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This mirror bears an important inscription as well as symbolic imagery of the Eight Trigrams and Heaven and Earth to express the ancient Chinese cosmological ideas. The inscription reads: <br>Circle above and square below: <br>These are symbolic of heaven and earth. <br>In the middle are the Eight Trigrams. <br>Making clear [the forces of] yin and yang. <br>Stars and constellations are well aligned; <br>The sun and the moon are virtuous and bright. <br>Circulating around [the earth] is water, <br>Giving identity to the Four Great Rivers. <br>Within are the mountain ranges, <br>To signify the lordly heights.</div>
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