with characters |
30 mm |
Obv.: | Ching Chian Wan Hsuan |
Rev.: | Top: 1st Trigram Bottom: 7th Trigram Right: Star Left: Moon |
Meaning: | See description below |
Ref.: |
Qing Qian Wan Xuan (pinyin transliteration) or Ching Chian Wan Hsuan (old transliteration of Wade-Gile)
Ching - deep, dark (about color)
Chian - coin
Ching Qian - old money
Wan - Ten thousand.
Hsuan - silver coin,
Also left character can be read as Shua - ancient measure of weight
and as Suan - Ten thousand.
There is phrase Shi <10> Shua - "10 by 10 000", hence Wan Shua - "10 000 by 10 000", i.e. 100 000 000.
So, two variants of obverse legend:
a) 100 000 000 of copper coins
b) <let> money returns by silver coin
Reverse:
Top - 1st trigram Chian - man's base of Universe, heaven, north-east,
spring, farther, husband, Emperor
The Creative - Heaven, Sky
Attribute: Strength, creativity
Animal: horse
Body: head
Family: father
Direction: Northwest
Bottom - 7 th trigram Kun - woman's base of Universe, Earth, moon,
south-west, mother, wife, vassal
The Receptive - Earth
Attribute: Docility, receptivity
Animal: ox
Body: belly
Family: mother
Direction: Southwest
Pair Chian Kun = Pi (12 th hexagram), bad fatum
Right - Ri (Sun).
Left - Yue (Moon)
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