File:Rubbing of the Qidan Script Characters likely meaning Tianchang Dijiu (天長地久).jpg

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According to the experts, the bottom is tian (天), which means “heaven”, and the character at the right is chang (長) which translates as “of long duration”. The at the top is di (地) meaning “earth” and at the left is yong (永) which means “forever”.

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English: Dr. Burger concludes the article by stating that, with the exception of this Khitan inscribed Liao Dynasty numismatic charm, he stated at the time that he is not aware of the existence of any other Chinese charm with this Daoist inscription earlier than the Manchu-led Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). This inscription also appears on a rarely seen vase-shaped pendant charm, a lock charm and, a peach charm.
Date 916-1125
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  • Dr. Werner Burger (布威纳), a recognized expert in Chinese numismatics, published an article in the 108th issue (2010) of “China Numismatics” (中國錢幣) in which he introduced an old Liao Dynasty charm which had not previously appeared in any catalog or reference book.
Author Unknown authorship during the Khitan-led Liao Dynasty.

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