US dollars, pounds, rubles, this is the real history of ancient Chinese currency!

The history in middle school textbooks is not all fake, only part of it is fake. For example, this ancient Chinese currency history.

"Historical Records Leveling Book" contains: "Agricultural, industrial and commercial transactions are accessible, and turtles, shells, gold, money, knives, and cloth coins prosper."

Turtle, shell, gold, money, knife Knife and cloth are the six ancient forms of currency. Among them, the most mysterious are knives and cloths.

For example, in high school history textbooks in mainland China, the legendary knife coin is described as this:

The cloth coin is described as such:

老马说： These so-called knives and cloths are all faked during the Republic of China period.

Why do you say that?

Don't say anything else, just talk about the form. Speaking of knives, our first impression is the kitchen knife in life.

The knife in the feature film

Then Guan Gong’s Yanyue Dao

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The equipped knife of the Northwest Army.

Then look at the ancient military book "Wu Jing Zong Yao", which lists eight kinds of knives.

The fun thing is that among the many knives, the knife coin in the history textbook, chooses the shape of the Northwest Army's knife: inwardly curved and pointed, long handle, large Tail ring.

You should know that "Wu Jing Zong Yao" was officially compiled in the Song Dynasty, and its weapon shape represents the traditions of the Central Plains. The shape of the knife coin is far away from the Song Dynasty and close to the Republic of China. There is only one possibility: it crosses.

As for cloth coins, not to mention, the two cloth coins above are alien coins at best, flickering into cloth coins. Excuse me, which feature of cloth in your impression matches these two coins? ?

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The truth is actually very simple.

Before the creation of legal currency, all objects that can be selected as currency have a certain degree of preciousness, and they need to pay a certain cost, time cost or labor cost to obtain; the second must have a long shelf life and be suitable for storage; third It should be suitable for carrying and easy to trade.

Turtle, shell, gold, money, knife, cloth, all have these characteristics.

Turtle, namely the tortoise shell.

The top one is called tortoiseshell.

shell, namely Wenbei.

Gold, don’t think it means metal, but rhino horn . "Historical Records of Commodities" contains: "Jiangnan Chufeng, Zi, Jiang, Gui, Jin, Xi, Lian, Dansha, Rhinoceros, tortoiseshell, Zhuji , tooth leather." Among them, tortoiseshell is the top turtle. Rhino horn is the top "gold".

The rhino horn is called "gold" because it looks like a blast furnace for smelting metals. The word "gold" also comes from the image of a smelting furnace.

Money originally meant to wear pearls together. That is to say, pearls once passed as a currency flow, and after the birth of legal currency, it was passed down as a necklace. Looking at the record in the "Historical Records: Biographies of Commodities" above, the tortoiseshell, rhinoceros, and pearl are in parallel.

Ancient money is called "spring" in some places because pearls are quite like bubbles created by spring water.

knife is today's cured ham. In some places in ancient times, bacon was used as a hard currency, such as the word "Fei Lu", in which the symbol of LU is bacon. (What is the state of "Fulu Shuangquan"? (Part 2).

Cured ham is a fine product among cured meats. Its appearance resembles a knife, hence the name "knife".

cloth, needless to say, it is cloth. Until the Han Dynasty, cloth was still a hard currency and a symbol of wealth, so that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty made a "reporting order" in order to increase taxes. The collection of cloth at home was taxed. If there is a report, a heavy reward will be given.

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Turtle, shell, gold, money, knife, cloth, these are currencies with natural properties, Since it is natural, there are defects, that is, the limited quantity and different specifications make it difficult to meet the needs of social development. Thus, the "fiat currency" appeared.

The so-called legal currency is a currency with uniform rules, and the weight is the same.

legal currency is generally made of metal, but in appearance, it still follows the characteristics of the previous currency.

For example, this gold coin and silver coin follow the shape of the turtle shell .

This broken silver follows the shape of rhino horn.

This hanging coin follows the shape of "pearl chain" , and also uses the name "spring".

This ingot has adopted the ham shape , but the pig’s feet are omitted for convenience of access.

Do you know why the ingot has this shape? Look at the picture.

and gold bars and silver bars follow the shape of cloth.

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and today, the appellation of these currencies still does not escape the turtle, shellfish, gold, money, knife, cloth Category.

Let’s just talk about US dollars, British pounds, and rubles.

dollar, commonly known as "Mei Dao", and its corresponding hieroglyph "Dao La". Knife refers to ingots; wax refers to gold bars and silver bars like bacon bars. Then the connotation of "sword wax" is ingots, gold bars and silver bars.

pound, translates as "pound", which is actually inaccurate because the corresponding hieroglyph is "pound". Pound, tong 髈, hoof 髈, that is, cured ham, ingot; Germany, originally means road signs, here refers to the appearance of gold bars and silver bars like road signs. Then the connotation of "Pound Germany" is also ingots, gold bars and silver bars.

rouble, translated as "Ruble", and the corresponding hieroglyph is "Into the cloth". Entering means inside, that is, the house. The shape of ingots resembles a house, so it is called "Guangjin" in "Historical Records" (see "Gold is not gold, and copper money is not copper-The Currency Mystery in "Historical Records"). Then the connotation of "entering cloth" also refers to ingots and gold bars and silver bars.

Someone should ask, why is the name of the US knife, the British pound, and the ruble exactly the same as the name in the "Historical Records"?

This is because:

First, the United States, Britain, and Russia in history have become part of today’s China. They are in Yunnan, Guichuan and Shanxi, respectively.Sichuan, Shanxi, Shanxi and Yu.

Secondly, English is just the pinyin of hieroglyphs, and it also originated in Shanganchuan, China today. For details, please see the previous article "The World Writes Pictogram! The origin of the 26 English letters (1): a, b, c, d, e, etc.

Third, today's United States, Britain, and Russia have misappropriated country names from historical data after their independence after 1945.

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Let’s close, the knife and cloth in "Historical Records", after the birth of legal currency, the corresponding currency forms are ingots and gold bars. , Silver bars, this is the inheritance of history.