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Money Wins in the Han Dynasty: Type a Edition of Chinese Coin Series

Gong Baiqing

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Yashengqian is a kind of coin used by the people to pray for good luck and ward off evil spirits. The so-called "suppression and victory" means to suppress the evil spirits and achieve victory. At present, most scholars believe that Yashengqian originated in the Han Dynasty. The author of this book, Gong Baiqing, has devoted himself to the collection and research of Yasheng Qian in the Han Dynasty for many years, and this book is a concentrated expression of his achievements. Previous research on Yashengqian in the Han Dynasty mainly focused on chronological research, authenticity identification, etc., And was a study of the ontology of numismatics; while this book treats Yashengqian as a material cultural product, examining the social concepts it carries and the cultural traditions it reflects, from a cultural perspective, and is an extension of coins. This is the main idea of ​​this book. In the Han Dynasty, winning money was the basis for the emergence and development of winning money in later generations. Understanding the cultural connotation of winning money in the Han Dynasty is of great significance to the study of winning money. Therefore, this book chooses the winning money of the Han Dynasty as the object of study, and discusses it from many aspects such as auspicious patterns and the cultural beliefs reflected in them. The combination of pictures and text reveals the spiritual connotation of winning money over money in the Han Dynasty. The round shape of the round and perforated square shape of the Yasheng Qian reflects the ancient people's idea of ​​a round sky and a square earth. On the limited body of money, the ancients cast colorful abstract patterns and textures of the universe and heaven and earth. The main part of this book is an analysis of these mysterious patterns and textures. For example, the star inscriptions on the Winning Money appear to be some messy dots at first glance, but after the author's analysis one by one, the constellations represented by each group of astrological inscriptions are clear at a glance, and the worship of the star god contained in them is also clear. The small money-beating body contains rich connotations. The analysis in this book has been rarely discussed by some predecessors and is a completely original point of view. This book makes a pioneering exploration into the inner world of the Han people through winning money.