Fusheng coins are also called Yasheng coins. The term "yasheng" refers to "using curses to subdue a person," f…
Fusheng coins are also called Yasheng coins. The term "yasheng" refers to "using curses to subdue a person," first seen in the Book of Han, Biography of Wang Mang: "In the eighth month of that year, Mang personally went to the southern suburb and cast a Weidou. The Weidou was made of five-mineral copper, resembling the Northern Dipper, two chi five cun long, intended to suppress and overpower all military forces." The Book of Later Han, Biography of Prince Qing of Qinghe also records: "Therefore, they falsely accused him of intending to practice gu sorcery and curses, using rabbits as a yasheng technique." Yasheng refers to the methods used by occultists, employing incantations and symbolic objects to help those who sought their aid curse enemies, pray to spirits and ghosts, and subdue the cursed. Yasheng coins are objects made by people based on the original meaning of the yasheng method, resembling circulating currency in form, created to ward off evil, pray for blessings, worn or kept for enjoyment, to subdue evil spirits and pray for good fortune.