The ancient flower pawns in China have existed since the Tang Dynasty. It was very popular to sign flowers in Song Dynasty, and many literati had their own unique flowers. Song Huizong's flower gambling is called "no gambling" by experts!
Its shape is particularly ingenious, a bit like the loosely written word "Tian" and the short word "Kai", but it is actually composed of the so-called "one person under the sun", written in four strokes. Later generations will inevitably feel the emperor's frank and lovely temperament when they are amazed, just like a conceited and naughty genius child who deliberately plays word games to play tricks on people who don't understand.
From a practical point of view, most of the seals of past dynasties have the functions of preventing rape and distinguishing forgeries. As an individual's arbitrary writing, the changed "betting words" (some of which are not words, but personal symbols) are naturally more difficult to imitate and achieve the effect of anti-counterfeiting, so this kind of betting words has been used until the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
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The origin of flower gambling:
"Kangxi Dictionary" explains: "Swear, say and do." The Chinese Dictionary explains: "Sign or draw symbols on official documents or contracts as evidence. It also refers to the signature or drawn symbol. "
It can be seen that "oath" means drawing, writing and painting, which refers to both the behavior itself and the result of the behavior. Lang Ying's "Seven Manuscripts" in Ming Dynasty said: "The ancients spent money on names, so they spent it on names." Because the names on the "bet" are mostly cursive or painted as symbols such as flowers, it is also called "flower bet" and "painted bet".
According to records, in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, flowers were used as pawns, and it was easy to sign pawns, and the grass method was also involved, which was very beautiful. At that time, people called it "Five Clouds", but it was said that it began in the Five Dynasties.
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