RMB is the legal currency currently in circulation in my country. It includes RMB banknotes, RMB circulating metal coins, RMB circulating commemorative coins, and RMB precious metal commemorative coins. The currency unit of RMB is yuan, and the unit of minor currency is jiao and cent. However, the round characters on the RMB that have been withdrawn from my country and are currently in circulation have four different characters: _Yuan, but there are seven ways of writing: _Yuan, that is, traditional regular script, variant regular script: traditional Zhang Hei Nu Stele, traditional printed Song script , Simplified Zhang Hei Nu Monument, Simplified Printing Song Dynasty. Personally, I think:
The circles on the first, first, second and third sets of RMB are traditional Chinese characters. Since the first, second and third sets of RMB were designed and produced, the state had not yet clearly stipulated the promotion of the use of simplified characters. The round characters of the first set of RMB were written in regular script by Comrade Dong Biwu, then chairman of the North China People's Government and director of the North China Financial and Economic Affairs Office. Comrade Dong Biwu is not only senior and has a high position, he is also the direct leader of the establishment of the People's Bank of China and the issuance of RMB. He was well-read in poetry and books, and was very knowledgeable. Among the leaders of our party at that time, he had relatively high cultural knowledge and academic level. He was especially good at handwriting. His handwriting was "Liu style regular script", which was vigorous, rich, dignified, rigorous and handsome. Shu Yi, Mr. Dong's calligraphy is well-known in the liberated areas. therefore. All characters in the first set of people (except for the long and narrow version of the 1,000-yuan farmland coupon) were written by Mr. Dong. When he inscribed the first set of RMB, he wrote more than two characters of each character for the designers to select and use; The round characters that set the RMB were written in the "Zhang Hei Nu Monument" font by Mr. Ma Wenwei, a former counselor and researcher at the People's Bank of China. He is knowledgeable, proficient in business, and especially good at calligraphy. He referred to the Wei stele font, but the basic strokes are still a unique writing method of official script. In calligraphy, it is called the "Zhang Heinv stele" font. This font is vigorous and dignified, stretched and generous, self-contained and difficult to imitate. It is a masterpiece in Chinese calligraphy. ; The round character on the third set of RMB is written in the traditional Chinese character "Yuan" in Song style; starting from the fourth set of RMB, the simplified character "round" is used. In the design of all RMB characters, in accordance with the opinions of the National Character Reform Commission, the national character "Yuan" is used. The standard simplified Chinese characters stipulated in the "Chinese Character Simplification Plan" and the "General Chinese Character Font Table" promulgated. The fourth set of RMB still uses Mr. Ma Wenwei's font, but it is changed from traditional Chinese characters to standard simplified characters. The round characters on the fifth set of RMB use printed Song-style simplified characters.
2. The first set of RMB 20-yuan sailing train tickets and the 1,000-yuan cultivated land ticket (narrow version) do not have a seal underneath the word "贝" in the word "yuan". Commonly known as "open circle", it is a relatively rare variant of Chinese characters and is mostly used in various calligraphy fonts. It is recorded in the "Chinese Calligraphy Dictionary" (Hong Kong Edition) that it appeared in "Yungang An Ji" by Mi Fu, a great calligrapher of the Song Dynasty. This word also appears on the Macau banknotes issued by Bank Atlantic in Macau, my country.
3. The Yuan character is a traditional Chinese character in Chinese writing. It has a variety of uses and contains a variety of meanings. In modern Chinese Dictionary, Cihai and other classics, it has other uses besides annotation. , the annotation is the currency unit, which agrees with the yuan in currency and can be used interchangeably. Therefore, the third set of RMB circulating metal coins (commonly known as Sanhua coins) issued on June 1, 1992 uses "yuan" as the currency unit; there are also quite a few types of RMB circulating commemorative coins that use "yuan" as the currency unit; "Yuan" is used as the currency unit on all RMB precious metal commemorative coins.
To sum up, we can see the changes in the use of the word "yuan" on the RMB and the simultaneous use of the two characters "yuan" and "yuan". Starting from the fourth set of RMB, the Chinese characters were written as "yuan" or "yuan" according to the unified standard. However, the current use of the word "yuan" on the RMB is still questionable. If we follow the dictionary annotations and daily life thinking habits and understandings, we can think that this "circle" is the other "yuan", with the same usage, the same meaning and can be used interchangeably. However, the author believes that the word "yuan" in RMB should not and cannot be used as the monetary unit of RMB, and it is an improper use. On April 4, 1910, the Qing government promulgated the rules for the silver standard currency system, formulated a relatively complete modern currency system, and established a currency system with "yuan" as the currency unit and decimals for circles, angles, cents, and cents. It has been used to this day. According to Article 16 of the "Law of the People's Bank of China" promulgated in 1995: "The unit of RMB is yuan, and the auxiliary currency of RMB is jiao and cents."
Article 4 of the "RMB Management Regulations of the People's Republic of China" that was implemented on May 1, 2005 stipulates: "The unit of RMB is yuan, and the units of RMB auxiliary currencies are jiao and cents. 1 yuan is equal to 10 jiao, and 1 jiao is equal to 10 cents. . RMB shall be paid according to its face value”. It clearly stipulates and requires the monetary unit of RMB from a legal perspective. That is to say, "yuan" is the legal and standard currency unit of RMB. The circle has expressed and has expressed the currency unit, which refers to history; the circle has been used as a currency unit for a long time in our coins, and people are more familiar with it; the round character on the RMB note is more beautiful and popular than the yuan character, which is related to people The time we spend together is long and the time in contact is long. It is inappropriate for the country's legal currency to have two currency unit characters appearing at the same time. Although it does not affect the legal status of the RMB in our country, it does not affect the issuance and circulation of the RMB in our country, and it does not affect the people's trust and love for the RMB. But I think "yuan" is the legal currency unit of RMB.