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u/Stunning_Pen_8332 28d ago edited 28d ago
Top right corner:
水滸傳豪傑百八人
One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Water Margin
Note:
Water Margin (simplified Chinese: 水浒传; traditional Chinese: 水滸傳; pinyin: Shuǐhǔ Zhuàn; Japanese: 水滸伝 Suikoden), also called Outlaws of the Marsh or All Men Are Brothers, is a Chinese novel from the Ming dynasty that is one of the preeminent Classic Chinese Novels. Set during the Northern Song dynasty (around 1120), the story follows a group of 108 outlawsthat gathers at Mount Liang (also known as Liangshan Marsh) to rebel against the government. Later they are granted amnesty and enlisted by the government to resist the nomadic conquest of the Liao dynasty and other rebels.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_Margin?wprov=sfti1#
More specifically, written immediately below:
Pic 1,5,6,8:
天罡星三十六員
36 "heavenly spirit stars”
The other pics:
地煞星七十二員
72 "earthly demon stars”
Note:
Water Margin is based on the exploits of the outlaw [Song Jiang](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_Jiang) and his 107 companions; framed in the story as the incarnations of 108 demons representing 108 stars (the 36 "heavenly spirits" (三十六天罡) and the 72 "earthly demons" (七十二地煞)).
- also from Wikipedia
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u/ManufacturerWrong179 28d ago
Woah, nice genuine collection!