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Plate 46. Seal and Floral Pattern on the Reverse of the 



Chien-lung Notes. 



Picture : 



An ornamental figure consisting of a brush, an ingot of money, a 

 jui (scepter) and a flower. 



Seal : 



The inscription on this seal is the same as that on the lower seal 

 of which it is a replica. See Plate 45. 



Notes of Emperor Shen-tsung (1067-1085 A.D.) of the 

 Northern Sung Dynasty. 



There are in all more than two hundred varieties of notes which 

 were issued during the period beginning with the T'ang and ending 

 with the ]\Iing Dynasty. Among them, the notes emitted during 

 the reign of the Emperor T'ai-tsu of the Sung alone bear the character 

 "act"* (meaning "emitted") after the date of emission. The same 

 character is also found on the Hsi-ning (1068-1077 A.D.) notes of Shen- 

 tsung,! which were modelled after those above-mentioned. No 

 design and no seal appear on the back of these notes, unlike those of 

 T'ai-tsu. 



Plate 47. Hsi-ning (1068-1077 A.D.) Note. 

 Translation of the inscriptions. 



First line: "Hsi-ning Treasure-Note." 



Second line: "Fifty Kwan." 



Illustration: (Pictorial representation of five ingots). 



In the lower panel : "The Boards of Rites and Revenue, having re- 

 ceived the Imperial Decree, print this paper-note to be used parallel with 

 silver coin. The counterfeiter shall be decapitated. The captor of the 

 criminal shall be reicarded ivith 400 taels in silver. The conniver — 

 district official arid civilian alike — shall be decapitated summarily. 



Hsi-ning,. . . .year,. . . .month,. . . .day emitted." 



* It will be noted that this character appeared on the notes of Kao-tsung and 

 Ching-tsung, of the T'ang Dynasty. K. T. 

 t Compare the preceding statement. K. T. 



