As to the current money of the official standard, it was cast in all
the provinces and districts. But the people counterfeited it so largely
in casting debased and lighter pieces, that the nobles required that it
should be ordered that a new kind of money be issued at the Imperial
Court. The pieces were called Yh-tcheh |^ Jj\ , which literally means
' red-bent,' from the supposed fact that their raised edge was made of
red copper. One piece was worth 5 cash. The collectors of taxes used
not to bring again the false Yh-tcheh in circulation as they did for the
ordinary cash. In less than two years the new money was again very
bad in consequence of counterfeiting, and as it was no more possible to
use it at the legal rate, it was also abolished.
Genuine specimens of this currency are not found. And the explana-
tion of their characteristics from their name is perhaps inexact, as it is
only given by later authorities.
In the fifth year of the period Tilen-shou (e.g. 118) the F'an-liang
currency deteriorated, by incessant counterfeiting, was demonetized;
and the famous Wu-tcJiu cash, the standard of the Han dynasty, which
remained in circulation until the Sin dynasty (a.d. 581), notwith-
standing other mintages, occasional and temporary, were first issued.
The Emperor Wu Ti, after his unsuccessful essays, was at last con-
vinced that the evil was more deeply rooted than had hitherto been
supposed, and that some more adequate measures had become necessary,
as money ought to be made of a real value, according to its design.
Accordingly, with these views, great changes were made in the
monetary management of the empire. Every district and province was
no more allowed, as formerly, to cast its own money. A State Mint
was established in the capital of the empire, under the special direction
of three high members of the Shang-lin Academy (cf. p. 358), who were
appointed official Mint-masters. All the metallic currency formerly in
ANCIENT EOUND-MONEY.
361
use was withdrawn, and brouglit to the Shang-lin Mint, to be melted
and re-cast ; and all money not issued by that mint was considered
illegal. In the impossibility of suppressing the few false coiners who
still remained, the Mint-masters, in the true Chinese fashion, made the
most skilled of them workmen in the mint.
The new cash were well made, and for years to come could not be
counterfeited.
315.
Obverse.
0* S.
-tchu. Wu-
'Five tchus.'
Reverse.
No mark.
A rim around the
square hole.
JE. Wt. 47.
The peculiarity of the early issues of this cash is, that on the ohverse the central
hole has no rim.
316.
Same legend
as preceding.
Same as
preceding.
JE. Wt. 46.
317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327,
328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333.
Obvekse and Rkvbrse. Nearly similar to 315 and 316, but thinner.
M. Same size.
Average Weight : 30.
3 A
36-2
FOParEE HAN DYNASTY.
VIII. PING-KI SIUEN TI, -^ U. 'S. iH > b-c 73-49.
„ 73—70.
„ 69—66.
„ 65—62.
(1) Nien-hao, Pen-she, 7[S ^^
(2) „ Tl-TSIEH, i^W,
(3) „ Yuen-k'ang, X Jg ,
(4)
Shen-tsio,
61—58.
The circulation of the JFu-tchu cash runs smoothly from the begin-
ning of their emission, and nothing is recorded until the second year of
SiUEN Ti, when it was found necessary to make this cash more regular
in weight, and to introduce a slight change in the pattern. This change
consisted in the addition of a raised edge at the lower side of the square
on the obverse. The fact is shown by moulds in clay belonging to the
reign of Siuen Ti which have been discovered in archaeological finds,
and in which the pieces were no longer cast in clusters. These moulds
bear on their outsides the following dates : —
Pen-she, 1st year, i.e. b.c. 73.
2nd „ „ ,, 72.
4th „ „ „ 70.
Ti-TSiEH, 2iid „ „ „ 68.
Ti-TsiEH, 4tli year, i.e. B.C. &&.
Yuen-k'ang, 3rd „ „ „ 63.
Shen-tsio, 2nd ,, „ ,, 60.
4th „ „ „ 58.
They are figured in the Ku-tsiiien-hwei, Tchin xiii., and in the Suh-
tsiuen-hwei, Tchin iii.
(1703)
Obverse.
I* 31
-tehu. Wu-
'Five tchus.'
Reveese.
Regular rims.
No legend.
S,. Size 1.
Characterized by the special arrangement of the rim on the obverse.
ANCIENT EOUND-MONEY. 3G3
334, 335, 336, 337.
Obvkese and Reversk. Nearly similar to (1 703).
338.
Obverse and Reverse. Nearly similar. Clipped.
JE. Size 1,
Average Weight: 51.
M. Same size. Wt. If!.
(1704)
Obverse and Reverse. With similar legend to (1703), on both sides
JE. Same size.
364 FORMER HAN DYNASTY.
VIII. ANCIENT ROUND-MONEY {continued).
IX. SHEH YUEN TI ^ jt ^- , b.c. 48-33.
The counterfeiters in. the long run proved to be stronger than the law
of the land. They were more than 100,000 in number, and the disorder
brought in by their mischieyous doings reached a dangerous height.
Proposals were seriously made by counsellors of the Throne to abolish
the metallic currency, which had caused so much evil, and to substitute
in its stead silk, cloth, grain, and tortoise-shell, as used to be employed
in former times. But the advice of the Privy Council was also
asked, and they judged that it was difficult to make a sudden change
in the money which had been for a long time in circulation. At
that time the Imperial Treasury amounted to 4000 millions, the
Privy Treasury to 1800 millions, and that of the Mint to 2500 millions,
copper cash.
XII. YEN PING TI fS ^ ig? , A.D. 1—5.
In spite of the disorders resulting from the continuous counter-
feiting, the Shang-lin Mint had continued issuing the Wu-tchu cash.
Erom the days of the Emperor "Wu Tr (118 B.C.), when the Shang-lin
began to make money, till the first year of the Emperor Ping Ti's
reign, they had made copper cash to an amount of 280,000 millions
of pieces.
AXCIENT EOUND-MONEY.
3r>5
XIII. JU TZB YNG M •? H . AD. 6—8.
Regency op Wano Mang.
(1) Nien hao, Kiii-sheh J^ ^, a.d. 6 — 7.
The last emperor, Ping Ti, wlio was only nine years old when he
ascended the throne, had been poisoned after four years by his Prime
Minister, Siu Wang Mang. The grandson of Siuen Ti, then two years
of age, was recognized Emperor by the same Wang Mang, who for three
years to come was still satisfied with the Regency of the Empire. He
introduced great changes into the currency, which makes the time
during which he held the power, either as a Regent or Supreme Ruler,
the most eventful period in the history of Chinese money.
Wang Mang began in a.d. 7, by annulling the decrees enacted by the
Han dynasty, as he wanted to return to the money of the Tchou dynasty,
where '•' the mother and the child " (i.e. divisionary piece) weighed in
proportion to each other, similarly to those issued by King Wang in
523 B.C. (of. 156—163 supra). A vague and misconceived tradition
ascribes to him the emission of pieces of the same dimensions and
designs, and it is perhaps this erroneous legend that caused the making
by counterfeiters of such types as the No. 164 above, and the following
as well.
339.
Obverse.
^ m
-ho. Pao-
Reveesb.
No
legend.
' Precious exchansje.'
M. Wt. 74.
3G6
FOllJIEK HAX DYXASTY.
VIII. ANCIENT ROUND-MONEY {continued).
The Hegent reintroduced, in a somewhat altered form, the knife-
shaped money in two types, which he called Ki-tao ^ J] (Nos. 130—136
above), and Tso-tao ^ J} (Nos. 138—148 above). The number of Ki-
tao, value 500 cash, was not inconsiderable: a copper mould in the
collection of Li Tao-hien {Ku-tsiuen-hui, Tcheng 13, f. 17) bears the
figures Pah-tsien-wan /\ ^ H ' eight thousand myriads,' which, pro-
bably indicates a number of pieces issued therefrom.
Hound pieces, similar to the head parts of the Ki-tao and Ts'o-tao
knife-money, were issued as follows : —
(1705)
7}
-tao.
K'l-
Obveese.
Eeveese.
Rims similar to those of
the obverse.
M. Size I'O.
(170G)
tao 7J
(inlaid in gold.
No legend.
Rims similar to those of
the obverse.
A',. S'l/.e 1 0.
11707)
(incuse.)
No legend.
Rims similar to those
of (1703).
M,. Size 1-n.
ANCIENT ROUND-MONEY.
307
340.
Obverse.
Reverse.
No
legend.
M. Wt. 94.
In the same year {i.e. a.d. 7) the Kegent Wang Mang put in circula-
tion a new currency, which, he called Tsiuen ^ , ' source ; ' thus
reviving the old name, which had been replaced by Tsien ^ in
course of time.
It consisted of six types, large and divisionary, all represented in the
following list (341, 1711, 1712, 1713, 344, 345):—
(a) FIRST TYPE.
341.
A>
^
Siao
yh. Tcheh
tsiuen.
Small source, value one.'
Similar to obverse,
without legend.
Outer rim thicker.
^. Wt. 22.
342.
Same legend as
preceding.
Similar to
preceding.
M. Wt. 22.
368
FOEMEE HAX DYNASTY.
Same legend as
preceding.
(1708)
Obverse and Reveese.
(1709)
Obverse and Reverse.
(1710)
Obverse and Reverse.
343.
Obverse.
Reverse.
Similar to
preceding.
JE. Wt. 23.
Both with legend similar, as (341), obverse.
M. Size 0-50.
Both with legend like the preceding, but that of the
reverse is upsride down.
JE. Same size.
Without any legend; otherwise same fabric.
JE. Same size.
(1711)
yao i4
sJiih yh- "I — '
tsiuen. ^i
' Little source, 1 ten.'
(6) SECOND TYPE.
Obverse.
(c) THIRD TYPE.
(1712)
yu
shih. erh
tsiuen.
m
'Young source, 2 tens.'
Reverse.
Similar to the obverse.
Without legend.
M. Size 0-65.
Similar to the obverse.
Without legend.
M. Size 0-7.
ANCIENT EOUND-MONEY,
369
(rf) FOURTH TYPE
(1713)
Obveese.
•
Tchung
shih.
san
+
* fS^
tsiuen.
* \§J/
'Middle source, 3 tem^.'
REVEaSE.
Similar to the obverse.
Without legend.
JE. Size 0-8.
(1714)
Tchung tsiuen
san shih.
As above.
Tchwang
shih. Sze
tsiuen.
No legend.
Outside rim similar to obverse.
Thin rim round square hole.
M. Size 1-05.
(e) FIFTH TYPE.
Irregularly issued by private persons
344.
' Full source, 4 tens.'
No
legend.
^. Wt. 54.
(1715)
Tchwang tsiuen.
Sze shih.
As above, with alight differences.
Similar to the obverse.
Without legend.
(Smaller.) JE. Sizp 085.
3 a
370
FOEMEE HAN DYNASTY.
Obverse.
(1716)
Sze H
tsiuen. Tchwang ^ ^j;;
shih. ~p
Same legend, differently arranged.
Reverse.
Similar to the obverse.
Without legend.
M. Size 1-05.
(/) SIXTH TYPE.
345.
Obverse.
Ta :k
hill. Wii + 3l
tsiuen. ^^
' Great source, 5 tens.'
346.
Ta tsiuen.
Wu shih.
Same legend as preceding.
Heveese.
No legend, nor marks.
.m. Wt. 87.
No legend.
M. Wt. 73.
ANCIENT KOUND-MONEY.
371
347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354^
Obverse. Same legtnd, with slight differences.
Eeveese. Similar to preceding, without legend.
M. Same size.
Average Weight : 60.
355, 356, 357, 358.
Obveese and Eeveese. Slightly different. Larger and thicker,
M. Size I-IO. Wt. 80.
359.
Obveese. Same legend, slightly different.
Eeveese. Same, no legend.
(Broken.) M. Same size.
360.
Obveese.
Ta :k
shih. Wu 'I S.
tduen. ^
Same legend as above.
The characters as on 1721.
Eeveese.
Eegular rims.
No legend.
Size 0-85. Wt. 40.
Obveese.
Ta tsiuen. Wu shih.
Same legend, slightly different.
361.
Eeveese.
Similar to preceding.
(Clipped.) M.
372
FORMEE HAN DYNAST if.
362.
Obverse.
Ta
shih. Wu
tsiuen.
Same legend^ of a diffei'ent design.
Reveese.
No legend.
A large pellet under.
M. Wt. 80.
(1717)
Obverse.
shih.
Ta
tsiuen.
Wu
As above, but different
in design.
(1718)
Ta tsiuen. Wu shih.
Same legend, but different in
design; double rim, and larger.
(1719)
Ta tsiuen, Wu shih.
Same legend and arrangement,
with four lines radiating from the
central square hole.
Eevekse.
Similar to obverse.
Without legend.
JE. Size 0-85.
Only a simple rim round
the square
and circumference.
JE. Size 1-05.
Only a simple rim round the
square and circumference.
JE. Siiio I'OiJ.
ANCIENT ROUND-MONEY.
373
(1720) Obveesb.
Ta tsiuen. Wu shih.
Same legend and
arrangement.
(1721)
Ta tsiuen. Wu shih.
Same legend and
arrangement.
(1722)
Ta tsiuen. Wu shih.
Same legend and design.
Large square hole.
(1723)
Ta tsiuen. Wu shih.
Same legend, arrangement
and desiarn.
Reverse.
(1724)
Ta tsiuen. Wu shih.
Same legend, arrangement and design.
Four lines radiating
from the central
square hole.
M. Size 1-0.
Three lines radiating
from the central
square hole.
(Smaller.) ^. Size 0-85.
Without legend, and similar
to obverse.
(Smaller.) M. Size 0-80.
Without legend, and similar
to obverse.
(Smaller.) M. Size 0-55.
Without legend, and similar to obverse.
(ViTy small,) JE. Size 0-45.
(1725)
Ta tsiuen. Wu shih.
Same legend and arrangement,
but deep incuse, and without I'ims.
With simple and thin rims
round the square hole and
circumference.
374
FOEMER HAN DYNASTY.
(1726) Obverse.
Ta tsiuen. Wu shih.
Same legend, arrangement and design,
as preceding.
Reverse.
Plain, and without rims.
JE. Size 0-90.
(1727)
Ta tsiuen. Wu shih.
Same legend, but with the Ta
turned upwards.
Same design as obverse.
Without legend.
M. Size 1-0.
(1728)
Ta tsiuen. Wu shih.
Same legend,
slightly different in
design.
Ta tsiuen. Wu shih.
Same legend as
ubverse, but turned,
and read from right.
M. Size 10.
(1729)
Ta tsiuen. Wushih.
Same legend, with
slight differences.
Ta tsiuen. Wu shih.
Same legend, but
turned, and read
from left.
M. Size 1-0.
(1730)
Ta tsiuen. Wu shih.
Same legend, with
slight differences.
Ta tsiuen. Wu shih.
Same legend,
turned upside down.
IE. Size 0 05.
ANCIENT EOUND-MONEY.
375
(1731) Obveese.
Ta tsiuen. Wu shih.
Same legend and design as preceding.
(1732)
Ta tsiuen. Wu shih.
Same legend, with a dot in the
upper and lower parts of the
sign Wu.
(1733)
Ta tsiuen. Wu shih.
Same legend, with four points
inwards.
(1734).
Ta tsiuen. Wu shih.
Same legend and design as
preceding, without the
four points.
Reveese.
Ta tsiuen. Wu shih.
Same legend and design as obverse.
JE. Size 0-95.
Same design as obverse.
Without legend.
M. Size 1-0.
Ta tsiuen. Wu shih.
Same as obverse, and same
design.
M Size 1-05.
;:^ Ta, ' Great.'
(Turned aside.)
JE. Size 10.
(1735)
Ta tsiuen. Wu shih.
Same legend and design
as preceding.
Ta, ' Great.'
(Deep incuse.)
M. Size 1-0.
376
FOEMER HAN DYNASTY.
(1730)
Ta tsiiien. Wu shih.
Same legendj with, two cross
strokes on the sign -f' shih.
Obverse.
Reveese.
Same design as obvei-se.
Without legend.
JE. Size 1-1.
(1737)
Ta tsiuen. Wu shih.
Same legend, with one
cross stroke on the sign shih.
Same design as obverse.
Without legend.
M. Size 1-05.
(1738)
Ta tsiuen. Wu shih.
Same legend^ with one top stroke
over the sign shih.
Same design as obverse.
Without legend.
M. Same size.
(1739)
Ta tsiuen. Wu shih.
Same legend, with one horizontal
stroke under the sign shih.
Same design as obverse.
Without legend.
JE. Same size.
(1740)
Ta' tsiuen.* Wit'' shih.^
Same legend, differently
arranged.
Same design as obverse.
Witbout legend.
JE. Size 1'05.
ANCIENT ROUND-MONEY,
377
Obverse.
Ta
Wu shih.
tsiuen.
363.
Tfi
Same legend, arranged
differently, like following.
Reveese.
Same design.
Without legend.
(Bad Specimen.) .a:. Size MO. Wt. 60.
(1741)
Ta^ tsiuen.^ Wu* shih.^
Same legend and design,
with broader rims.
Same design as obverse.
Without legend.
M. Size 1-10.
(1742)
Ta' tsiuen.^ Wu* shih.'
Same legend, arrangement and design,
as preceding.
Same design as obverse, without
legend, with a stroke from upper right
corner of square hole to outside rim.
M. Size 1-0.
(1743)
Ta' tuiuen." Wu* shih.
Same legend, arrangement and design,
with a dot in the upper and lower part
of jS WK (as in 1732).
Same design as obverse.
Without legend.
M. Size 1.0.
(1744)
Ta' tsiuen.'' Wu* shih.'
Same legend and arrangement.
Same design as obverse.
Without legend.
(Smaller.) M. Size O-O.'
3 0
378
FOEMER HAN DYNASTY.
(] 745) Obvebse.
Ta' tsiuen.^ Wu* shih}
Same legend and arrangement.
Thin rims.
Reveese.
Same design as obverse.
Without legend.
(Still smaller.) M. Size 07.
(1746)
Ta' tsiuen.^ Wii" shih,^
Same legend and arrangement,
with four dots.
Same design as obverse.
Without legend.
JE. Size 1-1.
(1747)
Ta
Wu shih.
tsiuen.
Same legend, differently
L
?^
^
arranged.
^■^-L^" 1
(1748)
Ta
Same legend, deep incuse.
Regular arrangement. No rims.
shih. Wu
tsiuen.
Same design as obverse.
Without legend.
JE. Size 1-0.
Plain; and, as obverse,
without rims.
(Smaller.) M. Size 09.
(1749)
Ta
Wu shih.
tsiuen.
Same legend, but different
arrangement and design.
Ta' tsiuen.^ Wu* shih.^
Similar to the obverse.
2&. Same size.
ANCIENT ROUND-MONEY.
379
(1750) Obveese.
Ta' tsiuen.^ Wu^ sUW
Same legend, regular arrangemeat, in
relief, with broad rims. Bare.
Reverse.
Outside rim thinner than obverse.
No legend.
(Iron.) M. Size 10.
Perhaps issued by Kung sun Shuh, on v^'hom see infra, p. 395.
(1751)
r*' tsiuen.' Wu^ tchu*
' Great source, five tchiis.'
Outside rim similar to ob-
verse. Broader rim round
the square hole.
M. Size 1-0.
Similar in make and design to the currency Ta tsiuen of Wang Mang, and
certainly a casual issue only of the same period, combining it with the Wu tchu type
of currency of the Han dynasty (p. 361 supra).
(1752)
Ta
shih. Wu
tsiuen.
' Great source. Fifty.'
^J>
Siao
• it y^-
Tcheh
^<
tsiuen.
' Small source. Value one,'
JE. Size 0 95.
A combination of the current Ta tsiuen type with the first type (341 above) of
the six issues of the year a.d. 7, at the time of the regency. An irregular type.
380
(1753)
FOEMEE HAN DYNASTY.
Obverse. Reverse.
Ta
shih, Wu
tsiuen.
2p ring
-j- ^ shih. Wu
tang.
m
Same legend. ' Equal worth Fifty.'
M. Size 0-90.
Most probably a private issue.
(1754)
Ta
tsiuen. shih.
Wu
Usual rims and no
legend.
^. Size X-0.
An irregular and fanciful arrangement of the current legend.
SeeNos. 1740 and 1747.
Two sizes of larger specimens of Ta tsiuen issues are also in existence, as follows : —
(1755)
The current legend Ta
with shih Wu
the usual arrangement. tsiuen.
The central square hole has the four
sides curved and a thick rim, of which
the angles are elongated and radiate to
the circumference.
The usual square hole and rims.
JE. Size 1-5.
(1756)
The current legend Ta
in shih. Wu
the usual arrangement. tsiuen.
Square hole. Broad rims.
A crescent upwards over the square hole.
Broad rims.
The four sides of the square hole
curved, and the angles elongated and
radiating as in obverse of (1755).
M. Size 2'0.
ANCIEISIT E0U:ND-M0NEY. 3^1
INTEEEEGNUM.
SIN WANG MANG ||f ■£ -^ , a.d. 9—22. Three nien-hao.
(1) Nien hao, She Kien Kwoh ^ ^ g, a.d. 9—13.
At the end of the year Tch'u She ^J} ^ , second nien-hao of Ju-tze
Yng's reign, Wang Mang dethroned the infant Emperor and assumed in
his own name the supreme power.
In his second year, i.e. a.d. 10, he brought out some radical changes
in the currency of the empire. He suppressed the Knipe-Money issued
by himself two years previously, and that for a curious reason. The
family name of the Han dynasty, whose regular representative he had
just dethroned, was liiu ^J . Wang Mang was struck by the fact that
the written symbol of this name contained the characters -^ ' metal '
and JJ ' knife,' and that the ' metal knife ' ^ y) currency would keep
the remembrance of the Jjiu family, or Han dynasty, alive in the hearts
of the people. Therefore the suppression was decided on, and took place
without delay. He suppressed also, at one and the same time, by decree,
the Wu tchu cash, the standard currency of the Han dynasty, and made
several new sorts of currency of " gold, silver, tortoise-shells, cowries
and copper pu"
In his new enactments, Wang Mang's mind was engrossed with the
idea of superseding all souvenir of the eclipsed dynasty by a return to
the old practices of the Tchou dynasty still cherished by the people.
Accordingly the gold currency was regulated by and named /p kin
' pound,' which weight had the value of 10,000 copper cash. The silver
currency was made in units of a liti '^ , having a weight of eight liangs
or ounces, and their value varied according to the purity of the metal.
Those made of the silver found in the region of Tchu-she :^ ^ of
Eien-wei ^^ ^ (S. of Tcheng-tu, centre of Szetchuen), being of better
quality, were worth 1580 cash, while those made of an inferior quality
of silver, found elsewhere in the empire, were only worth 1000. No
382 INTEEKEGNUM.
specimens of this gold and silver money are found, and no precise
description of their design has been transmitted.
Of tortoise-shells, there were four different sorts, of various sizes and
denominations, with different values, but the details have not been
handed down to our time, in any book I know.
As to the cowrie currency, we are in a better position. There were
five sorts of them, regulated as follows : —
(1) TLe great shells, ;^ ^ ; 4 tsun or inches, 8 fen or lOths ia length; two
of which formed a pang ji^, or pair; value 216 cowries.
(2) The bull shells, Jfi ^ ; 3 tsun, 6 fen in length ; a pair of which was
worth 150 cowries.
(3) The small shells, :^ M, j 2 tsun, 4 fen in length ; a pair of which was
worth 30 cowries.
(4) The lesser shells, i]\ ^ ; 1 tsun, 2 fen in length ; a pair of which was
worth 10 cowries.
(5) The smallest shells {cijprecB monetce, or cowries), being smaller than 1 tsun
2 fen, were not fastened in pairs ; each was worth three
cash. Those which were smaller than six fen were not
used for currency.
How much similar or different from the practices of remote times was
this quaint currency is not ascertained (cf. Introduction). But the
intelligent part of the people, and the merchants as well, objected to
this revival of an antiquated system.
The copper currency then issued by Wang Mang was also peculiar,
and presented a strong flavour of a revival. It consisted of the ten
sorts of Pu ^ money which are illustrated above (pp. 302-304). Some
later commentators, in a true Chinese spirit, always striving after
allusions or symbolisms, have fancied that the design of this money
was that of ' a shirt,' whence its appellation of Pto, lit. ' cloth,' or
' spread out.' But, as a historical fact, this far-fetched explanation
does not meet the case, and the genealogy of its pattern is clear. The
pattern of the Pu money of Wang Mang was altered from the shapes
of the Pu-MoNEY of the Civil wars period (above, pp. 31—212), them-
selves degenerated forms of the Weight-Money (above, pp. 18 — ^^30),
which was derived from that of the Spade-Money of former times
(above, pp. 2, 4 — 17). As to the name of Pu, it was a local appel-
lative for money in the former Chinese states of Shang ]^ (E. Honan),
and Ts'i ^ (N. Shantvxng and S. Tchihli), which had survived and
spread out its ancient limits.
ANCIENT EOUND-MONEY. 383
To resume, the new currency, including the six classes of tsiuen ^
issued since a.d. 7, consisted of twenty-eight different sorts, made of
five different substances, and designated by six different denominations.
The people did not approve of these innovations, and objected to the
large proportion of alloy in the metal of the copper money; and they
continued to employ cash made on the 5-tchu pattern of the Han
dynasty. They give vent to their feelings in a seditious popular little
song : —
S ^ 6 ^ " Tlie yellow bull has a white belly,
3£ 1^ ra" fM The Rye-tchu pieces ought to return."
^ Swang, * yellow,' the Imperial colour, stands here for ' Imperial,'
otherwise ^ Hwang th6 Imperial title assumed by Wang Mang. The
' bull ' ^ with a white belly is a distinct allusion to the bull shells, the
second class of the cowry currency, and its colour on one side. Now
'white ' is in China the colour signifying 'evil,' and also that of mourn-
ing. The wish to put an end to Wang Mang's rule suggested in the
allusions contained in the first verse was clearly put forth in the second,
where the return of the Han dynasty is plainly implied.
(2) Nien hao, T'ien Fung % g, ' Celestial Pheasant,' a.d. 14—19.
In the first year T'ien Fung, i.e., a.d. 14, Wang Mang, made aware at
last of the severe distress of the people through his manifold and
cumbrous money, abolished all the eccentric and other currency then in
circulation. He issued in their stead two new types of copper money,
one large and one small. The large one was of the Fu type and bore
the legend So-pu "^ ^ , having the value of 25 cash. Specimens are
illustrated above, No. 112. The small ones were of the usual round
pattern, and bore two legends ; ^ ^ Fu-tsiuen and "^ ^ Ho-tsiuen.
Those with the design Fu-tsiuen (below, No. 364) were apparently
issued only for a short time, as they are seldom met with and do not
present more than four varieties. The reverse has been the fate of the
Ho-tsiuen (below. No. 365 sq.), v?hich remained in circulation until
after the end of Wang Mang's reign, and were largely counterfeited
and varied.
384
INTEEEECxiSrUM.
364.
Obteese.
tsiuen. Pu ^ -flj
' Spreading source.'
A faitMul imitatiou but not a genuine specimen
Reverse.
Similar design. No legend.
M. Size 1-0.
(1757)
tsiuen. Pu
Same legend and arrangement.
A large rim round the square hole and
a half-ball over it.
Similar design.
JE. Same size.
(1758)
tsiuen. Pu
Same legend and arrangement.
Two radiating dashes from the upper
angles of the square hole.
Similar design.
2E. Same size.
(1759)
tsiuen. Pu
Same legend and arrangement.
Two radiating dashes from the lower
angles of the square hole.
Similar design.
JEi. Same size.
365, 366, 367.
n<
^
tsiuen. IIo-
' Spring of goods.'
With a half-ball over the upper edge of
the square hole.
No
legend.
Al. Average Wt. 39.
ANCIENT EOUND-MONEY.
368.
385
Obveese.
tsiuen. So-
Same legend.
Eeveese.
A dot over the square hole.
M. Same size. Wt. 30.
369.
tsiuen. Ho-
Same legend, without any mark.
No legend.
^. Same size. Wt. 38.
370, 371, 372, 373, 374.
Obverse and Eeveese. Legend and design nearly similar.
M. Same size. Average Weight 38.
375.
Obveese and Eeveese. A dot over the upper right corner of the square hole on
the obverse. Legend and design otherwise similar.
M. Same size. Wt. 43.
376.
Obveese and Eeveese. A dash downwards from the lower left corner of the
square hole on the obverse. Legend and design otherwise similar.
M. Same size. Wt. 40.
377.
Obveese and Eeveese. Legend and design nearly similar.
(Clipped.) M.
378.
tsiuen.
Ho-
Same legend, with a rim around the
square hole.
No legend.
Design similar to 364.
Jil. Wt. 2i.
3 D
386
IISrTEEREGNUM.
379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390,
391, 392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397.
Obverse and Reveesb. Legend and design similar to preceding, with slight
differences.
M. Same size. Average Weight 48.
398, 399, 400.
Obverse and Eeveese. Legend and design nearly similar to 378, but slightly
smaller.
^. Size 0-85. Average Weight 31.
401, 402.
Obveese and Reverse. Legend and design nearly similar to 378, but much
M. Size . Wt. 138.
heavier.
403.
Obverse,
tsiuen. Ro-
Same legend as above,
with double rim round the
square hole.
Reverse.
Similar rims.
No legend.
M. wt. 258.
404, 405.
tsiuen.
Ho-
Same legend as
above,
much smaller.
No
legend.
Ji. wt. 16.
ANCIENT KOUND-MONEY.
387
(1760)
Obverse.
tsiuen. Ho-
Same type, with half ball unHer lower
edge of central square hole.
Eevbese.
No legend.
JH. Size 0-85.
(1761)
tsiuen.
Ho-
Same type, with half ball over upper
edge, as on 365.
Four dashes diverging towards cir-
cumference from the four corners of
the square hole.
^. Same size.
(1762)
tsiuen.
Ho-
Same type.
A dot over the square hole.
One half ball over, and one under the
upper and lower edges of the square
hole.
M. Same size.
On obverse and reverse four diverging dashes, as on (1761) rev.
(1763)
tsiuen.
Ho-
Same type. Two dashes outwards from
the two upper angles of the square
hole.
No legend. Eegular rims.
^. Same size.
(1764)
Several varieties occur of the same coins with one, two, or three dashes outwards
as on the preceding types.
(1765)
tsiuen.
Ho-
Same type.
With a downwards stroke over the square
hole for ' one.'
No legend. Eegular rims.
M, Same size.
388
INTEEREGNUM.
(1766)
Obtbese.
tsiuen. Ho-
Reverse.
Same type.
No legend. Eegular rims.
With a
iiorizontal stroke over the square
•
hole for ' one/
M. Size 0 85.
(1767)
tsiuen. Ho-
j£ vm ' five.' Top, to right.
Same type.
On the right side of the square hole
^. Same size.
(1768)
tsiuen. Mo-
y^ luh 'six.'
Same type.
Over the square hole.
M. Same size.
(1769)
tsiuen. ' Ho-
— ' one/ left of square hole.
Same type, larger.
M. Size 0-9 .
(1770)
tsiuen. Ho-
— ' two/ left of square hole.
Same type.
M. Same size.
(1773)
tsiuen. Ho-
1 1 ' two/ under the square hole.
Same type.
M. Same size.
(1772)
tsiuen. Ho-
Ill ihid., 'three/
Same type.
-33, Same size,
ANCIENT EOUND-MONEY.
(1773)
(1774)
(1775)
(1776)
(1777)
(1778)
389
Obveesi,
tsiuen. Ho-
Same type.
tsiuen. Ho-
Same type.
tsiuen. Ho-
Same type.
tsiuen, fib-
Same type.
tsiuen. Ho-
Same type.
tsiuen. Ho-
Same type.-
Retebse.
— ' three/ right of square hole.
M. Size 0-9.
nil' four/ over square hole.
M. Same size.
1 1 1 1 'four/ under square hole.
M. Same size.
'four/ left of square hole.
M, Same size.
' five,' left of square hole.
M. Same size.
/\ A jpalh 'eight/
left or below square hole.
M. Same size.
Specimens with seven ^ , nine jl, , and ten + have not been found.
Several varieties of reverses appear on some issues of the same type
(1779)
tsiuen. Ho-
Same type, smaller.
A slanting stroke over the upper left
angle of square hole.
M. Size 0-85.
390
(1780)
INTERREGNUM.
Obverse.
tsiuen. Ho-
Same type.
A downwards stroke under square hole.
Eevebse.
A large ball under the square hole.
M. Size 0-85.
(1781)
(1782)
(1783)
(1784)
tsiuen, Ho-
Same type.
tsiuen. Ho-
Same type, larger.
tsiuen. Ho-
Same type, larger.
tsiuen. Ho-
Same type.
A ball on the right of the square hole.
iB. Same Eize.
j\[, p'in, on the right of the square.
M. Size 0-95.
Jx wu ' five,' under the square hole.
M. Size 1-15.
5. WU ' five,' top to left,
left of the square hole.
JE. Same eize.
Many specimens of Minters' fancies of the same type are often found j we shall
mention only the most frequent : —
(1785)
Ho- tsiuen, ^ ^
Same legend as preceding, inverted.
No legend. Kegular rims.
JE. Size 0-85
1786)
tsiuen. Ho- ^ ^
With half-ball, as 360.
Same legend as obverse.
JE. Same size.
ANCIENT ROUND-MONEY.
391
(1787)
Obverse.
tsiuen. Ho-
^ K
Wittout the half-bal*.
(1788)
tsiuen. Ho-
Same type.
Revbese.
Same legend as obverse.
With thin or thick rims.
M. Size 0-85.
Same legend as obverse, upside down.
With thin or thick rims.
M, Same size.
(1789)
(1790)
(1791)
tsiuen. Ho-
Same type.
tsiuen. Ho-
Same type.
^ tsiuen.
^ ^ tsiuen. Ho-
^ Ho-
(1792)
^ tsiuen.
^ ^ tsiuen. Ho-
(1793)
Ho. On the right.
Same legend as obverse, above and
below, top to right.
M. Same size.
Same legend as obverse, above and
below, top to left.
M. Same size.
No legend. Eegular rims.
M. Same size.
No legend. Regular rims.
M. Same size.
No legend. Eegular rims.
M. Same size.
392
INTEEEEGNUM.
(1794)
Obverse.
Eeveese.
^
Tsiuen. On the left.
No legend. Eegi]
M, Size 1-10.
(1795)
Ho Ho.
No legend. Eegalar rims.
M. Size 0-85.
(1796)
Same design as preceding, without the
^ on the left side of the character.
No legend. Regular rims.
M. Same size.
(1797)
Tsiuen Tsiuen.
No legend. Regular rims.
JEi. Same size.
(1798)
Some rare specimens of an iron money of the usual type tsiuen. Ho-, size 0"95,
exist, but it is not known that they were issued by Wang Mang. They may be a
money of Kung-sun shuh (cf. page 395).
ANCIENT EOUND-MONEY. 393
INDEPENDENT CUERENOIES WITH CHINESE LEGENDS
DUEING THE FORMER HAN DYNASTY AND INTERREGNUM.
From B.C. 206 to a.d. 24.
(a) COPPEE CUEEENCY OF THE YuEH-TI.
The Yueh-ti, a race of pink and white complexion, with large-sized
noses, were flourishing in the N.W. borders of the principality of Ts'in
(Shensi) in the third century B.C., when the princes of that state were
engaged in subduing their six co-states of the Chinese confederation.
Through trade intercourse they became acquainted with two types
of the Chinese currency of the period, such as the Tchung yh Hang
round type, figured No. 150 supra, and those of the legend Pan Idn,
figured No. 117 supra, which were disused at the time of the foundation
of the empire in 221 B.C., though still existing in remote places.
After continuous wars, raging from B.C. 201 to b.c. 165, the Yueh-ti
were expelled westwards from their settlements, between the modern
An-si and Si-ning, of Kansuh province, by the Turks Hiung-nu, whose
chief, or Shen-vu, made a drinking-cup with the skull of their ruler.
They made their way to the west as far as Eerghana, in the
immediate vicinity of which they established their quarters. About
143 B.C. their former neighbours the "Wu-sun, a blue-eyed and fair-
haired people, in concert with the Hiung-nu,. attacked them from the
rear, and compelled them to flee still further ; and in 126 b.o. their
principal settlements were on the north banks of the Oxus. Kitolo,
their chief, advancing southwards, passed over the Hindu-Kush on the
east, conquered the five kingdoms of Gandhara, the Peshawar country,
and established an advanced post in the city of Peshawar itself. The
dominion -of the Yueh-ti grew so as to form five principalities, two
of which had Kabul and Bamidn as capitals. About 40 b.c, one
of these principalities subjugated the other four, and its chief, K'iu-
tsiu-kioh, the Kujula Kasasa of the Indo-Scythian coins, established
his sway over Bactria, Kabul, and Kophen, and invaded Parthia. He
put an end to the Greek rulers in those regions, and reduced to
3 E
394
INTERREGNUM
vassalage King Hermseus, wlio thus became the last of them. They
issued conjointly a coinage of Greek fabric, which has been illustrated
in the Catalogue of Coins of the Qreeh and Scythic Kings of Bactria and
India, in the British Museum, by Prof. Percy Gardner, Litt. D., pp. 120,
121, and plate xxv, 1 and 2. These coins are bilingual, written in
Greek on one side, and in the North-Indian alphabet, called the Aryan-
Pali, on the other.
Two specimens of their copper (not iron) coins, of different types,
were procured by Sir T. Douglas Porsyth at Khotan, in Chinese
Turkistan {Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, vol. xlvii. p. 12),
and published by Prof. Percy Gardner (in the Numismatic Chronicle^
1879, N.S., vol. xix, pp. 274 — ^281), with a partial decipherment of the
Aryan- Pali legend of the largest of the two.
(1799) The smaller specimen has on the
Obveese.
A horse to right, of non-Chinese style.
Inscription entirely worn out.
Reverse.
4i ^^ Pan hin.
corrupted imitation of (117).
(1799a) The larger specimen is bilingual, as follows :-
A horse to right,
similar to pre-
ceding. Inscrip-
tion in Aryan-
Pali from right
to left, beginning
above the horse,
on the left :
which reads :
Maharajasa rajadirajasa mahatasa
heramayasa.
^ ? ?
M. Size 0-75.
In the centre an old
form of ^ , for
'money,' surrounded
by the legend ; the
whole within a bor-
der of labyrinthine
pattern.
— m m m
? Tchung yh Hang sze tchu.
? ? worth one ounce four tchus.'
These sole representatives of a coinage issued by the Yueh-ti for their intercourse
with the Chinese, then advanced east and west of the Tsung-Ung mountains, suggest
the probability of other issues still undiscovered.
ANCIENT ROUND-MONEY.
395
(b) Ieon Cqeeency of Shuh (Sze-tchubn).
During tlie troubles whi^h accompanied the fall of the usurper Wang
Mang, in the first jear Eeng-she J^^, i.e. a.d. 23, Eung-sim Shuh ^-^ ^
took possession of Tcheng-tu ^ ^, the chief city of Shuh ^ (still the
capital city of Sze-tchuen), proclaimed himself Governor ^ of Yh-tchou
.^ jU (name of that region at the time). He made himself successively
' King of Shuh,' in a.d. 24, and Tcheng Ti ^ ^, i. e. ' Perfect Emperor,'
in the following year. His rebellion was eventually quashed, and him-
self killed, by a Chinese army, a.d. 36. During his fourteen years of
independent rule, Kung-sun Shuh made himself known in numismatic
records for his monetary innovation. He forbade the circulation of
copper cash in his dominion, and issued in its stead iron money, two
pieces of which had the value of one of copper.
The chief pattern of this currency was that of the Wu-tchu cash, as
issued under the reign of Siuen Ti, B.C. 73 — 49 (cf. above, No, 1703),
but some other patterns were apparently issued as well (cf. above,
No. 1798). The Sua yang Icuoh tchi, or 'Ancient Eecords relating to Pa
and Shuh ' (the present Sze-tchuen), by Tch'ang K'iii, of the fourth
century, where the fact is chronicled, states that the people and traders
all strongly objected to, and refused to accept, this monetary reform,
which therefore can have lasted but a short time.
(1800)
OaVEESE.
(1801)
(1802)
tchu Wu-
' Five tchus.'
Same pattern, with a rim
tchu Wu- above the upper edge
of the square hole.
Same pattern, with a semi-
tchu. Wu- circle incuse on the upper
edge of the square hole.
Eeveese.
No legend.
Regular rim.
Iron. Size 0-95.
No legend.
Regular rim.
Iron. Same size.
No legend.
Regular rim.
Iron, Same size.
396
THE LATER HAN DYNASTY.
VIII. ANCIENT EOUND-MONEY {continued).
The later Han Dynasty ^^ '^ |E
Also called Eastern Han % ^ , from the site of its capital at Loh-yang \^ ^ ,
in present Ho-nan.
Thirteen Rulers, from a.d. 25 to 220.
I. LIU SIU KWANG WU TI. fll ^ ^ E ^ a.d. 25—57.
(1) NiEN Hag Kien-wii ^ j^ , a.d. 25 — 55.
The former Han dynasty had ended amidst troubles and internecine
wars. Wang Mang had seen his authority gradually set at defiance
in various provinces, and in a.b. 23 Liu Hiuen ^j ;^, a scion of the
house of Han, had proclaimed himself Emperor, with the Nien-hao Z'eTi^-
she Jg ^, at Loh-yang. After a prolonged contest with Liu-siu and
other insurgents, and a series of defeats, the usurper perished that same
year at his capital in a revolt of his remaining troops, who beheaded
him, and tore his corpse to pieces. Liu Hiuen, known in history as
Ti Hiuen f^ ^ , maintained his nominal sway for two years, and was
then compelled to abdicate in favour of his powerful kinsman Liu-siu, a
descendant of King Ti, who ascended the throne in a.d. 25 under the
title of Kwang Wu Ti, and founded the second Han dynasty. All these
troubles had thrown disorder into the money affairs. The various cur-
rencies issued by Wang Mang had fallen into disrepute, and silk, cloths,
metals in lumps, and corn, were again resorted to as in olden times.
In the second year Kien Wu, i. e. a.d. 26, as shown by the archaeo-
logical find of a mould of that date, some cash of the pattern Wu-tchu
%% S. were cast, but the state of the country, still unpacifled, required
all the energies of the government. It was only on the ten times repeated
request of the famous general Ma Yuen, then chancellor of Lung-si
(S. of present Kan-suh), that, in a.d. 40, the 5-tchu cash were regularly
brought into circulation, to the great satisfaction of the people.
398, 399, 400, 401, 402, 403.
OBVEBSij;. lUvERSE.
m i
Ichu. Wu-
' i^ivo tchiis:
M. Avcragi; Wt. 46.
ANCIENT ROUND-MONEY. 397
X. TOHI HWAN-TI -g U 1^, a.d. 147—167.
The circulation of the 5-tchu pieces of the simple pattern ran
smoothly until the time of Hwan-ti, when the people found, themselves
impoverished through a series of bad harvests, and the uninterrupted
wars against the Sien-pi and Hiung-nu Turks of the northern and
the Tibetan tribes of the western borders, as well as against the native
populations of the country. A remedy was sought for in a change of
the currency, as it was maintained by a state chancellor {Shang-shu)
that the people were in want because the pieces of money were too
light and too thin, and therefore the evil would be mended by casting
great coins. However, Liu-T'ao, a councillor, remonstrated against the
impracticability of the measure, and it was given up. I do not know
any specimen of the small issue which must have been made on this
occasion, but some may be in existence.
XI. HUNG LING TI g ft ^j^ a.d. 168—189. Four nien-hao.
(4) Nien-hao : Tchung-jping t^ ZJa a.d. 184 — 189.
Under this ruler it became necessary to mitigate the inconvenience
brought in by the depreciation of the current 5-ic/m cash; and in
the third year, tchung-p'ing, i.e. a.d. 186, new patterns were intro-
duced for the currency. The usual type received on the obverse the
addition of four points radiating from the four angles of the square
hole, or on the reverse that of four lines from the four angles of the
square hole to the circumference.
404.
Obveese.
tehu. Wu- if S
' Five tchus,' (With four points
radiating from four
angles of the square
hole.)
Eevbksts.
No legend.
Regular rim.
JE. Wt. 33.
398 THE LATEE HAN DYNASTY.'
Obveese. 405, 406. Reverse,
tchu. Wu- Same legend,
without tlie points.
Four lines radiating from four angles
of square hole to circumference.
JE. Wt. 50.
(1803) Same legend and pattern. Smaller.
^. Size 0-8.
(1804)
Wu-tchu. S. M
Usual legend inverted.
(1805)
tchu. Wu- Usual legend and
pattern.
Similar to preceding.
JE. Size 0-9.
Same arrangement of lines, with a
ball in each of the four divisions.
M. Size 0-9.
XII. SHAO TI >p '^, A.D. 189.
XIII. EIEH HIEN TI t^ § ^ , a.d. 189—220. Six Nien-hao.
(1) Nien-hao, Yung Han, ^<i j|| , a.d. 189.
(2) „ TcHUNG Ping, 4» 2ji , same year.
(3) „ Tch'u Ping, |rj qi, a.d. 190— 193.
Tung-tcholi 2 -^ ' ^ military usurper of distinction, deposed the
young Emperor Shao Ti a.d. 189, and enthroned in his place the son of
Ling Ti, then nine years old, known as Hien Ti. Holding the supreme
power in the name of the boy-sovereign, he indulged in arbitrary
exactions and unrelenting cruelty, the most extraordinary instance of
which was the enforced removal of the numerous population of the
Imperial capital Loh-yang, to the city of Tch'ang-'an, the ancient
capital city of the first Han dynasty. Loh-yang, with its vast palaces,
once occupied by a long line of sovereigns, and numerous dwellings
covering an area fifty miles in circuit, was utterly destroyed by fire in
obedience to his command. Tung-tchoh seized numerous copper statues
of men and horses, and especially all those of Pei-kien from Tch'ang-'an
ANCIENT EOUND-MONEY. 399
and Loli-yang, and he had them melted and cast into money. Fei Kien
^ M- ^as the poetical name of Fung Feh ^ ^^ , the controller of the
wind in the Taoist Pantheon. Its cult had been established by Hais'
WtJ Ti in his second year, yuenfung, i.e. 109 B.C., and a special temple
was built at Tch'ang-'an. Its figure had the body of a stag, the head of
a sparrow, a horn, a serpent's tail, and stripes like a leopard. The 8an
fu hwang ^«* .^ f^ ^ H 'A Description of the Public Buildings in
Tch'ang-an,' compiled in the second century a.d., says also (K. v., f. 8)
that the Emperor Ming-Ti in his fifth year, yung ping, i.e. a.d. 62, or a
year after his famous dream, which led to the introduction of Buddhism
into the Chinese dominion, had all the copper statues of Fei-kien and
horses relegated to another temple, that of Ping-loh, from whence Tung-
tchoh had them carried to the mint.
He began by issuing small pieces, of five/e/z, or half an inch in size,
but without success, as the people refused to accept them. Then he
issued 5-tchus cash of the usual design, but without outside rims; the
reason of this innovation being that it could not make any difference to
the people, as the rim of the former currency was usually clipped off.
The innovation did not succeed. The authority of the central
government was weakened, and during the remaining years of the
dynasty, otherwise the end of the reign of Hien Ti, no change was
introduced into the currency.
Small pieces without any legend or rims at circumference are
attributed to this period.
407.
No legend.
M. Wt. 19.
And also larger ones.
408.
No legend nor rims on both sides.
JE. Size 0-9. Wt. 34.
400
THE LATER HAN DYNASTY.
PERIOD OF THE THREE KINGDOMS.
A.D. 220—277.
I. The Minor Han Dynasty, or Shuh Han Dynasty, :^ '^ $E ■
Capital at Th-tcliou g >)i\ , pres. Tcheng-tu JsJ; ^ in Sze-tchuen.
Two Rulers, a.d. 221—263.
L LIU PEI TCHAO LIEH TI gi] ^^i% a.d. 221—222.
IL SHEN HAN TCHU M^± ^.d. 223—263.
During the impotent rule of the last Emperor of the Later Han
several governors and ofiB.cers of the falling dynasty had made themselves
independent And at the death of Hien-Ti in a.d. 220, the dominion of
Han fell to the share of three leaders, and for half a century was ruled
by three contemporary dynasties, the Minor Han, the Wei and the Wu.
Liu-pei ^j ■^ of the Imperial family, who in a.d. 219 had made him-
self "'i^ Pf i King of Han-tchung (S. Shensi), claimed as an heirdom
the sceptre of the Han, and in a.d. 221 he proclaimed himself Emperor.
He is known as Tchao Lieh Ti Ro ^A '^ and is looked upon in history
as the legitimate successor of the previous dynasty. He established his
court at Yh-tchou, the modern Tcheng-tu, still the capital city of Sze-
tchuen. His dynasty received the supplementary name of Shuh, the old
name of that region, which he had conquered two years previously.
The soldiers of the future Tchao Lieh Ti having then plundered all the
public treasuries, he was left without cash ; and in order to remedy the
evil, he followed the advice of Liu-pa, to cast pieces having a value of
one hundred others. Within ten months the treasuries were filled again
with money, the design of which was ' Value 100,' though they pre-
served also the old legend of the five-tchu pieces.
409.
Obvekse.
m
Tcheh
tchu. wu ^^ JL
peh "Q"
'Value 100 five-tcliu.'
Reveese.
No legend.
Regular rims.
JE. Size 1-06. Wt. 46.
(1806>
Same legend.
Broad rims.
JE. Size 1-05.
ANCIENT ROUND-MONEY.
401
Other issues of the same pattern and size have the following reverses :^
(1807)
(1808)
(1809)
(1810)
(1811)
(1812)
Under the squaijp hole — (incuse) for ' one.'
Over the square hole" __ „
Under the square hole ~ „
Under the square hole I II I „
Over the square hole ^ „
Over the square hole "^ ,,
(1813) On the right of square liole ' „
(1814) Over the square hole I „
(The other numerals of the series are not known to be in existence.) .
(1815) On the left of the square hole rj (incuse) on side for T^ kimg, ' work.'
y}
'two.'
>j
' two.'
'four.'
5J
'seven.'
>^
' ten.'
}i
' eleven.'
' twelve.'
(1816) On the right an old form of shuh,
the old name of the country :
(iucuse) for ' Shuh.'
All M. Same site.
418.
On the left an old form of Wei,
supposed to be for Kien-Wei
Kiim 4^ "^ ?R the region next
to Yh-tchou :
;^ (incuse) for ' Wei.'
m. Same size. \Vt. G2.
The issue of the following was made afterwards, probably under the reign of
Shjin Hot; TcH0 (a.d. 223—263) :—
419.
Obverse.
W it
feh. Tcheh-
Reveese.
No legend.
Regular rims.
:e. Wt. 37.
3 P
402 THE MINOE HAN DYXASTY.
(1817) Same legend and pattern as 419. Smaller.
M. Size 0-7.
Obverse. Reverse.
(1818) Same legend, pattern and size. | 5. ^ Wu- tchw. incuse, reversed.
(1819) (g "§■ Same legend inverted. | No legend.
JE. Same size.
(1820) "g li Regular legend. Smaller. | ^ £ tchu. Wu-
M. Size 0-65.
Some issues of five-tchu pieces in copper and iron, bearing their legend in
inverted order, are attributed to the same dynasty.
(1821) JL 1^ Wu- tchu. 'Five tchus.' | No legend. Regular rims.
M. Size 0-95.
(1822) Same design and pattern.
(Iron.) M. Size 0-95.
EPOCH OF THE THREE KINGDOMS {continued).
II. The Wei H Kingdom.
Five Rulers, a.d. 220—265.
Capital at Loh-yang ■/;§. p^ (in present Honan).
I. TS'AO FEI WEN TI -^ 3^ 3it ^ a.d. 220—226.
In the second year hioang-tclm ^.|73 i-e. 221, Ts'ao P'ei Wen Ti
abolislied the circulation of the 5- tchu pieces, and ordered that hence-
forth the people should use grain and silk-cloth as currency as in
former times. The "Wei Kingdom covered the whole north of Chinese
China.
ANCIENT KOUNi)-MONEY.
403
II. JUEI MING TI t? BJ ^ A.D. 227-^239.
The absence of any co^er currency recognized by the government
caused a great deal of hardship to the people because of the introduc-
tion of moist grain and flimsy silk into the circulation. Therefore ^-tchu
pieces were again cast, but their special variety is not known.
III. The Wu ^ Kingdom.
Four Rulers, a.d. 221—280.
Capital Wu-tchang JgJ ^ (in present HupehB.) transferred in 229 to Mo-ling |^ [I^
(at present Kiang-ning ^ ^, i.e. Nanking in Kiangsu).
I. SUN K'lUEN TA TI
:/c % A,D. 221—229—252.
South of the Wei Kingdom the remainder of the Han dominion
became on the west the Shuh Han Kingdom, and on the east the Wu
Kingdom. Siin K'iuen, Governor of Wu-tch'ang, was made King of Wu
by the Wei Emperor Wen Ti in 221. Eight years afterwards, i.e. in 229,
he transferred the seat of his government to Nanking, and proclaimed
himself Emperor. The monetary innovations of this State are not
without importance, as they were continued under the Eastern Tsin
dynasty (cf. below, p. 408). In the fifth year Jcia-ho ^ ;^, i.e. 2S6,
Wu Ta Ti issued the so-called great money, the pieces of which had
a nominal value.
(1823) Obverse.
Ta • iK
peh. Wu- H 3l
tsiuen. ^^
' Grreat source. Five hundred/
Revbese-
No legend.
Regular broad rims as on obverse.
M, Size 1-1.
(1824)
Same legend and pattern on both sides. Small rims.
M. Sitme size.
404
THE WU KINGDOM.
Two years afterwards some pieces still larger were issued, as follows.
It was in the first year Tch'iJi-ivu Z^ ,|^ , i.e. 238.
420.
Obveese.
Ta
A
tuimi. taeuen. '\'
Tang. ^
' Great source. Value 1000.'
^l<
Eevbkse.
No legend.
Regular rims.
M. Wt. 167.
421.
Exactly similar to preceding except in metal^ which is debased. An imitation.
M. Wt. 125.
(1825)
(182G)
Same design and pattern on both sides. Smaller.
M. Size 1-1.
Same design and pattern on both sides. Still smaller.
M. Size 0-95.
(1827) Similar to preceding, with two dots on sides of the character -^^ .
jE. Same size.
(1828)
Same design and pattern on both sides. Smaller.
^. Size 0-75.
II. SUN LIANG HUEI K'l WANG ^, ^t- 1" f I 2 a.d. 2.j2-258.
The fiduciary character of the previously described currency did not
work well; the intrinsic value being out of proportion to the nominal,
and the appellation of the pieces mere empty names. The discontent
ANCIENT ROUND-MONEY.
405
of the people rose to such a pitch that the government thought neces-
sary to withdraw the new currency, and the operation was made gradu-
ally duriijg Siin K'iuen's refgn. Under his son and successor Siin Liang,
who was prevented from taking the title of Emperor, and was deposed
in 258, it became urgent, in the years tai-ping, i.e. 256 — 257, to issue a
new currency more in proportion to its actual nominal value. The
pieces were marked one hundred cash, and inscribed with the name tai-
ling the nien-hao of the years. It was the first application of a system
which later on became the regular way of naming and dating the
currency.
(1829)
Obveese.
Tai -j^
tsien. Pell ^ Q
ping. 2p:
' 100 cash of (the years) tai ping,'
i.e. of the Great Peace.
Reverse.
No legend.
Regular rims.
^. Size 0-95.
(1830) Same legend, slightly different on obverse. Same reverse. Smaller.
M. Size 0-9.
(1831) Same with slight differences, ;/i; instead of ^. Smaller.
(1832)
(1833)
Same with slight differences. Smaller.
Same with slight differences. Smaller.
JE. Size 0-8.
M. Size 0'75.
M. Size 0-65.
(18345 Obveese.
Ta :h
tchu. Peh (= H) ^ W
ping. "i
(1835)
Ta
Peh tchu.
ping.
w
(=»■)
Reverse.
Large square hole. Regular rims,
broader round the square hole.
M. Size 0-65,
Same reverse as preceding.
2ii. Same size.
406
THE WESTERN TSIN DYNASTY.
(1836) Obveese.
Ting /£,
peh yh '^ — '
ping ^
' Established peace. One hundred.'
Reverse.
Same reverse as preceding.
M. Size 0-65.
The attribution of the latter pieces to this period is based chiefly on their great
similarity of legend and make. The Ting fing yh peh old pieces were still in use at
the time of the Liang dynasty, a.d. 602 — 559. And the currency of Siin Liang was
continued by the Eastern Tsin dynasty, a.d. 317 — 419.
SEVENTH DYNASTY.
The Western Tsin ® ^ Dynasty.
Four Rulers, a.d. 265—316.
Capital at Loh-yang f^ p^ (in present Honan), and afterwards, in A.D. 313, at
Tchang-ngan ^ ^ (present Si-ngan fu, Shensi).
This dynasty united again under its sway for a short time the whole
of the Chinese dominion. Sema Tchao had overthrown the Shuh Han
dynasty. His son and heir Sema Yen "^ ,% ^ deposed the Ruler of
the Wei, conquered the kingdom of Wu, and thus putting at an end
the Epoch of Three Kingdoms, proclaimed himself at Loh-yang, in
A.D. 265, as Wu Ti of Tsin. His fourth successor, after a hard struggle
against the Hiungnu-Turk Han-Tchao, who had caused the removal
of the capital to Tchang-ngan, was made a prisoner in a.d. 316, and
deposed. The monetary records of this dynasty of fifty-two years are
unknown, with the exception of the statement that the currency was
the same as that of the Wei kingdom. Now this means very little for
us, as next to nothing is known about the latter. Circumstantial
evidence has led Chinese numismatists to attribute the following cur-
rency to this dynasty : —
Obverse.
422.
i* i
tclai. Wu-
Fivc icJiuti.'
Reverse.
No les'ond.
••E, wt. 7.
ANCIENT KOUND-MONEY.
40T
423.
ObveiBse. Reverse.
Same legend.
Slightly different.
Larger.
No legend.
M. wt. 18.
(1837)
Same legend, slightly different,
with a dot over the square hole.
(1838)
Same legend, slightly different,
with a dot under the square hole.
(1839)
Same legend, slightly different, with
crescent upwards, under the square hole.
(1840)
Same obverse as preceding.
(1841)
Wu-tchu. 5S 1$
Same legend inverted.
Same reverse as preceding.
JE. Size 0-55.
Same revei'se as preceding.
^. Size 0-43.
Same reverse as preceding.
M. Same size.
Same reverse,
with a dot under the square hole.
JE. S»me size.
No legend.
Regular rims.
M, Same size.
This small currency remained in circulation during the Nobthern Wei
(a.d. 386—532), the Ltang (a.d. 502—556), and the Tch'en (a.p. 557—
687), dynasties.
408
THE EASTEKX TSIN DYNASTY.
EIGHTH DYNASTY.
The Eastern Tsin M # Dynasty.
Eleven Rulers, a.d. 317—419.
Capital at Kieti K'ang ^ ^ (present Nanking, in Kiangsu).
I. SEMA JUEI LANG YUEN TI ^ .^ # |P x 1&, a.d. 317—322.
When Yeh Min Ti, the fourth and last ruler of the Western Tsin,
was overthrown by the Han-Tchao, his relative the son of the king
of Lang-yeh (Shantung) made himself king of Tsin in a.d. 317 at Kien
K'ang, and the following year took the title of Emperor. The currency
established there in the Wu kingdom in 256, and described above,
pp. 403 — 406, was still in circulation, and was not altered by the new
Emperor. The lapse of time may explain the dwindling down which
appears in the size of the pieces.
IX. SEMA TCHANa MING HIAO WU TI ^ .^ g BJ ^ |^ ^ , a.d. 373-396.
The ninth ruler of the Tsin, who had ascended the throne in 373, did
not take his cap of majority until 376, when he was fourteen years of
age. The Nien-hao of his reign was changed into Tai-yuen 3^ 7^;
' Great Beginning,' and the following cash was issued on the occasion.
During his reign Hiao Wu Ti was compelled to prohibit the export
of the copper money which speculators carried to the barbarian tribes
of the interior, who made drums of, and paid high prices for it. The
reason given was that " money is the most important treasure of the
country."
424.
Obvebse.
:?K
tsiuen.
7t
Tai
yuen
Ho
Source of money of (the) Tai-
ynen (year).
Reveese.
No legend.
Regular rim,
and four lines radiating
to circumference.
Ai. \Vt. 4fi.
(1842)
Another issue of the same currency, similar legend witli slight differences in
the form of the characters ^ % , was also made.
ANCIENT EOUND-MONEY
409
X. TEH TSUNG NGAN TI
fi ^ ^ 1&
A.D. 397—418.
The raetailic currency 4iad reached such a state of disorganization
under the reign of this Emperor, that in the first of the years yuen-hing
7C M 5 i-6. 402, a proposal was seriously discussed in the state council
to abolish it altogether, and decree the use of grain and silk as a
medium of exchange. The proposal, however, was not accepted, and
Huan-hiuen, the officer who had made it, rebelled.
THE SIXTEEN KINGDOMS
INDEPENDENT OF THE TSIN DYNASTY.
The sway of the Tsin dynasty was not an easy one, as daring its time
no less than " sixteen " (in reality nineteen) small dynasties chiefly Tatar
(marked *) contemporaneously and successively appeared and ruled over
several provinces. Here is a short list of them : —
UTNASTY.
A.D.
L*
The ^ Han
304—
afterwards Jg Tchao
319 329
Five Rulers.
II.*
The ^ H Aftee Tchao
319—
afterwards || Wbi
350—351
Seven Rulers.
III.
The ^ TcHENa
304
afterwards ^ Han
338 347
Six Rulers.
IV.
The -^ 'i% EoEMEE Liang
323-376
Seven Rulers.
V.
The fij Tai
338—376
VI*
The PIE Yen
352—370
Two Rulers.
VII.*
The ^ Ts'iN
351—394
Seven Rulers.
VIII.*
The ^ ^ Aftee Ts'in
384—417
Three Rulers.
IX.*
The ^ ppE Aftee Yen
384-407
Five Rulers.
X.*
The H p^ Westeen Yen
385—394
Six Rulers.
XL*
The W ^ Westeen Ts'in
385 431
Four Rulers.
XIL*
The |S| Wei
386
(Became the great N.Wei)
XIII.
The ^ jg Aftee Liang
386—403
Four Rulers.
XIV.*
The ^ ?1% SouTHEEN Liang
397 412
Three Rulers (not Chinese)
XV.*
The ^t W. NoETHEEN Liang
397—438
Three Rulers.
XVI.*
The ig ^ SouTHEEN Yen
398—408
Two Rulers.
XVII.
The W \%. Westeen Liang
400—421
Three Rulers.
XVIII.*
The H ^^^
407—431
Three Rulers (not Chinese)
XIX.
The 4Ij P^ Noetheen Yen
409—436
Two Rulers.
3 a
410
THE SIXTEEN KINGDOMS.
The monetary records of the dynasties are most defective. With the
exception of the Hiu and Wei dynasties, which issued their own currency,
only four of these kingdoms are known to have made small and special
issues. Their currency consisted of that of the Tsin dynasty, and
especially of pieces of the known h-tcliu type.
II. The # it After Tchao, afterwards H Wei Kingdom.
Seven Rulers, a.d. 319 — 351 (present TchiMi N.).
I. SHEH-LEH ^ iJ A.D. 319—322.
Sheh-leh, during his short rule, issued the following money : —
(1843) Obtjsesb.
ho. Fung. ^ «
' Abundant money.'
Eeveese.
No legend.
Eegular rims, thicker round the
square hole.
iE. Size 0-9.
425.
JSL
sze
ho. Fung p^
tchu.
' Four-tchu of the abundant money.'
^
No legend. Eims of tha square hole
radiating to circumference.
M. Wt. 42.
ANCIENT EOUND-MONEY.
411
III. The 1^ Han, formerly ^ Tcheng Kingdom.
Six Eulers)»A.D. 304—34,7 (pres. N. Szetchuen).
V. LI SHOU ^ % A.D. 338—343.
Ascending the throne, Li-sheu changed the name of his state into tliat
of Han, and issued the following money, small and thin : —
(1844)
king.
Obveesb.
Han-
' Eising of the Han.'
Eeveese.
No legend. Eegular rims.
M. Size 0-65.
IV. The ^ 5^ Former Liang Kingdom.
Seven Rulers, a.d. 323—376 (pres. W. Shensi).
III. TCHANG KIU 51 |t a.d. 347—354.
Erom the time of the separation of the country west of the Yellow
River from the remaining part of the Chinese Empire, at the beginning
of the Ts'in dynasty, no money was any longer used there. Pieces of
closely-woven silk and hempen cloth were ripped up to be employed as
currency, but the cutting of the cloth into parts made it unfit for use as
clothing and destroyed its value. And it became necessary for the third
ruler, Tchang Kiu, to issue the following copper cash : —
(1845) Obtebse.
Liang
taiuen. sin ^
Meh.
' New source of kieh of Liang.'
M
4*
Eeteesb.
No legend. Eegular rims.
M. Size-O-S.
The character Meh must be taken as a local equivalent of Mu,
the name of the ruler.
(1846)
Some five-tchu pieces were also issued, but their special variety is unknown.
412
THE SIXTEEN KINGDOMS.
XV. The ^[i J!^ Northern Liang Kingdom.
Three Rulers, a.d. 397—438 (present Kansuh E.).
II. TSltJ K^ltr MUNG StJlSr UMMM ^-D- 401—433.
The monetary records of this small dynasty of Hiung-nn Turkish
origin, on the extreme western borders, are not known ; but the follow-
ing issues in copper and iron are attributed to Tsiii K'iii Mung Siin by
the Chinese numismatists : —
(1847) Obverse.
yh —
ngan. yung ^ ^
peh. "g"
' Eternal peace. One hundred.'
Reveese.
No legend. Regular rims.
M. Size 1-35.
(1848)
Same legend and pattern,
with broad rim at circumference.
No legend. Broad rims.
Iron. Size 1-2.
(1849)
yh —
ngan. yung ^ ^
tsien. ^^
' Eternal peace. One thousand.'
No legend.
Broad rims on both sides.
Iron. Size 2 2.
(1850)
Same legend and pattern. Smaller.
Iron. Size 1-7.
ANCIENT EOUND-MONEY.
413
EPOCH OF DIVISION BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH.
^'JitM A-D. 420—581.
Since the removal of the capital to Nanking, and the beginning of the
Eastern Tsin dynasty in 317 a.d., the unity of the empire had been
broken up, and the division between north and south was practically a
fact, as the Chinese Emperor did not rule in the north, which was the
prey of several small dynasties, chiefly Tatar. But this division is not
reckoned in history until 420 a.d., when the Emperor of thQ Wei Tatar,
with his capital at Tchang-ngan (modern Si-ngan fu, S. Shensi), had
subdued the smaller states, and the Sung dynasty began at Nanking.
Four dynasties ruled successively in the north, whilst five ruled also
successively in the south of the empire.
The Sung ^ Dynasty (South).
Bight Eulers, a.d. 420—478.
Capital at Kien-kang (present Nanking in Kiangsu).
III. Y-LUNG WEN TI ^ H :X ^ a-d. 424—453.
No issue of money seems to have taken place during the first years of
the dynasty. It was only under the third Emperor, Y-lung Wen Ti, in
the seventh year i/uen kia tc ^ i.e. 430 a.d., that a new currency was
issued. The pieces had a raised edge with the design ' four tchus,' and
they were equal in value to the old ^-tchu pieces. As they were easily
distinguished from counterfeit and clipped pieces, the fabrication of
false money fell to a minimum, and the satisfaction of the people was
great.
426.
Obverse. Eeveese.
tchu. Sze-
' Four tchus.'
No legend.
Regular rims.
iE. wt. 35.
414
THE SUNG DYNASTY.
427.
Obyeese.
tchu. Sze-
Same legend^ slightly different.
Reveese.
No legend.
Regular rims.
M. VVt. 50.
In the twenty-fourth of the same years yuen kia, i.e. 447 a.d., the
people finding the use of the Sze-tchu pieces inconvenient, some larger
ones were issued weighing eight tchus, though inscribed with the old
design of Wu-tchus.
428.
tchh
Wu-
m 3l
No legend. Regular rims.
JE. Size. 1-0. Wt. 47.
IV. TSIUN HIAO WU TI ^ # K 1& •
Five nien hao, a.d. 454 — 465.
In the first of the years Siao Kien ^ ^, i.e. 454 a.d., the beginning
of his reign, Sung Hiao "Wu Ti issued a new currency characterized by
the name of the years on one side, and the legend ' four-tchus ' on the
other. Their value was the same as that of the 4-tchu pieces issued by
his father and predecessor in 430. But the casting of such pieces with
double legend in moulds of sand was a difficult process, their issue was
limited, and it became necessary to drop the legend 4i-tchu of the reverse.
Moreover, the dauntless counterfeiters made smaller ones and mixed
lead and tin with tlie copper.
429.
Obverse. Reveese.
m #
Kien. Hiao
' Filial duty established.'
m m
tchu. Sze
' Pour tchus.-"
M. wt. 29.
ANCIENT KOUND-MONEY.
430.
415
Obverse.
Kiev, Hiao
Same legend, sliglitly diflferent.
E,EVF,T!STil.
tchtt. Sxe
fcJame legend, slightly different.
iE. Wt. 16.
431.
Kien. Hiao
Same legend, sliglitly different.
tchu. Sze
Same legend, sliglitly different.
M. Wt. 9.
432.
Kien. Hiao
Same legend, sliglitly different.
tclbu. Sze
Same legend, slightly different.
M. Wt. 8.
433.
Kien. Hiao
tchu. Szi
Same legend, slightly different. i Same legend, slightly different.
JE. Wt. 7.
416
THE SUKG DYNASTY.
Kien. Hiao
Same legend, slightly
diflFerent.
434.
Obveese.
Reverse.
tchu. 8ze
Same as preceding, with a
dot over the square hole.
iE. Wt. 9.
435.
Same legend and design as preceding. Broken.
JE. Same size.
436.
Kicn. Hiao
Same legend, slightly different.
Kien. Hiao
Same legend as obverse.
JE. Wt. 12.
437.
Kien. Hiao
Same legend, with slight
variants.
No legend. Eegular rims.
JE. Wt. 13.
438.
Kien. Hiao
Same legend, slightly varied.
No legend.
Ile^^ular rims.
JE. Wt. 9.
ANCIENT EOUND-MONEY.
417
(1851)
There are a large number of varieties of these pieces, bat without importance,
resulting from the clumsy iprocess of casting, and also from the fancies of the
founders.
439, 440, 441, 442, 443.
All clipped more or less close to the square hole.
iE. Aveviige Weigbt, 16.
V. TZE YEH FBI TI •? HJi 1& .
Two nien-hao, 465 a.d.
TzE Yeh, son of Hiao Wu Ti, who was deposed after a reign of one
year, whence his qualification of Fei Ti, ' the deposed Emperor,' issued
no less than three types of money during his reign.
In the second month, period Yung kwang ^ ^ , despite the contrary
advice of his ministers, he issued 2-tchit, pieces : —
(1852) Obveese.
teJiu. Erh %% —
' Two tchus.'
Reveese.
No legend, regular rims,
I&. Size 0-9.
(1853)
tchu. Erh ( = |$) :^ H
' Two tchus.'
No legend, regular rims.
JE. Size 0'9.
Large square hole.
(1854)
tchu.
Erh 1^ ^
' Two tchus.
No i-ims on obverse. Lai
No legend, regular rims.
JE. Size 0-75
■ge square hole. Smaller.
3 H
418
THE SUXG DYNASTY.
Counterfeiting was so extensive, tliat on the eighth month it hecame
necessary to issue a new coinage ; this was made with the name of the
period, without any change in its weight.
(1855) Obverse.
hwang. Yung yt ^
(in the seal character)
' Eternal glory.'
Reverse.
No legend, regular rims.
JR. Size 0-9.
In the eleventh month the nien-hao was again changed into King ho
^ 5^3 , which was used for the design of a new currency, small, thin,
and without rims : — ■
(1856)
ho.
King ^
'Brilliant concord.
i?>
No legend. No rims.
JE. Size 0-75.
But the new money was a complete failure. As soon as a piece was
paid hy the Treasury it served for a model to imitate. They were
ironically called hing-yeli ^ ^ ' weed-leaves.' The plague of counter-
feiters, more active than ever, tlirew the currency into an inexpressihle
confusion. The current money soon consisted chiefly of thin cash of a
diminutive size, which received several soubriquets, such as ft§ g
'dove's eyes,' '^ g 'hen's eyes,' ^§ @S 'goose's eyes,' ^,j^ 3^
' thread-rings,' and also ^ 1^ ^[3 ' unsinkable lads,' from the common
belief that they could not sink even in water. " One thousand pieces
piled together had only a height of three inches ; ten myriads of them
was no more than a handful, and a tou ^' (about 10 pints) of rice cost
a myriad of such pieces." Trade was put to great inconvenience.
444, 445, 446, 447, 448.
Small flat rings, rougb make, from 0'25 to 0-50 in circumference.
JE. Weights from 1 to 6.
Similar little ring-money was excavated in the Liu-kiu islands.
ANCIENT ROUND-MONEY. 419
VI. Ylj MING TI ^ BJ 1^ .
Two nien-hao, a.d. 466 — 472.
Under tlie reign, of Mng Ti, only the circulation of the goose-eye
and similar pieces, such as the thread-rings, was prohibited, and false
coining was suppressed with severity. The state mints were closed, and
only the different species of money in use before the reign of Wu-Ti
remained in circulation.
The T'si ^ Dynasty (South).
Seven Rulers, a.d. 479—502.
Capital Kien Kang (now Nanking).
I. SIAO TAO TCH'BNG KAO TI M 'M ^ M *
Single Nien-hao ^ jt , a.d. 479—482.
In the fourth year of his reign, i.e. a.d. 482, the Emperor caused the
question of the currency to be closely examined, and a report was pre-
sented to him by the chancellor Kung K'ai proposing simply a return
to the ancient 5-tchu pieces ; but it is not known whether any new
issue was made at the time.
II. TSIH WU TI fg lEti ^
Single Nien-hao, Yung ming ^^c B^, a.d. 483—493.
In the eighth year yung ming, i.e. a.d. 490, in the tenth month, the
Emperor ordered the mintage of 5-tchu pieces, weighing five tchus, and
exactly similar to those of the Han dynasty. (Of. stipra, 315.)
The Liang ^ Dynasty (South).
Four Rulers, a.d. 502—557.
Capital, Kien Kang (now Nanking).
I. SIAO YEN WU TI, ^ .f f ^ Tt . a-d- 502-549. Seven Nion-hao's.
First Nien-hao : % ^ T'ien Kien, a.d. 502—519.
In the beginning of this dynasty money was so scarce that it was
employed only in the capital and its vicinity. Siao yen Wu Ti supplied
420
THE ua:sg dynasty.
the deficiency, by casting large quantities of the Wu-tchu pieces in
several varieties.
In the fourth year, f ien Men, the 4th of his reign, i.e. 505, the same
Emperor issued some more 5-tchu pieces, of two peculiar designs, which
received peculiar sobriquets from the people, and became real amulets,
for purposes we need not describe. The pieces which had no raised
edges on any side were called " female money," ^ ^ (435), whilst
those which had a raised edge around the square hole on the reverse
only were called " male money " ^ "^ ^ (436).
449.
' Five tclius.' tchn. Wu-
No rims on either side.
No legend.
yE. Wt. 25.
450.
Same legend,
with rim around the square hole.
No legend, nor rims.
JE. wt. 32.
Second Nibn-hao : ^ jl Pm t'ung, 520—526.
In the fourth year, p'u t'ung, i.e. a.d. 523, the same Emperor issued
iron money with the following legends :
(1857)
Ta ;^
tchv. Wu- %% i
kih.
zt
H
' Greatly lucky. Five tchus.'
(1858)
Ta ^
tchu. Wu- %% 31
' Greatly rich. Five tchus.'
No legend.
Regular rims, with four radiating lines
from the angles of the hole.
Ii-ou. Size 0-95.
Same reverse as preceding.
Iron. Same Size.
ANCIENT ROUND-MONEY. 421
451, 452.
tchu. Wu- ^ib ^
' Five tchus.' *
Same reverse as preceding.
(Smaller and thicker.) i,o„. wt. 55 and 60.
Third Nien-hao : i; ji Ta t'ung, a.d. 627—546.
Another issue of iron money was made by the same Emperor with
the nien-hao ta t'ung as legend, and similar to the Ta Kih and Ta fu
5-tchu pieces.
No legend.
Regular rims, radiating lines
as preceding.
(1859)
Ta ^
tchu- Wu- %% i
t'ung. II
'Five tchus of (the) Ta t'ung (period).
Iron. Size 1-0.
The iron currency did not work well. The issuing rate was two
pieces of iron for one of copper ; but as everyone could easily procure
iron, false coining became again most active; so much so, that when
this iron money had been in use about ten years the circulating mass of
it was as big as " hills and mountains." The Pong aborigines, indepen-
dent in Central China, cast large quantities of this currency, and at
Kiang yng (now Kiang-ling, in King-tchou, S. Hupeh), in their country,
travelling merchants could get them at 70 %, and obtain 80 % in the
Chinese markets, when at the capital they were still worth 90% of their
value of issue. ' Thus matters went from bad to worse. The price of
all goods rose rapidly, and before a.d, 546 the currency was only worth
one-third of its original value. At the beginning a huh, or ten pecks,
of rice was worth thirty strings of cash ; later on exchange had to be
carried on by cart-loads of money without any care for the number, and
a single string of 1000 cash was of no moment.
IV. FANG TCHE KING TI H ^ ^ 1^ , a.d. 556-557.
Second Nien-hao : ^ ^ Tai.ping, a.d. 556-7.
King-Ti, with a view to diminish the evil, issued again some copper
money, of the 5-tchu type, in the second year tai ping, i.e. a.d. 557, in
422
THE TCH'EN DYNASTY.
the fourth month. A special device was resorted to : each piece bore
above and below the square hole two small incuse rings intended to
render more apparent their central parts as raised dots, which were
called 'pillars' i^, whence the designation of tze tchu wu tchu P3 -ffi ^ ^^
' 4 pillars, 5-tchus ' money.
(1860)
Obverse.
(1861)
(1862)
(1863)
tchu. Wu-
' Five tchus.'
Reveese.
No legend.
Regular rims.
M. Size 0 9.
Same design as preceding, without any rim, obverse and reverse.
JE. Size 0-8.
Same design and rims as 1860, with only one 'pillar' above and below
the square hole.
M. Size 0-9.
Same as 1862, but smaller.
M. Size 0-8.
The Tch'en |5^ Dynasty (South).
Five Rulers, a.d. 557—588.
Capital at Kien-K'ang, present Nanking.
I. PA SIEN WU TI M ^f^ 16 , A.D. 557—559.
II. TS'lEN WEN TI T« ^ ^ , a.d. 560—566. Two Nien-hao.
FiEST NiEN-HAO : % ^ T'ien kia, a.d. 560 — 565.
After the confusion caused by the fall of the Liang dynasty, the
cumbrous iron money did not circulate any longer. The new princes
reverted to the old b-tchu piece currency. In the second year t'ien kia,
i.e. A.D. 561, the b-tchu pieces of the old pattern were again issued, and
their current value was regulated at ten of the ' goose-eye ' pieces, which
were still in circulation.
ANCIEXT EOUND-MONEY.
423
IV. HIUH SIUEN TI 1% "M. ^ , a.d. 569—582.
Single Nien-hao : ■;/(; ^ Ta Men.
Without interrupting tne issue of the 5-tchu pieces, Siiien Ti, in his
eleventh year ta Men, or a.d. 579, created a new currency in the shape
of pieces weighing six tchus, and having a nominal value of ten 5-tchu
pieces ; but they were not found convenient, and their relative value
was changed so that they soon circulated at the same rate as the 5-tchu
pieces ; and as the Emperor died within three years they disappeared
altogether.
453.
Obverse.
±
W^
y^
Tai
tchu. Luh
ho.
' Great money. Six tclius.'
Reverse.
454.
Obverse.
Same legend. Smaller rims.
No legend.
Regular
rims.
M. Wt. 50.
Reverse.
No legend.
Regular rims.
M. Wt. 42.
The Northern Wei ^ || Dynasty.
Fifteen Rulers, a.d. 386—534.
Capital at Heng shaii % ^ (modern Tchengting, Tchibli, N.)
After 494 at Loh-yang, Honan.
VII. TOPA HUNG HIAOWEN TI *5^g#3SC*,A.D. 471—499. Three Nien-hao.
Third Nien-hao : ^ fa Tai-ho, a.d. 477—499.
As long as they retained the seat of their government at Heng-shan
in N. Tchihli, the Topa Tatars, who assumed the dynastic name of Wei,
424
THE NOETHERN WEI DYNASTY.
do not appear to have issued any metallic currency. Trade was carried
on by barter, as in former times, the northern populations not being as
yet accustomed to copper money. But when the capital had been
removed to Loh-yang the want of such a currency was felt. In the
nineteenth year tai-ho, i.e. a.d. 495, 5-tchu pieces were issued with the
name of the Nien-hao, and the imperial decree ordered a rate of
exchange of 200 of such pieces against a piece of silk for the salaries
of the state officers.
(1864)
Obveese.
Tai
±
tchu. Wu-
1* i
ho.
^
' Great harmony.
Five tchus.'
Revbkse.
No legend.
Regular rims.
M. Size 10.
(1865)
Exactly similar, obverse and reverse, but smaller.
M. SizeO'85.
VIII. TOPA KOH SliJEN WU TI 'f| ^ |^ -t . a.d. 500—515. Four Nien-hao.
Third Nien-hao : ^'i Z|S Yung-p'ing, a.d. 608 — 511.
In the third year yung-p'ing, i.e. a.d. 510, the government issued —
(1866)
b-tehu pieces nearly similar to those of the Han dynasty (315, 316), with
the sole difiference that the crossing strokes of the symbol Wii 5 were straight
instead of curved, and somewhat smaller.
M. Size 0-95.
Fourth Nikn-hao : 5£ ^ yen-tch'ang, a.d. 512 — 515.
Under the reign of Siuen Wu Ti, in the second year yen-tcli'ang, i.e.
A.D. 513, until the first year (516) of his successor llrAo Ming Ti, curious
events in numismatic history occurred. In the second year yen-tcliang,
i.e. 513, K'i Tsuh-ku, from Su-tchou (Kiangsu), and in the first year
hi-ping, i.e. 516, Wang Tch'eng, from Jen-tch'eng (now Yen-tchou,
S.W. Shantung), issued some clay-money, about which we have no
particulars. We do not know how far it differed from similar currency
issued after the T'ang dynasty, in the 10th century.
ANCIENT EOUND-MONEY.
425
XI. TOPA TZE-YU HIAO TOHUANG TI ^ fjt :^ ^ 1& , Kv. 528—530.
(Three Nien-hao.)
Second Nien-hao : ^ ^ Yung-ngan, a.u. 528.
The monetary enactments of Siao Wu Ti, in a.d. 495, had permitted
the people to issue money provided that they had their copper sent to
the state mint to be cast into pieces ; but this liberal me asure did not
check the false coiners, as it was intended to do. At the beginning of
the reign of Hiao Tchuang Ti, the quantity of debased money in circu-
lation was considerable, and it had gone so far " that the false coins
were whirled by the wind and could float on water." A tou (i.e. ten
pints) of rice rose to the price of nearly 1000 cash. One could get a
kin (a pound) of copper for eighty-one good cash. But those who cast
thin pieces only, could make out of a pound more than 200 of them, and
this large margin had not satisfied the false coiners. So it was decided
to prosecute the latter severely, and to issue a new type of 5-tchus
currency, as follows :
455, 456, 457, 458, 459.
Obverse.
7X
Tung
tchu. Wu-
ngan.
' Eternal peace. ; Five tchus.'
Reveese.
No legend.
Regular
rims.
M. Average Wt. 49.
(1867)
Same obverse as preceding.
Same reverse, with four lines
radiating to circumference.
M. Same size.
(1868)
Same obverse as 455.
Same reverse as obverse.
Si. Same size.
3 I
426
THE NOETHERN WEI DYNASTY.
460.
Same obverse as 455.
j; Tu above the square hole, and four
lines radiating to circumference.
iE. Same size. Wt. 55.
(1869)
(1870)
Same obverse as 455.
Same reverse as 441,
with j; Tu above the square hole.
X. Same size.
Similar pieces, without legend on the obverse and with j^ Tu on the reverse as
(1869), same rims and size, are attributed to the same date.
The Northern Wei dynasty was brought to a close in 534, but the
Yung-ngan wu-tchu remained the standard moDey for over 23 years
afterwards.
The ffi Wi Western Wei Dynasty.
Three Eulers, a.d. 535 — 557.
Capital : Tchang-ngan, modem Si-ngan, Shensi.
No monetary events. These rulers continued to issue the Yung-ngan
icu-tchu, 455, of their predecessors.
The ^ ^ Eastern Wei Dynasty.
One Ruler, a.d. 534 — 550.
Capital in Yeh ^g , now Tchang teh fu ^ f^, , in N. Honan.
ToPA Shen-Kien Hiao Tsing Ti ^ /?i: # ^ # I^ '^, the sole
ruler of this dynasty, did not issue any other currency than the Yung-
ngan wu-tchu of his predecessors. In the year yuen-siang yC ^, i.e. 538,
many statues were melted to cast money.
ANCIENT EOUND-MONEY.
427
The :|Ij 7^ Northern Tsi Dynasty.
' Seven Eulers, a.d. 550 — 577.
Capital at Yeh^ now Tchang tet fu, in N. Honan.
I. KAO-YANG WEN SIUBN TI IS # SJCl! "t ■
Single nien-hao, 5^ ^ T'ien-pao, a.d. 550 — 559.
Kao-yang, general-in-chief for the Eastern Wei, deposed Hiao Tsing
Ti in 560, and proclaimed himself Emperor of a new dynasty which he
called Tsi, and which is known as Northern Tsi, in contradistinction of
the dynasty of the same name previously ruling at Nanking (see above,
p. 4.19).
The Yung-ngan pieces of the Wei dynasty remained in circulation,
and all the copper money which had not the standard weight was
withdrawn. Innovations of importance were introduced. To prevent
the use of false money, a balance was placed at the entrance of every
market-place, in the capitals as well as in the provinces and princi-
palities, and every private person who used scales in the market was
compelled to have them verified by the government standard. A
hundred copper 5-tchu pieces were to have their regular weight of
500 tchus, otherwise 1 kin 4 Hang and 20 tchu ; lighter weight was not
permitted to circulate. A great advantage was found in these measures,
as they allowed anyone to cast his own money, provided his pieces had
the standard weight and quality.
In the fourth year Vien pao, i.e. 553, the new currency was issued, as
follows ; but all these arrangements did not prevent false coiners.
461.
^
W^
"^
Tch'ang
tchu _ wu
p'ing.
Obvebse.
' Always regular five tchus.'
Reverse.
No legend.
Regular rims.
iE. Wt. 60.
428
THE Is'ORTHERN TCHOU DYNASTY.
462.
Obyekse.
Eeveese.
Tch'ang
I^^HH
tchu wu
^^H
ping.
Same reverse as preced
Same legend.
^^
JE. Wt. 55
(1871)
(1872)
463, 464, 465, 466, 467.
Same legend on obverse. | Same reverse.
Ai. Same size. Average Weight, 45.
Same legend on obverse.
Same reverse^ with two dots
above square hole.
JE. Same size.
Much smaller. Same legend on obverse. The rims of the square hole on the
reverse are thick and elongated to circumference.
JE. Size 0-65.
The Mj M Northern Tchou Dynasty.
Five Rulers, a.d. 557—582.
Capital at Tchang-ngan, now Si-ngan, in Shensi.
IIT. YtJ WEN YUNG WU TI ^ jJ: |, jS^ ig- , a.d. 561—577. Three nien-hao.
First nien-hao, {^^ ^ Pao-ting, A.u. 561 — 565.
The Yii Wen family, whose name is said to mean in their own
language * Prince of Heaven,' belonged to the Sienpi Tatars, and claimed
a high antiquity. Yii-wen Kioh, a minister of Ktjng Ti of the Western
Wei, deposed his ruler and declared himself Emperor of a new dynasty.
The Yung-ngan wu-tchu currency of the Wei remained in circulation,
but in the fourth year pao-ting, i.e. 564, it was thought necessary to
issue a new currency. The type selected was that of the Pu-tsiuen of
Wang Mang's fame, a.d. 14, pp. 383, 384 above. Each piece was worth
five of the five-tchu pieces, which were still current.
ANCIENT ROUND-MONEY.
429
468.
tsiuen.
(1873)
Obveesb
Pu-
^n
^
Reverse.
No legend. Regular rims.
M. Size 1-0. Wt. 37.
Same legend on obverse.
On reverse, same arrangement, with
—- above the square hole,
^. Same size.
Third nien-hao, ^ fg Kien-teh, a.d. 672 — 577.
In the third year Men teh, i.e. 574, Yung Wu Ti issued a new
currency with the pompous legend ' Great spreading of the five
elements ; ' the value of the new pieces being one for ten of the Pu-
tsiuen pieces issued ten years previously.
Wu
pu. ta
469, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476, 477.
heng if
' Great spreading of the five elements.'
No legend.
Regular rims.
M. Size 1-0. Average Weight, 38.
(1874)
Same obverse.
Similar reverse, with a dot over and a
crescent downwards under the
square hole.
M, Same size.
(1875) Same obverse. Reverse with legend, and similar to obverse.
^. Same size.
(1876) Same obverse. Same reverse, turned upside down.
iE). Same size.
IV. TiJ-WEN YUN SIUBN TI ^ g 1&.
Three nien-hao, a.d. 578 — 580.
Third, nien-hao, ^ ^Ta siang, A.D. 580.
In the year ia siang, Ytjn Siuen Ti issued another currency, each
piece of which was rated to be worth ten of the JVu heng ta pu issued
430
THE NORTHERN TCHOU DYNASTY.
in 574. The legend was also a grand one; but it did not prevent the
gradual dwindling down of the pieces in size and weight.
478.
Obyebse.
Reverse.
Yimig ^
liwoh. wan |^ ^
tung 3^
' Eternally current in all countries.''
A large ball above the square hole.
JE,. Wt. 380.
(1877) Same legend as 478 on obverse and reverse^ with broad rims.
M. Same size.
(1878) Same as preceding, without legend on the reverse.
(1879)
Same as preceding. Smaller.
.iE. Same size.
JE. Size IX
479.
Same legend on obverse, with thin rims on obverse and reverse.
^. Size 1-2. Wt. 56.
(1880) Same legend on obverse and reverse, with thin rims both sides.
JE. Same size.
480, 481.
Same legend on obverse only, and thin rims on both sides. Smaller.
M. Size 0'9. Wt. 27.
(1881) Similar in size, legend as preceding, with broader rims, in lead.
AiSrCIENT EOUND-MONEY.
431
The. ^ Sui Dynasty.
Four Eulers, a.d. 581—618.
Capital at Tchang-ngan (pre* Si-ngan f u) and after 604 at Loh-yang (Honan).
I. YANG-KIEN WEN TI ^^^^, a.d. 681-604. Two nien-hao.
First nien-hao, ^ ^ Eai-huang, a.d. 581—600.
Under this dynasty the two parts of China were again united under
one sceptre from the year 589, hut the whole country was still in such
a state of anarchy and confusion, that notwithstanding some attempts
in the proper direction it was impossible to place the currency on a
proper footing. The task was to be achieved only by the great founder
of the T'ang dynasty in a.d. 621. In his first year kai-huang, i.e. 581,
the founder of the Sui dynasty, Yang-kien, issued 5-tchu pieces of a
peculiar kind ; they had larger rims than the old pattern, and were
whitish in colour, owing to the large proportion of tin mixed with the
copper, which caused them to be called ' white money.'
(1882) Obteese.
tcliu. Wu- ^ S.
'Five tchus.'
No rim round the square hole, but a
broad one at circumference.
Eeveese.
No legend. Eegular rims, broader at
the, circumference.
White. M. Size 0-95.
482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489.
Same legend, arrangement and design. Smaller. Regular rims.
^. Size 0-9. Average Weight, 38.
In the third year kai-huang, i.e. 583, the same Emperor, desirous of
putting an end to the great variety of pieces in circulation, obsolete and
counterfeited, enacted that on the four entrances to the market a
specimen of a string of 100 cash should be placed, in order that people
might be enabled to verify the pieces which were authorized for circula-
tion. The money which did not agree was broken, and the copper was
confiscated by the government. The same rules applied, to the extent
■ of one specimen only, that it be nailed up in every shop in the capital.
But such regulations implied the issue of the required quantities of
lawful money. In the eighteenth year kai-huang, i.e. 598, the Emperor
requested Liang, the Prince of Han, to establish five foundries of money
in Ping-tchou (now Tcheng-ting fu, in W. Tchihli). As money was also
432 THE WU TCHU CUEKENCY.
scarce south of the ICiang (the Yang-tze Kiang), Kwang, the Prince of
Tsin, proposed that money should be cast also in Ngo-tchou (still the
literary name of Hupeh), where copper ore could be found in the Feh-
tchu ^ %y mountains. The Emperor then ordered that ten foundries
of money be established there, and he requested also Siu, Prince of
Shuh, to establish five others in Yh-tchou (Szetchuen). The exact
location of these twenty mints are not given, but there is little doubt
that the orders of the Sui Emperor, then powerful and respected, were
obeyed. And there were some more established; for instance, I see
that the Swa young kwoh tchi, describing the Sheh-king mountain (south
of present T'ao-tchou in Kansuh), says that at the bottom was a 'copper
cave,' where a station for the casting of money had been established
during the Sui dynasty.
THE i i^ WU TCHU CURRENCY. RESIDUUM.
B.C. 118—618 A.D.
Aft^r an eventful career of more than seven centuries, the 5-tchu
money, once the standard of the Han dynasty, came to an end with the
Sui dynasty. Erom the time of their first issue, nine regular and
twenty-three irregular dynasties, which ruled over the whole or parts of
China, had successively or contemporaneously issued more or less of
the same pattern, with or without slight differences, and addition or not
of some marks or signs. Some of these variants were described at the
time of issue, and we have given such indication in various instances
(cf supra, pp. 361, 363, 395, 396, 397, 399, 402, 410, 419, 422, 428); but,
as a rule, they are not given, and it is not possible to know where and
when any of the varieties have been issued. They may be classified under
seven heads : —
1. Mark of a crescent above or below, right or left, obverse or reverse, in
relief or incuse.
2. One or more ' pillar ' dots, above or below, right or left; on obverse.
3. One or two dots in the £. figure.
4 Dots from one to five, above or below, right or left, obverse or reverse, or
combined.
5. Figures one to ten, i.e. |, ||, |||, ||||, ||||| or 5, ^ or ±, ±, A, +,
above or below, right or left, reverse or obverse, in relief or incuse.
6. Characters ^ p'ing ' equal,' X hung ' work/ J ivang ' royal,' ^ tsien
' thousand,' t\\ siao ' small,' -^ Icwoh ' spear,' &c., above or below,
right or left, reverse or obverse, in relief or incuse.
7. Minter-fancies, such as characters turned upside down, singled, doubled, ^.'•■.
ANCIENT EOUND-MONEY. 433
The whole with or without broad or narrow rim or rims, and in all
sizes and weights. The result is an immense number of varieties, in
which the Chinese collators indulge with delight, but which have no
Interest for European numismatists. The following are in the British
Museum collection : —
490, 491, 492, 493, 494, 495, 498, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502,
503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510.
tchu. Wu- i^ jS, Regular rims on both sides. No legend.
Ji. Size 1. Average Weight 40.
511, 512, 513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520.
tchu. Wu- With dots variously disposed. Type 4.
M. Size 1-0. Average Weight 36.
521, 522, 523.
tchu. Wu- Type No. 1.
M. Size I'O, Average Weight 43.
524, 525, 526, 527, 528, 529.
tchu. Wu- No rims.
M. Size 0-9. Average Weight. 30.
530.
tchu. Wu- No rims. With -f- shih ' 10 ' above obverse.
.a*!. Size 0-9. Wt. 25.
531.
tchu. Wu- No rims. With =f- isieji '1000' on reverse.
M. Size 0-95. Wt. 27.
532.
tchu. W
tchu. Wu- ^ 2L Regular rims. No legend on reverse.
^"" ^ ASizel'O. wt. 56.
3 K
SUMMAEY OF INTEODUCTION.
Ch. I. Numismatic Chronologt op Ancient China. — Absence of regular chronology
in Ancient China, p. vii. Eelations of Ancient China with the West, p. viii. List
of events chronologically arranged, pp. viii.-xvi.
Ch. II. A Short Glossary op Chinese Numismatic Terms. — a. Denominations and
general terms, p. xvi. h. Technical words, p. xx,
Ch. III. Shapes op Currency prom Barter to Money, p. xx., xxi.
Ch. rV. The Making op Coins. — Metallurgy and Counterfeiting, p. xxii. — § 1. Coinage
circulated by weight. 2. Seven different metals were employed. 3. Metallic mines
left unworked. 4. Great skilfulness of Chinese forgerers. 5. Some ancient coins
only known through forgerers. 6. Incessant struggle against false coining.
2. Minting and Moulding, p. xxiv. — § 7. Eudeness of the processes. 8. Origin
of the shoe shape of silver. 9. False etymological explanation. 10. Shapes of bronze
coins and mould-making. 11. Various sorts of moulds. 12. Inscriptions and
graffitti on ancient moulds. 13. Inscriptions on official moulds. 14. Forgeries of
ancient moulds. 15. Moulds for moulds and moulds for coins. 16. Ancient and
modern processes. 17. Coins cast in clusters after 350 B.C. 18. Appointment of
three mint masters in 116 B.C.
3. Shapes of Metallic Coins, p. xxx. — § 19. The old currency consisted of useful
implements. 20. The ingots had three shapes. 21. Peculiar currency of 550-557
A.D. mistaken for an ancient one. " 22. Plate currency of the fifth century B.C.
23. Other curious shapes. 24. Tallies of the Han period mistaken for coins.
25. Tablets of circulation mistaken for coins. 26. Peculiar shape used in Yen,
209-202 B.C. 27. Art is absent in Ancient Chinese coinage.
Ch. V. The Writing and the Legends op Coins, p. xxxii. — § 1. Peculiar interest of
writing with reference to coin legends. 2. The historical succession of styles of
characters and coinage. 3. No primitive picture writing in early China. 4. Seven
causes of change in the written characters. 5. They explain the heterogeneous
script of the coin legends. 6. Explanation of the mint-mark on the Kwan-tchung
Knife money. 7. Explanation of several other mint-marks. 8. The script on
coins belongs to a period of transformation. 9. Extreme looseness of the script.
10. Numerous instances of incompleteness and irregularities. 10. The tahu of cha-
racters. 1 1 . The uncertain Pao hwa coins cannot be older than the fourth century.
436 SUMMAKY OF INTEODUCTION.
12. Scantiness of information on the legends. 13. Insufficiency of the legends.
14. A reason for the insufficiency on the Spade coins. 15. The Cyclical characters.
16. Numerals. 17. Serial figures. 18. The Nien-hao began on coins in 256 a.d.
Ch. VI. Weights and Measures, p. xli. — § 1. Koughness of casting and irregularity of
weight, a. Weights, § 2. 3. List of Weights. 4. Scheme of Ancient Chinese weights.
5. The system was not homogeneous, h. Length-Measures, p. xliv. — § 6. Lengths of
coins and length-measures. 7. Successive lengths of the Knife coinage. 8. The
standard of length was the span of 10'63 inches. 9. The standard measures of
weight and length were originally from S.W. Asia. '
Ch. VII. Alphabetical List op. Geographical, or Mint and other Names on the
Coins. — a. General Bemarhs, p. xlvi. — § 1. Three-fourths of the names are geogra-
phical. 2. Small extension of the Chinese dominion shown by the ancient coins.
3. Other confirmations of the same smallness. 4. Its comparison with the modern
provinces. 5. The coins were generally issued by private associations. 6. Monetary
Unions, p. xlviii. — § 6. The first monetary unions, 580-493 B.C. 7. Later monetary
unions. 8. Ancient trade-routes shown by them. 9. Associations of neighbouring
towns. 10. c. Approximate dates of the various forms of coins, d. Alphabetical list,
pp. xlix.-lxvi.
Ch. VIII. Bibliography, p. Ixviii.-lxix.
Addenda and Corrigenda, p. Ixxi.
GENEEAL INDEX.
'An- Yang, date of Pu-money of, 1, 31,
"Ants' noses," money, 300,
"Bridge-money,'' xxxi, 3.
Chinese Empire founded b.o. 221, 338;
division between North and South, 413;
union of, under Sui dynasty, 431.
Clay-money of the Northern Wei Dynasty,
425.
Coins, early forms of, xi, 1 ; early regulations for
Weight-money, X, xi, 1, 4; private issues
of, 4, 340 ; Spade-money, 2, 4-7 ; Bridge-
money, 3; Weight-money, 18-30; Pu-
money, 31-212 ; Knife-money, 213-299;
various forms of, 300^ 301 ; New Pu-
money, 302-310 ; New Knife-money,
311-318; Eound-money, 319-324; va-
rious classes of the P'an-liang series, 342.
Cowries, metallic, xii, 200 ; currency of Wang
Mang, 382.
Currencies of cowries, corn, deer-skins, silk-
cloths, tortoise-shells, Ac, xx, 342, 358,
359, 382, 396, 402, 403, 409, 411.
"Deer-skin " money, xv, 358, 359.
" Doves' eyes " coins, 418,
Dynasties and Kingdoms —
Han Dynasty, New Pu-money, 302, 303,
310; New Knife-money, 311-318.
Han Dynasty, Former, Eound-money,
340-357,360-392 ; Silver-tin money
and Leather Badges, 358, 359.
Han Dynasty, Later, Eound-money, 396-
399.
Han Dynasty, Minor, Eound-money,
400, 401.
Han Kingdom, Eound-money, 411.
Liang Dynasty, Eound-money, 419-
422.
Liang Kingdom, Eound-money, 411.
Liang Kingdom, Northern, Eound-
money, 412.
Shang Dynasty, uninscribed currency, 1.
Shuh Han Dynasty, Eound-money, 400,
401.
Southern Sung Dynasty, Eound-money,
413-419.
Sui Dynasty, Eound-money, 431, 432,
Tchao Kingdom, Eound-money, 410,
Tchen Dynasty, Eound-money, 422,
423.
Tcheng Kingdom, see Han Kingdom.
Tchou Dynasty, uninscribed currencies,
1-3 ; Spade-money, 4-17 ; Weight-
money, 18-30; Pu-money, 31-212;
Knife-money, 213-301 ; Eound-
money, 319-337.
Tchou Dynasty, Northern, Eound-money,
428-430.
Tsi Dynasty, Northern, Eound-money,
427, 428.
Ts'in Dynasty, Eound-money, 338, 339.
Ts'in Dynasty, Eastern, Eound-money,
408, 409.
Ts'in Dynasty, Western, Eound-money,
406, 407.
Wei Kingdom, Eound-money, 402, 403 ;
see also Tchao Kingdom.
Wei Dynasty, Eastern, Eound-money,
426.
Wei Dynasty, Northern, Eound-money,
423-426,
Wei Dynasty, Western, Eound-money,
426.
Wu Kingdom, Eound-money, 403-406.
438
GENERAL INDEX.
Eastern Tsin Dynasty, see Tsin Dynasty,
Eastern.
Eastern Wei Dynasty, see Wei Dynasty,
Eastern.
Eighth Dynasty, coinage of, 408, 409.
Erh-tchu, Eound-money, issue of, 417.
"Female-money" (Wu-tchu) of the South
Liang Kingdom, 420.
Former Han Dynasty, see Han Dynasty,
Former,
Former Liang Kingdom, see Liang Kingdom,
Former.
Forms, peculiar, of coins, xxx-xxxii, 300, 301.
Forsyth, Sir T. Douglas, on coins of the
Yueh-ti, 394.
"Ghosts' heads' "-money, 300.
Gold currency, of Ts'in dynasty, x, 338 ; of
Wang Mang, 381.
" Goose's eyes " coins, 418, 422.
Grain currency, xx, 402.
Han Dynasty, coinage of, 302-318 ; New Pu-
money, 302-310; New Knife-money,
311-318.
Han Dynasty, Former, Round-money, 340-
392 (coinages of Yng Hwei Ti, 340,
341 ; of Liu Shih Kao Hon, 342-347 ;
of Heng Hiao Wen-ti, 348-351 ; of Wu,
352, 353 ; of Teng T'ung, 353 ; of K'i
King Ti, 364 ; of Tch'eh Wu Ti, 354-
361 ; of Ping-Ki Siuen Ti, 362, 363 ;
of Sheh Yuen Ti, 364 ; of Yen Ping Ti,
364; of Ju Tze Yng, 365-380; of Sin
Wang Mang, 381-392); independent
currencies, 393-395.
Han Dynasty, Later, Eound-money, 396-399
(coinages of Lu Siu Kwang Wu Ti, 396;
of Tchi Hwan-Ti, 397 ; of Hung Ling
Ti, 397, 398 ; of Shao Ti, 398; of Hieh
HienTi, 398, 399).
Han Dynasty, Minor, established 400 ;
Eound-money, 400-402 (coinages of Liu
Pei Tchao Lieh Ti, 400 ; of Shen Han
Tchou, 400-402) ; overthrown, 406.
Han, formerly Tcheng Kingdom, Eound-
money, 411 (coinage of Li Shou, 411).
Heng Hiao Wen-ti (Former Han Dynasty),
coins of, 348-351 ; his reforms in the
coinage, 348 ; grants rights of coinage
to Ten Tung, 353.
" Hens' Eyes " coins, 418,
Hieh Hien Ti (Later Han Dynasty) coins of,
398, 399.
Hiiili Siiin Ti (South Tch'en Dynasty), coins
of, 423.
Ho-tsiuen Eound-money, issue of, 383.
Huan of Ts'i enforces rules for weighing
metallic currency, xi, 4; discontent arising
from, 213.
Hung Hiao Wen Ti (Northern Wei Dynasty),
coins of, 423, 424.
Hung Ling Ti (Later Han Dynasty), coins of,
397.
Hwei Wen establishes Pu-money in Ts'in,
31.
Inscribed currencies instituted, xi. 4 ; nature
of inscriptions, xxii., 4.
Introduction of coinage, xi.
Iron coins, first issue of, 357 ; of the Shuh
Dynasty, 395 ; of the Northern Liang
Kingdom, 412; of the South Liang
Dynasty, 420, 421 ; issue of, ceases,
422.
Ju Tze Yng (Former Han Dynasty), coins
of, 365-380.
Juei Ming Ti (Wei Kingdom), coins of, 403.
Kao- Yang Wen Siuen Ti (Northern Tsi
Dynasty), coins of, 427, 428.
K'i King Ti (Former Han Dynasty), coins
of (?), 354.
Kia-ts'eh-ma (= Weight-money), 18 ; see also
Weight-money.
Kiao-pi (Bridge-money), xxxi, 3.
King Sheh pi (Tingle-Dangle money), 3.
Kingdoms, see Dynasties and Kingdoms.
Knife-money, 213-299; origin of form for
currency, 213 ; date of introduction in
state of Ts'i, xi, 213; inscriptions on, 2 1 3 ;
circulates only in the Shantung penin-
sula and in Kwantehung, 214; Larger
Size — with single mint names, 214-222 ;
GENERAL INDEX.
439
with associated mint names, 223-226 ;
Ts'i series with six-character legends,
227-231 ; with four-character legends,
232, 233 ; with three-character legends,
234-246 ; Smaller Size — various issues,
247-251; (with plain reverse, 247, 249,
251 ; with inscribed reverse, 248-250) ;
pointed series, 251-265 (with plain re-
verse, 251-253, 259-263; with inscribed
reverse, 252-259 ; with inscribed obverse
and reverse, 264, 265) ; uncertain small
series, 298, 299 ; see also 'New Knife-
money.
Knife-money, Ming Series, 265-298 (square-
point class, 266-274; left-class, 274-
280; right class, 281-291; Wai-Kiun
class, 292 ; Tai class, 293-298).
Knife-money (= tao), used to denote a unit
of currency, xvii, 331.
Ko-Yh, date of Pu-money of, liii, 31.
Koh Siiien "Wu Ti (Northern Wei Dynasty),
coins of, 424.
Kuan-tchung, first issue of Pu-money at, 31,
107-109 ; chief mint of Ts'in currency,
338.
Kun-sun Shuh strikes iron-money, 395.
Kwan-tze, his regulations for Weight-money
in State of Ts'i, xi, 4, 8.
Later Han Dynasty, see Han Dynasty, Later.
Leather badges, issue of, xv, 358.
Li Shou (Han, formerly Tcheng Kingdom),
coin of, 411.
Liang Kingdom, Former, Eound-money, 411 ;
(coinage of Tchang Kin, 411).
Liang Kingdom, Northern, Eound-money,
412 ; (coinage of Tsiii K'iii Mung Sun,
412).
Liang Kingdom, South, Eound-money, 419-
422 ; (coinage of Siao Yen Wu Ti, 419-
421; of FangTche King Ti, 421, 422) ;
"male and female money," 420.
Liang-tche (Eound-money), issue of, 352,
353.
Liu Hiuen (Han Dynasty), revolts against
Wang Mang, 396.
Liu P'ang Kao Tsu (Former Han Dynasty),
no coins of, 340.
Liu Pei Tchao Lieh Ti (Minor Han Dynasty),
founds dynasty, 400 ; issues large coins,
400; corns of, 400-402.
Liu Shih Kao Hou (Former Han Dynasty),
coins of, 342-347.
Liu Siu Kwang Wu Ti (Later Han Dynasty),
coins of, 396.
Luh-tohu Eound-money, struck for Tch'en
dynasty, 423.
Ma Yuen, his reforms in coinage of Later
Han Dynasty, 316.
" Male-money" (= Wu-tchu) of the South
Liang Dynasty, 420.
Marks on coins, early, xi, 4.
Ming Series, Knife-money, 265-298; see also
Knife-money.
Minor Han Dynasty, see Han Dynasty,
Minor.
Mints, when first inscribed on coins, 4 ; asso-
ciated names of, 16, 115, 120, 128, 223-
226, 319, 326, 327.
Mints, private, established, 4, 340 ; pro-
hibited, 213 ; re-estabhshed in the Han
Dynasty, 340.
Monetary Unions between Cities, xlviii, 16,
32, 214, 319.
New Knife-money (Han Dynasty), issued by
Wang Mang, 311-318, 366 ; uncertain,
318; suppression of, 381; wrongly called
" Shirt-money," 382.
New Pu-money (Han Dynasty), issued by
Wang Mang, 302-308 ; uncertain, 308-
310; history of, 382.
Ngo-tchou, foundries for coins, established
there, 432.
Northern Liang Kingdom, see Liang King-
dom, Northern.
Northern Tchou Dynasty, see Tchou Dynasty,
Northern.
Northern Tsi Dynasty, see Tsi Dynasty,
Northern.
Northern Wei Dynasty, see Wei Dynasty,
Northern.
Pa Sien Wu Ti (Southern Tch'en Dynasty),
coins of, 422.
uo
GENERAL INDEX.
P'an-liang, Round-money, instituted, 338 ;
various classes of, 342 ; value of changed,
348, 354 ; demonetized, 360.
P'ei, Prince of "Wu, his reforms in cur-
rency, 352.
Pi-tch'an (= Spade-money), 2 et pas. ; origin
of name, 4 ; see also Spade-money.
Pi-tch' eng-ma (Riding-money), 18.
Pin Yang, date of Pu-money, 31.
Ping-Ki Siuen Ti (Former Han Dynasty),
coins of, 362, 363.
Pu-money, 31-212 ; its period and area of
issue, 31, 32 ; superseded by round cur-
rency, 31 ; early form of inscriptions,
31, 32 ; shapes of, 32; origin of name^
32 ; square-footed, square-shouldered,
and with single names, 32-114 ; square-
footed, square shouldered, and with asso-
ciated names, 115-120; square-footed,
round-shouldered and with single names,
120, 121 ; round-footed, round-shoul-
dered and ^Yith single names, 121-127;
round-footed, round-shouldered and with
double names, 128 ; point-footed and
with single names, 129-212.
Pu-money, see New Pu-money.
Pu-tsiuen Round-money, issue of, by "Wang
Mang, 383 ; re-issued by Northern Tchu
Dynasty, 428.
Riding or Saddle-money, so called, 18.
Ring-money, struck in the Tohou Dynasty, x,
319 ; found in the Liu-kiu islands, 418.
Round-money, origin and early issues of,
31 9 ; values inscribed on, 320 ; of
Former Han Dynasty, 340-395 ; of
Later Han Dynasty, 396-399 ; of Minor
Han or Shuh Han Dynasty, 400-402 ;
of Han, formerly Tcheng, Kingdom, 411 ;
of Former Liang Kingdom, 411; of
Northern Liang Kingdom, 412 ; of
Southern Liang Kingdom, 419-422 ; of
the Sui Dynasty, 431, 432 ; of the Sung
Dynasty, 413-419; of Tchao or Later
Wei Kingdom, 410 ; of Southern Teh' en
Dynasty, 422, 423 ; of Tchou Dynasty,
319-337 ; of Northern Tchou Dynasty,
428-430; of Northern Tsi Dynasty, 427,
428 ; of Southern Tsi Dynasty, 419 ;
of Tsin Dynasty, 338, 339 ; of Eastern
Tsin Dynasty, 408, 409 ; of Western
Tsin Dynasty, 406, 407 ; of Wei Dynasty,
402, 403 ; of Northern Wei Dynasty,
423-426 ; of Western Wei Dynasty,
426; of Wu Kingdom, 403-406; see
also under Dynasties and Kingdoms.
" Saddle or Riding" money, so-called, 18,
San-tchu, Round-money, issues of, 354 ;
demonetized, 355.
Sema Juei Lang Yuen Ti (Eastern Tsin
Dynasty), coins of, 408.
Sema Tohang Ming Hiao Wu Ti (Eastern
Tsin Dynasty), coins of, 408.
Sema Tchao overthrows Shuh Han Dynasty,
406.
Sema Yen establishes Western Tsin Dynasty,
406.
Seventh Dynasty, coinage of, 406, 407.
Shang Dynasty, first coinage of, 1.
Shao Ti (Later Han Dynasty), coins of (?),
398, 899.
Shapes, various, of coins, 300, 301.
She-Leh (Tchao Kingdom), coins of, 410.
Sheh Yuen Ti (Han Dynasty), coins of,
364.
Shell-money, xx., 300.
Shou Han Tchou (Minor Han Dynasty),
corns of, 400-402.
Shen-Kien Hiao Tsing Ti (Eastern Wei
Dynasty), coins of, 426.
" Shirt-money," wrongly so-called, 382.
Shuh Dynasty, iron currency of, 395.
Shuh Han Dynasty, see Han Dynasty, Minor.
Siang-Yuen, date of Pu-money, 31.
Siao Tao Tch'eng Kao Ti (Southern Tsi
Dynasty), coins of, 419.
Siao Yen Wu Ti (Southern Liang Dynasty),
coins of, 419-421; issues " Male-money "
and " Eemale-money," xxi., 420.
" Silk-cloth " currency, 402.
Silver currency of Wang Mang, 381.
Silver-tin money, issued by Tch'eh Wu Ti,
358.
Sin Wang Mang, see Wang Mang.
Sixteen Kingdoms, list of, 409 ; coins of,
410-412.
" Slip- Weight" money (= Weight-money), 18.
GENERAL INDEX.
441
Southern Liang Kingdom, see Liang Kingdom,
Southern.
Southern Sung Dynasty, see Sung Dynasty,
Southern. •
Southern Tchen Dynasty, see Tchen Dynasty,
Southern.
Spade-money, xxxviii, 2, 4-17; larger size,
uninscribed, 2 ; inscribed, 4-17 ; origin of
form, 4 ; with hollow-handle and square-
shoulders, 5-11; smaller size, with hollow-
handle and square-shoulders, 12-14; with
hollow-handle and shoulders down, 14 ;
with hollow-handle and shoulders up, 15;
with flat handle and square-shoulders,
16 ; two legged, 17 ; forms of, adopted
for Pu-money, 32.
Sui Dynasty,Eound-money,431, 432;(coinage
of Yang-Kien Wen Ti, 431, 432).
Siin K'iuen Ta Ti (Wu Kingdom), issues
large coins, 403 ; coins of, 403, 404.
Siin Liang Huei K'i Wang (Wu Kingdom),
coins of, 404-406.
Siin-Siok Ngao, minister of Tchwang, issues
coins of various shapes, 300.
Sung Dynasty, Southern, Eound-money, 413-
419; (coinage of Y-Lung Wen Ti, 413,
414; of Tsiun Hiao Wu Ti, 414-417;
of Tze Yeh Fei Ti, 417, 418; of Yii
Ming Ti, 419).
Sze-tchu, Eound-money, issue of, 413, 414.
Tai Kung of Ts'i, his proposals for currency
by weight, s., 1 ,
Tchang-I, prime minister in Tchao, issues
Weight-money, xiv, 18.
Tchang Kiu (Former Liang Kingdom), coins
of, 411.
Tchao, Weight-money of, 18; description of
coins, 29, 30.
Tchao or Later W^i Kingdom, Eound-money
of, 410; (coinage of Sheh-L'eh, 410).
Tch'eh Wu Ti (Han Dynasty), coins of,
354-361 ; suppresses San-tchu pieces,
855; iron coinage, 357; issues silver-
tin money and leather badges, 358 ;
strikes Wu4chu cash, 360 ; establishes
state mint, 360.
Tchen Dynasty, Southern, Eound-money,
422, 423 ; (coinage of Pa Sien Wu Ti,
422 ; of Tsien Wen Ti, 422 ; of Hiiih
Siiien Ti, 423).
Tcheng, King of the Tchou Dynasty, his
rules for currency by weight, x, 1.
Tch'eng T'ang establishes currency in the
Shang Dynasty, 1.
Tcheng of Tsin declares himself the first
universal Emperor, 338.
Tcheng Kingdom, see Han, formerly Tcheng
Kingdom.
Tchi Hwan-Ti (Later Han Dynasty), no coins
published, 397.
Tchou Dynasty, uninscribed coinage, 1-3 ;
inscribed coinage, 4-301 ; Spade-money,
4-17 ; Weight-money, 18, 19; Pu-money,
31-212; Knife-money, 215-299; cur-
rencies of various forms, 300, 301 ; Ring-
money, 319; Eound-money, 319-337;
(with round-hole and value, 320-323 ;
with round-hole and mint name, 323-
328 ; with square-hole and value, 329-
331 ; with square-hole and mint name,
331-333 ; with square-hole and of un-
certain mintage, 333-337).
Tchou Dynasty, Northern, Round-money,
428-430; (coinage of Yii- Wen Yung Wu
Ti, 428, 429 ; of Yu-Wen Yun Siuen
Ti, 429, 430).
Teh Tsang Ngan Ti (Eastern Tsin Dynasty),
coins of, 409.
Teng-She money, 353.
Teng T'ung (Former Han Dynasty), receives
right of coinage from Hiao Wen-ti,
853.
"Thread Rings " coins, 418.
Three Kingdoms, coinages of, 400-406.
Ti Hiuen, see Liu Hiuen.
Tin-money issued by Tch'eh Wu Ti, 358.
Tingle-Dangle money, 3.
Tortoise-shell currency of Wang Mang, 382.
Trade-routes shown by early coinages, xlix, 32.
Ts'ao P'ei Wen Ti (Wei Kingdom), insti-
tutes coinages of grain and silk cloth,
402.
Ts'eh-ma (= Weight-money), 18; see Weight-
money.
Tsi series, introduction of Knife-money, 213 ;
description of coins, 227-246 ; see also
Knife-money.
3 L
442
GENERAL INDEX.
Tsi Dynasty, Northern, Round-money, 427,
428; (coinage of Kao-Yang Wen Siuen,
427, 428).
Tsi Dynasty, Southern, Eound-money, 419
(coinages of Siao Tao Tch'eng Kao Ti,
419; of Tsin Wu Ti, 419).
Ts'ien Wen Ti (Southern Tch'en Dynasty),
coins of, 422.
Tsih Wu Ti (Southern T'si Dynasty), coins
of, 419.
Ts'in, metal coins when first issued there,
107, corr.
Ts'in Dynasty, Eound-money, 338, 339 ;
gold currency, 338.
Tsin Dynasty, Eastern, Eound-money, 408,
409 ; (coinages of Sema Juei Lang Yuen
Ti, 408 ; of Sema Tchang Ming Hiao
Wu Ti, 408 ; of Teh Tsung Ngan Ti,
409).
Tsin Dynasty, Western, Eound-money of,
406, 407.
Tsin- Yang, date of Pu-money, Ixiii, 31.
Tsid K'iii Mung Siin (Northern Liang King-
dom), coins of, 412.
Tsiuen currency, types of, 367-380 ; Eound-
money, issue of, 367 ; dehased, 383.
Tsiun Hiao Wu Ti (Southern Sung Dynasty),
coins of, 414-417.
Tun-Liu, date of Pu-money, 31.
Tung-tchoh deposes Shao Ti and sets up
Hieh Hien Ti, 398; casts coins from
statues, 398.
Tze Yeh Fei Ti (Southern Sung Dynasty),
coins of, 417, 418.
Tze-Yu Hiao Tohuang Ti (Northern Wei
Dynasty), 425, 426.
Uninscribed currencies, 1-3.
" Unsinkable Lads" coins, 418.
Values on Round-money, period of duration,
320.
Wang Mang (Han Dynasty) issues New Pu-
money, 302-308 ; his reforms in the
coinage, 365-367, 381-383; issues New
Knife-money, 366; assumes regal power
and suppresses New Knife-money, 381;
gold and silver currency of, 381-383;
tortoise-shell and cowrie currency, 382 ;
issues New Pu-money, 382; "Shirt-
money," 382 ; Eound-money, 384; coins
of, 384-392 ; his death and collapse of
monetary reforms, 396.
Wang of TchoUj unsuccessful attempt to
establish Eound-money, 319.
"Weed-leaves," coins so-called, 418.
Wei, Weight-money of, 18 (corr.) ; description
of coins, 19-28.
Wei Kingdom, established, 400 -; Eound-
money of, 402, 403 ; (coinages of Tg'ao
P'ei Wen Ti, 402 ; of Juei Ming Ti, 403).
Wei Kingdom, Later, see Tchao, &c.
Wei Dynasty, Eastern, Eound-money, 426 ;
coinage of Shen-Kien Hiao Tsing Ti,
426.
Wei Dynasty, Northern, Eound-money, 423-
426 ; (coinage of Hung Hiao Wen Ti,
423, 424; of Koh Siiien Wu Ti, 424 ;
of Tze-Yu Hiao Tchuang Ti, 425, 426) ;
Clay-money, 425.
Wei Dynasty, Western, coinage of, 426.
Weight-money, established by Tcheng, x, 1 ;
scanty information about early issues
of, 18 ; probable date of first issue,
18 ; description of, 18-30 ; of Wei
series, 19-28; (with round-shoulders,
19-27; with square-shoulders, 27, 28);
of Tchao series, 29, 30 ; uncertain, 30.
Weights of early coins, regulations for, 1 ;
enforced by Huan of Ts'i, 4 ; of Pu-
money, irregular, 32.
Western Han Dynasty, see Han Dynasty.
Western Tsin Dynasty, see Tsin Dynasty,
Western.
Western Wei Dynasty, see Wei" Dynasty,
Western.
Wu, date of Pu-money, 31 ; name changed
to Shang, 32 ; currency of, 352, 353.
Wu Kingdom established, 400; Eound-
money, 405-406 ; (coinages of Siin K'iuen
Ta Ti, 403, 404 ; of Siin Liang Huei
K'i Wang, 404-406).
Wu heng ta pu. Round-money, issue of, 429.
Wu-tchu cash, first issues of, 360; form of
changed, 362; suppressed, 381; type
for iron coins of Shuh Dynasty, 395 ;
re-struck by Later Han Dynasty, 396,
GENERAL INDEX.
443
397j 399; name resumed for larger coins,
414; re-struck by Tsi Dynasty, 419;
also by tbe Liang Dynashr, 420, 421 ;
issued by South Tch'en Dynasty, 422 ;
by Northern Wei Dynasty, 424 ; by
Western and Eastern Wei Dynasties,
426 ; by Northern Tsi Dynasty, 427 ;
by Northern Tchou Dynasty, 428 ; by
Yang Kien (Sui Dynasty), 431 ; issues of,
cease with the Sui Dynasty, 432 ;
classification of various issues, 432, 433 ;
varieties of, 433.
Wu-Wang, founder of Tchou Dynasty, dis-
covers money at Luh-tai, 1.
Yang-Kien Wen Ti (Sui Dynasty), coins of,
431, 432 ; his monetary reforms, 431,
432; establishes mints in Ngo-tchou
and Yh-tchou, 432.
Yang-Yhj date of Pu-money; Ixvi, 31.
Yen Ping Ti (Former Han Dynasty), coins
of, 364.
Yh-tcheh Round-money, issue of, 360.
Yh-tchou, foundries for coins established
there, 432.
Y-Lung, Wen Ti (Southern Sung Dynasty),
coins of, 413, 414.
Yng Hwei Ti (Former Han Dynasty), coins '
of, 340, 341.
Yii, reputed founder of currency in China, 1.
Yii Ming Ti (Southern Sung Dynasty), coins
of, 419.
Yii- Wen Yun Siuen Ti (Northern Tchou
Dynasty), coins of, 429, 430.
Yii- Wen Yung Wu Ti (Northern Tchou
Dynasty), coins of, 428, 429.
Yueh-ti, history of, 393 ; settle in Baotria,
393 ; issue bilingual coins, 394, eorr.
Yung tung wan Kwoh, Round-money, issue
of, 430.
FOR
INDEX OF MINTS
AND OTHER
NAMES ON COINS,
SJEE
INTRODUCTION, Ch. VII., p. xlvi.
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