560 DAVIS. 



Plate 81. T'ien-hui (1123-1137 A.D.) Note. 

 Translation of the inscriptions. 



First line: "Great Chin Army Treasure-Note." 



Second line: "Five Kwan." 



Illustration: (Pictorial representation of one yuan-pao). 



In the lower panel : " The Civil Board, having petitio7ied and received 

 the Imperial sanciion, prints for the convenient use of the people the Great 

 Chin Treasure-Note to he used as the yellow flag* The counterfeiter — 

 if {discovered)] — shall he decapitated summarily. The informant and 

 the captor shall he rewarded with 600 taels in silver. If District offi- 

 cials . . . -Xthe same punishment shall apply to all. 



T'ien-hui,. . . .year,. . . .day." § 



Plate 82. T'ien-hui (1123-1137 A.D) Note. 

 Translation of the inscriptions. 



First line: "Great Chin Issuance Treasure-Note." 



Second line: " Ten Ktvan." 



Illustration: (Pictorial representation of 5 ingots). 



At the right of the picture in the "dropping dew" seal style: 



" Great Chin Treasure-Note." 



At the left of the picture in the "dropping dew" seal style: 



"To be issued to the world." Literally "distributed under the 

 heavens." 



In the lower panel : " The Civil Board, having petitioned and received 

 the Imperial sanction, prints for the convenient use of the people the Great 

 Chin Treasure-Note to be distributed and u^ed as cash. The counter- 



* I have failed to discover in any authoritative books a reference to the 

 "yellow flag" as having anything to do with currency or the monetarj' system. 

 Some authorities define the term as the "Imperial flag", and others more 

 commonly speak of it as the "standard" of a particular army division. There 

 is a very remote possibility, however, that it was the name given to a particular 

 kind of certificate or bond issifed in place of money. Again, it is possible that 

 it refers to a military body for whose convenience the note was emitted, as 

 the note is known as the "Army Treasure-Note". K. T. 



t As the word which corresjjonds to "if" appears in this sentence, it was 

 found necessary to insert a word like "discovered" to make the meaning clear. 

 K. T. 



t As already noted in the text, the two characters which together mean 

 "conceal" have been omitted. K. T. 



§ As indicated in the text, the word "month" does not appear. K. T. 



