1. The Historical Origin of the Five Emperors’ Coins

The Five Emperors’ Coins are divided into the Big Five Emperors’ Coins and the Small Five Emperors’ Coins. The Big Five Emperors’ Coins consist of the Banliang Coins of the Qin Dynasty, the Wuzhu Coins of the Han Dynasty, the Kaiyuan Tongbao of the Tang Dynasty, the Songyuan Tongbao of the Song Dynasty, and the Yongle Tongbao of the Ming Dynasty. The Qin Banliang was the currency introduced by Qin Shihuang after he unified the six kingdoms. The coin diameter is generally 3.2-3.4 cm, weighing about 8 grams. The coin text is protruding and narrow, without inner and outer rims, and the back is flat. The Han Wuzhu Coin weighs five zhu and has been minted by multiple dynasties and regimes and more than 20 emperors. It was issued in the fifth year of Yuanshou in the Western Han Dynasty and abolished in the fourth year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty, which lasted for more than 700 years. The Tang Kaiyuan Tongbao was minted in the fourth year of Wude by Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty to rectify the chaotic currency management. The coin text was written by calligrapher Ouyang Xun. The diameter is eight fen and the weight is two zhu and four. The Song Yuan Tongbao is the founding coin of the Song Dynasty. The coin text imitates the eight-fen script and the shape imitates the Tang Kaiyuan. There are two types: copper and iron. Ming Yongle Tongbao was named and minted after the reign of Emperor Yongle. Under his rule, the Ming Dynasty prospered economically, which is known as the Yongle Golden Age.
The Small Five Emperors’ Coins refer to the copper coins minted during the Shunzhi, Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong and Jiaqing dynasties of the Qing Dynasty. Shunzhi Tongbao was the first type of coin officially minted after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs. In the early period, it retained the coin-making technology of the Ming Dynasty, and in the later period, it formed the coin-making style of the Qing Dynasty. The text on the face of Kangxi Tongbao was written in regular script, and the coin material was mostly bluish-white, and there were also red copper and brass coins. Yongzheng Tongbao was cast in brass, with excellent workmanship and standardized and neat coin text. Qianlong Tongbao was the circulating currency during the Qianlong period. It was widely believed that wearing it could ward off disasters and evil spirits, and the Manchu text on the back of the coin was relatively complicated. Jiaqing Tongbao was minted during the Jiaqing period of Emperor Renzong of the Qing Dynasty. The text on the face of the coin was written in regular script, and the Manchu text on the back of the coin was “Bao” on the left and the Manchu name of the minting bureau on the right.

2. Feng Shui of the Five Emperors’ Coins

(I) Feng Shui Implications

The Five Emperors’ Coins are round on the outside and square on the inside, symbolizing the roundness of the sky and the squareness of the earth. The outer circle represents the sky, the inner square represents the earth, and the emperor’s reign in the middle represents man, which is the combination of “heaven, earth and man”. In traditional culture, the Five Emperors’ Coins are considered to be a symbol of wealth and power, implying wealth and good fortune. The Five Emperors’ Coins are strong in nature and belong to the element of gold. The ancient coins have been played with, touched and circulated by thousands of people, integrating the popularity of thousands of families. The positive magnetic field contained in them is strong, and it has a strong effect of regulating the aura and dissolving the evil spirit, so it can turn bad luck into good luck and also has the function of increasing wealth.

(II) Methods to boost wealth

• For personal use: You can string a string of small Five Emperors’ coins in order and carry it with you, put it in your bag, hang it in your car or use it as a keychain, so as to gather wealth from all directions and bring in wealth from all four directions.
• For residential use: If you want to make a wealth position layout inside your home, you can hang the Eight Diagrams copper gourd Feng Shui Five Emperors’ coins in the bright wealth position and dark wealth position of your home. The bright wealth position is generally located on the left or right diagonal of the entrance. The dark wealth position is different for houses with different orientations. For example, for a Kan house (facing north and south), the fixed wealth position is in the southwest and due north of the house. By hanging the Five Emperors’ coins in the wealth position, you can boost the wealth and wealth of the home, gather wealth, enhance the influence of the family members, external relationships and interpersonal relationships, benefit the fortune of noble people, avoid the harm of villains, and promote the prosperity of both population and wealth.

(III) Residential Feng Shui to ward off evil

• Outdoor Evil Transformation: The evil energy outside usually comes from the main air intake points such as the entrance and windows. Common ones include Gun Evil, Reverse Bow Evil, White Tiger Evil, Opening Evil, Heavenly Slash Evil, and Passing Through the Hall Evil. The ancient coins of the Five Emperors can be arranged in a string according to the chronological order of the emperors, symmetrically hung on both sides of the inner door of the main entrance, which helps to dispel the evil energy from the outside and prevent the leakage of energy from the house, thus accumulating wealth and energy. The Five Emperors’ Money can also be used in conjunction with copper gourds. Taking copper gourds can collect evil and absorb qi, attract wealth and fortune, and bring prosperity to both the family and personal career. There are more negative energies outside the windows of residential buildings than outside the doors. Common ones include the reverse bow, road rush, thorn face, reflection, sky slash, white tiger, as well as the hanging needle or electromagnetic energies caused by the chimney or flagpole. Bagua copper gourd feng shui five emperor coins can be hung, and convex Bagua mirrors (reflecting negative energies), concave Bagua mirrors (collecting negative energies), peach wood gourds Shanhai Town (transforming negative energies in the town) can be hung together for stronger effects.
• Indoor transformation of evil energy: The main sources of indoor evil energy come from the bathroom, kitchen, interior doors, wall corners, beams pressing against the ceiling, and poor placement of the house. Simply hang the Five Emperors’ ancient coins at the corresponding location to dispel the evil energy.

(IV) Pay attention to the color thread weaving

The five elements correspond to the five colors. Eastern wood is cang, southern fire is red, central earth is yellow, western gold is white, and northern water is black. It is common to string the Five Emperors’ coins with red ropes, which means “refining gold with a subtle fire”; there are also five-colored ropes to string the Five Emperors’ coins, which have the meaning of various five elements; there are also yellow ropes, especially the Five Emperors’ coins woven with yellow silk, which are considered classics among the Five Emperors’ coins. The red rope tied to the copper coins is not “fire overcoming gold”, because the Five Emperors’ coins themselves have their own five elements attributes. Shunzhi belongs to the northern water, Kangxi belongs to the eastern wood, Yongzheng belongs to the central earth, Qianlong belongs to the western gold, and Jiaqing belongs to the southern fire.

3. How to place the Five Emperors’ coins

(I) Order and wearing method

The order of the Five Emperors’ Coins is Shunzhi, Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, and Jiaqing. When wearing the Five Emperors’ Coins, red rope is usually used. This is not only beautiful, but also in line with the Feng Shui. Prepare the things first. Select five copper coins of symmetrical size and similar color. The red rope can be made into a Chinese knot or a single red rope can be folded in half to 10 cm. The specific wearing method is as follows: first string the copper coin Jiaqing, then the copper coin Qianlong, pay attention to the threading position, and then thread the left thread into the hole of the copper coin Qianlong. And so on, first thread the lower thread, then the upper thread. Then thread the copper coin Yongzheng, copper coin Kangxi, and finally the copper coin Shunzhi. After adjustment, gently tie it and make a buckle. It is best to tie it with red cotton thread, because this kind of rope is very slippery and the buckle is easy to fall off.

(II) Placement in different scenes

• Placement in the house: There are many things to pay attention to when placing the Five Emperors’ coins at home. If you place them in the living room, if your home is in trouble due to improper decoration or poor design when building the house, you can place the Five Emperors’ coins at the entrance to block the evil spirits, play a role in calming the house, and avoid the bad effects of the evil spirits on your family. You can also place the Five Emperors’ coins under the doormat, which can not only bless peace, but also attract wealth and gather wealth. It can effectively eliminate the harm of evil spirits and resist the evil spirits outside the door from entering the house. In addition, if the Five Emperors’ coins are placed in the wealth position of the home, such as placing them according to the bathing position in the longevity formula of the twelve earthly branches (the peach blossom wife wealth position, representing another kind of wealth), or placing them according to the five elements of the earthly branches to determine the wealth position, it can boost the wealth and fortune of the house, gather energy and wealth, enhance the influence of the members of the house, and the external relationship and interpersonal relationships, which is beneficial to the fortune of nobles, avoid the harm of villains, and promote the prosperity of both population and wealth.
• Placement in the car: The main purpose of hanging the Five Emperors’ Coins on the car is to ensure the owner’s safe entry and exit, and to avoid being disturbed by evil spirits during driving, which would bring disaster to the owner. The Five Emperors’ Coins can be placed in a relatively high place in the car. Note that their direction should usually be arranged in a clockwise direction, which conforms to the principle of the mutual generation of the “Five Elements”. Having the Five Emperors’ Coins in the car can ensure the peaceful Feng Shui in the car, which is conducive to the owner’s travel. At the same time, if the car is driven outside for a long time, the external evil spirit will have an adverse effect on the driver and passengers. Hanging the cinnabar Five Emperors’ Coins can play a role in dissolving the evil spirit. Cinnabar has the property of pure yang and can absorb and eliminate the evil spirit, bring a stable and peaceful environment, reduce the tension of the driver and passengers, and reduce the occurrence of emergencies.
• Personal wear: If worn on the body, it will be helpful to the owner’s fortune, and can strengthen the owner’s fortune, using the Five Emperors’ Coins to attract and gather wealth. At the same time, it can also help the owner to avoid disasters and difficulties, mainly because the Five Emperors’ Coins have the Feng Shui effect of warding off evil spirits. The Five Emperors’ Coins can be strung together and hung on a necklace or belt. If you want to strengthen the effect, you can add a layer of red paper or red rope on the outside of the Five Emperors’ Coins. Red symbolizes auspiciousness and joy in Chinese culture. If you want to make money playing mahjong, you can put the Five Emperors’ Coins in your coat pocket, especially the Five Emperors’ Coins that have been opened and chanted by the monks in the temples with strong incense, so that they can play their true role, which can help people secretly attract wealth and make people often win cards at the card table, which is conducive to wealth.

4. The role of the Five Emperors’ coins

(I) The function of exorcising evil spirits

The Five Emperors’ Coins are believed to have a powerful function of exorcising evil spirits. In ancient times, copper coins were often used as items to exorcise evil spirits. The Five Emperors’ Coins, as coins minted by the five emperors of the Qing Dynasty during its heyday, brought together the spirit of harmony between heaven, earth and man, as well as the spirit of circulation of hundreds of schools of thought. Its outer round shape and inner square shape symbolize the roundness of the sky and the squareness of the earth, and the three elements of “heaven, earth and man” are present. It satisfies the mutual principles of the three elements of heaven, earth and man, obtains the essence of heaven, earth and man, and is blessed with the national destiny, and the three elements are harmonious. At the same time, the Five Emperors’ Coins are strong in nature and belong to the metal element. The ancient coins have been played with, touched and circulated by thousands of people, and the positive magnetic field contained in them is strong, which can effectively resist the harassment of evil spirits. For example, when some people feel that they are affected by bad auras such as being oppressed by ghosts, wearing the Five Emperors’ Coins can play a role in exorcising evil spirits; it can also transform the five yellow evil stars in the life palace, supplement the Yuan palace, and balance the five elements. It is especially suitable for those with weak “metal” attributes in the eight characters and five elements.

(II) Increase luck

The Five Emperors’ Coins can attract wealth and treasure. Men can put the Five Emperors’ Coins in the left pocket of their clothes, while women can put them in the right pocket. Following the natural law of “left for men and right for women”, the Five Emperors’ Coins can play a better role and improve personal fortune. Wearing the Five Emperors’ Coins on your body is equivalent to hanging them at home, which can bring good luck. You can string the Five Emperors’ Coins in order and carry a string with you, put it in your bag, hang it on your car, or use it as a keychain, so that you can gather wealth and attract wealth. At the same time, carrying the Five Emperors’ Coins with you is good for your extra income, and it has the effect of increasing luck and attracting wealth.

(III) Resolving Disasters

• Resolving the evil spirits in Yangzhai: In Yangzhai, the Five Emperors’ Coins are often used to resolve various evil spirits. For example, if the door faces the stairs, it is easy to form rising air when going up the stairs, which affects health and is easy to get injured; if it faces the elevator door, it means money comes and goes, which is not good for family luck; if the door is facing the corner of the wall, it means injury, car accident, bloody disaster; if it faces the road, it means loss of people, accidental blood, loss of money and official disputes, etc.; if it faces the reverse bow, it means loss of wealth and uneasy life; if it faces the arch, it means hard work, easy to attract peach blossoms, which is not good for marriage and family luck; if the toilet door faces the house, it means hidden diseases and urinary system defects; if it faces the kitchen door, it means car accident and bloody disaster; if it faces the room door, it means disputes; if it faces the dark ditch, it means money comes and goes and cannot be retained. For these situations, the Five Emperors’ Coins can be used to resolve them.
• Resolving the Five Yellow Stars and Tai Sui direction: Every year the Five Yellow Star will fly to a different location, so it is advisable to hang a string of Five Emperors coins in the Five Yellow Star direction to resolve the Five Yellow Stars in the house. The Tai Sui direction is different every year, so you can hang a string of Five Emperors coins in the Tai Sui direction of the house every year to resolve the Tai Sui direction’s impact.
• Resolving the opening evil: The front door of a house facing the elevator, parking lot, road, downward or upward stairs, etc. are all opening evil. It is advisable to hang a string of five emperors’ coins at the entrance to resolve it. Balconies and windows facing temples, corners of other houses, electric boxes, electric poles, iron towers, etc. are all very bad. It is advisable to hang a string of five emperors’ coins there to resolve it. There are many temples and altars in the city, where gods reside inside and souls gather outside. It is also advisable to hang it if you live next to them and feel uneasy.