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English: The meaning of a verb on this Chinese numismatic charm may change depending on whether it precedes or follows the pronoun. Since this is a palindrome, one can begin to read this amulet coin with any pronoun or verb and read clockwise or counterclockwise.
As an example, starting with the “second” character in the inscription written above, the meaning would be “laugh at him scolding me (笑他说我)”, “look at him fight me (看他打我)”, “be tolerant of him cursing me (容他骂我)”. Reading the same characters counter-clockwise would be “I curse and he is tolerant (我骂他容)”, “I fight and he watches (我打他看)”, “I speak and he laughs (我说他笑)”. Therefore, completely different meanings occur when reading this Chinese numismatic charm, which is dependent on which pronoun or verb the reader begins with and which direction they are reading. The charm is made of brass (copper-alloy) and has a diameter of 51.64 mm and a weight of 35.05 grams. |
| Date | Before the 19th (nineteenth) century. |
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| Author | Unknown authorship. |
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