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Auction: CSS92C - THE PRESTIGIOUS ACADEMIC REFERENCE COLLECTION OF THE LATE DR. WERNER BURGER - Part 3: Chinese Charms
Lot: 2333

China: Qing Dynasty (1644-1911 CE), coin-like charm with square hole, lead alloy, obverse inscribed 'Wu tong zhi bao', reverse inscribed Bagua signs, 51*2.6mm, 38.2g. Note: 'Wu tong' is a Buddhist term referring to the Five Psychic Powers: the psychic power of the heavenly eye, the psychic power of the heavenly ear, the psychic power with regard to post lives, the psychic power with regard to the minds, and the spiritually based psychic powers. Its co-occurrence with the Bagua on the reverse is typical of Chinese folk belief found on charms but, at the same time, we note that Wu tong is also a Taoist term that refers to five similar psychic powers.


五通之寶背八卦花錢，鉛錫合金，清朝（公元1644–1911），51*2.6mm，重38.2g。極少。另：佛道均言五通。佛家五通指：天眼通︰又名天眼智證通或天眼智通，謂超越肉眼的所有障礙，可見常人所不能見者；天耳通︰又名天耳智證通或天耳智通，謂超越肉耳的所有障礙，可聽聞常人所不能聽到的音聲；他心通︰又名他心智證通、他心智通或知他心通，謂可洞悉他人之心念；宿命通︰又名宿住隨念智證通、宿住智通或識宿命通，謂能知曉自他過去之事；身如意通︰又名神境智證通、神境通、神足通、如意通、神通或身通，謂可點石成金、變火成水、飛行自在、變現自在的能力。道家五通指：道通︰指證悟中道之理後能起大用，於無心中應物、化萬有，猶如影像、水月、空華之無定體；神通︰指靜心觀照萬物，記持宿命，種種分別均隨定力；依通︰指依憑法術、自在為事，如神仙之有靈異術；報通︰指由果報而有的通力，如能預知鬼神事，變化諸天形，了知中陰有情託生之處，並能隱變神龍；妖通︰指老狐狸、木石等精靈可依附人神。《宗鏡錄》卷十五云︰“何為五種通？一曰道通，二曰神通，三曰依通，四曰報通，五曰妖通。妖通者，狐狸老變木石精化，附傍人神，聰慧奇異，此謂妖通。何謂報通？鬼神逆知，諸天變化，中陰了生，神龍隱變，此謂報通。何謂依通？約法而知，緣身而用，乘符往來，藥餌靈變，此謂依通。何謂神通？靜心照物，宿命記持，種種分別皆隨定力，此謂神通。何謂道通？無心應物，緣化萬有，水月空華，影像無主，此謂道通。”

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