Mr. Zhou has conducted in-depth research on ancient springs. The teacher believes that among all the coins of the past dynasties, "only the Qing Dynasty was the most refined and the most numerous. The chaos of the money laws and the complexity of the currency system were beyond the reach of all dynasties. The frequent foreign aggression and the vast amount of money used were beyond the reach of all dynasties." Although the vast abyss of Qing money has been collected vigorously, it is difficult to see all of it." Therefore, after collecting coins of all dynasties, he devoted himself to the collection and research of Qingquan. Since 1938, we have collected ancestral and maternal coins of the Qing Dynasty and other rare items, totaling 500 items. In order to achieve his goals, the husband was engraved with the title "Five Hundred Coin Rich Man". This seal has a long postscript that says: In my spare time, I visited the ancient springs of various dynasties, and they all have their own flaws, but the springs of the Qing Dynasty were so numerous that they were easy to identify. In the seventh month of Wuyin, there were as many as 500 large springs in the Qing Dynasty. Friends called me a rich man. And carved a seal saying: "Qingquan Hall". The teacher also once carved a seal of "The Deaf Old Man's Treasure is the First", with a postscript of Qijue saying: "The Sulou Snow Museum was so eager to search, the Qianlong artifact has not yet been collected. After being hidden by the Deaf Old Man, Xiaoping bowed his head in silence." The spring in which it is stored is engraved with the following inscriptions: "Record of Appreciating the Currency Treasures of the Qing Dynasty Banknotes", "Sacred Products", "Treasure Plays by the Deaf Man", "Possessed by the Deaf Man", "Treasures from Qingquan", "First "Rare" and "Tongshentang" are in total ten pieces. Mr. Zhou's deep love for the spring and the exquisiteness of the spring can be seen in the seal.
"Qing Qian Yi Lu" was written in 1956. It was added and deleted several times, and the manuscript was often changed. There are numerous traces of changes in the original manuscript. The book contains coins of the Later Dynasty, peasant uprisings in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, coins of the Southern Ming Dynasty, coins of the Qing Dynasty, coins of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, military pay silver cakes and currencies used by private businesses in this period, etc. They are all rubbings of real objects and are very precious. Among them Most coins are unknown to outsiders. For example, the gilt Xianfeng Yuanbao weighs two taels and is made of fine copper. The gold mouth in the center cannot be opened. Chexiang's heavy treasure is the money of the ten ancestors, which can be called the star and phoenix in the spring. Qixiang planned to change the reign name when Mu Zong came to the throne. He cast Qixiang Tongbao Xiaoping, and the treasure was regarded as the 12th grade. Later, it was changed to Tongzhi of Yuan Dynasty and the edict was destroyed. Therefore, the money was regarded as rare and expensive, and it was even more rare to be the money of the tenth ancestor. According to Mr. Ma Dingxiang, Mr. Zhou is the only one who has a circle on the Manchu Tianming Curtain. Exquisite extensions can be seen in this book. In addition, the book also contains a large coin written in Manchu cursive called Tiancongzhibao, which is also rare.
In terms of argumentation, this book also has many unique insights. For example, the minting time of Tianming coins in the Later Jin Dynasty is recorded as the first year of Tianming in relevant historical materials. After detailed research, Mr. Zhou believes that the time when Tianming coined money should be the sixth year of Tianming, and the location was in Liaoyang, not Hetuala (today's Yongling Commune, Xinbin County, Liaoning Province). Another example is the Manchu text "National Treasure Circulation", which is listed as Uighur money in "East Asia Money Chronicles", and the text cannot be read. The teacher believes that "the Uighur Kingdom minted coins in the second year of Emperor Suzong's reign in the Tang Dynasty. The copper was dark brown and the characters were blurred. Most of the coins were made after the Kaiyuan Tongbao system... Money from various countries in the Western Regions was mostly made of red copper, which was not refined and had sand in the flesh. , the sand is not flat, the characters are rough, the edges are bald, the traces are close to cursive script, and sometimes they look like cursive script, which has no beauty of the Central Plains. The money is made of red copper, the system is clear, the characters are regular, the outline is neat, and it is made of copper. In terms of melting method, it is the same as Tianming Tiancong money, and in terms of font and calligraphy, it is indeed Tiancong's time thing." He also used the "Dahai" inscription as evidence and determined that this coin was the auspicious coin that was cast during the founding of the Qing Dynasty in the early Qing Dynasty. This book was written with Mr. Zhou's energy and it can be said that it is well-intentioned. More than 50 kinds of Chinese and foreign documents can be found, including citations on coins, histories, annals, Quanpu, compilations, general examinations, etc. Mr. Xian made full use of his favorable conditions of living in the north for a long time, and worked hard on the coins of the Qing Dynasty, collecting and exchanging money without hesitation. Nine out of ten of the rubbings shown in the book were collected by my husband, and the others were given by fellow collectors.