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#1 2010-01-11 16:47:06

dust
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Hanko

I just got this jixie stone seal form Beijing..

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj273/projectdust/seal5.jpg

I wonder if any of you knowledgeable people out there know what it says...  smile


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John.


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#2 2010-01-11 21:30:27

edosan
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Re: Hanko

dust wrote:

I wonder if any of you knowledgeable people out there know what it says...  smile

It says: "Beware! This is a very tricky maze."


Zen is not easy.
It takes effort to attain nothingness.
And then what do you have?
Bupkes.

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#3 2010-01-12 12:41:36

chikuzen
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Re: Hanko

I think you take a right, then the 2nd left, two more rights, another left,  turn around three times, now start over.


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#4 2010-01-12 12:46:03

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Re: Hanko

ah, finally you surface


"Turn like a wheel inside a wheel."

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#5 2010-01-12 22:10:36

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Re: Hanko

dust wrote:

I just got this jixie stone seal form Beijing.. I wonder if any of you knowledgeable people out there know what it says...  smile

First, it's up-side-down. It's also very difficult to figure out. I guess the character in the upper-left (bottom-right in the original) is 君 (gentleman / official). My native Chinese-speaking roommate thinks it's 居 (live / reside). We can't make heads or tails of the rest, though. Your best bet is to take it to a store which makes chops.

Zak


塵も積もれば山となる -- "Chiri mo tsumoreba yama to naru." -- Piled-up specks of dust become a mountain.

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#6 2010-01-13 01:55:25

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Re: Hanko

I agree with Zak... this is difficult to read and is certainly beyond my skill level.


Ah, the ancient pond.
A frog makes the plunge;
The sound of water.

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#7 2010-01-13 10:28:02

edosan
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Re: Hanko

Zakarius wrote:

First, it's up-side-down.

Zak

Aren't they ALL upside down, more or less.....  smile


Zen is not easy.
It takes effort to attain nothingness.
And then what do you have?
Bupkes.

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#8 2010-01-14 00:14:13

chikuzen
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Re: Hanko

Is the world round?


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#9 2010-01-14 01:15:47

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Re: Hanko

chikuzen wrote:

Is the world round?

These guys say "no" : http://www.alaska.net/~clund/e_djublons … ociety.htm


"Now birds record new harmonie, And trees do whistle melodies;
Now everything that nature breeds, Doth clad itself in pleasant weeds."
~ Thomas Watson - England's Helicon ca 1580

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#10 2010-01-15 09:03:16

dust
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Re: Hanko

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj273/projectdust/ss/blank.gif

.................................
the world is round
the earth is flat
the seal's a maze
.................................




Thanks guys..  smile


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#11 2010-01-15 09:07:36

dust
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Re: Hanko

Zak wrote:

First, it's up-side-down. It's also very difficult to figure out. I guess the character in the upper-left (bottom-right in the original) is 君 (gentleman / official). My native Chinese-speaking roommate thinks it's 居 (live / reside). We can't make heads or tails of the rest, though. Your best bet is to take it to a store which makes chops

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj273/projectdust/ss/blank.gif

Hi Zak, thanks for your efforts... I'll see if I can find a store. I guess it should look like this...

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj273/projectdust/seal6.jpg


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#12 2010-01-15 09:21:40

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Re: Hanko

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koreshanity

These guys felt that the world was round, but that we all lived inside of it rather than on the surface.  Somebody read a little too much H.G. Wells.  Like every other crack pot, they ended up in this section of FL.  What is mind boggling is that so many of them were highly intelligent, highly skilled artisans, technicians, and over all well educated individuals.  I guess folks will buy anything that someone is selling, as long as that someone says he is a messiah.


"Turn like a wheel inside a wheel."

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#13 2010-01-15 09:22:46

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Re: Hanko

Or is that maze-iah?


"Turn like a wheel inside a wheel."

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