100 Yuan Four Beauties of Ancient China - Xi Shi

100 Yuan (Four Beauties of Ancient China - Xi Shi) - obverse100 Yuan (Four Beauties of Ancient China - Xi Shi) - reverse

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Features

Location People's Republic of China
Period People's Republic (1949-date)
Type Paper exonumia › Fantasy banknote
Year 2019
Value 100 Yuan
Size 155 × 75 mm
Shape Rectangular
Number
N#
347372

Series: Four Beauties of Ancient China

Obverse

Chinese characters at the top.
Artistic representation of Xi Shi in the middle.
Serial number and 100 at the bottom.

Script: Chinese (simplified)

Lettering:
四大美女
中国古代四大美女,即西施、杨昭君、貂蝉、杨玉环。四大美女享有"沉鱼落雁之容,闭月羞花之貌"的美誉。
西施浣纱

Reverse

Chinese characters with leaves.
100 at the bottom right.

Script: Chinese (simplified)

Lettering:
艳色天下重,西施宁久微。
朝为越溪女,暮作吴宫妃。
贱日岂殊众,贵来方悟稀。
邀人傅脂粉,不自著罗衣。
君宠益娇态,君怜无是非。
当时浣纱伴,莫得同车归。
持谢邻家子,效颦安可希。

Comments

Xi Shi legendary figure is one of the four beauties of ancient China. She lived at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, a time called the Warring States Period because many kingdoms were at war there.

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