Huo Zhu Lin火珠林
An early book on casting with coins, carrying on Jing Fang’s method.
- Era
- Attributed to the Song
- Author
- Credited to Ma Yi Dao Zhe
What it is
The Siku catalogue says later coin casting came from Jing Fang, and quotes Xiang Anshi to that effect. The book stresses wealth and office, and explains hidden lines with worked examples. The credit to Ma Yi Dao Zhe cannot be confirmed.
On this site
Our Liu Yao tool takes its hidden lines from this book.
Sources Siku Quanshu Zongmu Tiyao.
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Chinese text, chapter by chapter, from Wikisource. Some chapters have a short English summary.
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