纪年

Empire Dating

The mathematical discrepancy in this is accounted for by the fact that the first year is included in the elapsed time.

Most struck Chinese banknotes are dated by year within a given period, such as the regional eras or the republican periods. A 1907 issue, for example, would be dated in the 33rd year of the Kuang Hsu era (1875 + 33 - 1 = 1907).

Cyclical Dating

Another method of dating is a 60-year, repeating cycle, outlined in the table below. The date is shown by the combination of two characters, the first from the top row and the second from the column at left, in this catalog, when a cyclical date is used, the abbreviation CD appears before the AD date.

Cyclical Dating
庚辛壬癸甲乙丙丁戊己
戌1850
1910
1862
1922
1874
1934
1886
1946
1838
1898
亥1851
1911
1863
1923
1875
1935
1887
1947
1839
1899
子1840
1900
1852
1912
1864
1924
1876
1936
1888
1948
丑1841
1901
1853
1913
1865
1925
1877
1937
1889
1949
寅1830
1890
1842
1902
1854
1914
1866
1926
1878
1938
卯1831
1891
1843
1903
1855
1915
1867
1927
1879
1939
辰1880
1940
1832
1892
1844
1904
1856
1916
1868
1928
巳1881
1941
1833
1893
1845
1905
1857
1917
1869
1929
午1870
1930
1882
1942
1834
1894
1846
1906
1858
1918
未1871
1931
1883
1943
1835
1895
1847
1907
1859
1919
申1860
1920
1872
1932
1884
1944
1836
1896
1848
1908
酉1861
1921
1873
1933
1885
1945
1837
1897
1849
1909

This chart has been adopted from Chinese Banknotes by Ward Smith and Brian Matravers. Calligraphy by Marian C. Smith.

Republic Dating

A modern note of 1926 issue is dated in the 15th year of the Republic (1912 + 15 - 1 = 1926).

The mathematical discrepancy again is accounted for by the fact that the first year is included in the elapsed time.

Years of the Republic
YearChineseADYearChineseADYearChineseADYearChineseAD
1一191211一十192221一十二193231一十三1942
2二191312二十192322二十二193332二十三1943
3三191413三十192423三十二193433三十三1944
4四191514四十192524四十二193534四十三1945
5五191615五十192625五十二193635五十三1946
6六191716六十192726六十二193736六十三1947
7七191817七十192827七十二193837七十三1948
8八191918八十192928八十二193938八十三1949
9九192019九十193029九十二194039九十三1950
10十192120十二193130十三194140十四1951

NOTE: Chinese dates are normally read from right to left, except for the modern issues of the People's Republic of China from 1953 where the Western date is read from left to right.

帝制纪年

上述计算看似存在一年的差异,是因为计算经过的年数时,将第一年也包含在内。

大多数中国纸币以某一时期内的年次标示日期,例如某个年号或民国纪年。以1907年发行的纸币为例,其日期为光绪三十三年(1875+33-1=1907)。

干支纪年

另一种纪年方法是以六十年为一个重复周期的干支纪年法,如下表所示。日期由两个汉字组合而成:第一个字取自表格顶行,第二个字取自左侧一列。本目录采用干支纪年时,会在公元年份之前加上缩写 CD。

干支纪年对照表
庚辛壬癸甲乙丙丁戊己
戌1850
1910
1862
1922
1874
1934
1886
1946
1838
1898
亥1851
1911
1863
1923
1875
1935
1887
1947
1839
1899
子1840
1900
1852
1912
1864
1924
1876
1936
1888
1948
丑1841
1901
1853
1913
1865
1925
1877
1937
1889
1949
寅1830
1890
1842
1902
1854
1914
1866
1926
1878
1938
卯1831
1891
1843
1903
1855
1915
1867
1927
1879
1939
辰1880
1940
1832
1892
1844
1904
1856
1916
1868
1928
巳1881
1941
1833
1893
1845
1905
1857
1917
1869
1929
午1870
1930
1882
1942
1834
1894
1846
1906
1858
1918
未1871
1931
1883
1943
1835
1895
1847
1907
1859
1919
申1860
1920
1872
1932
1884
1944
1836
1896
1848
1908
酉1861
1921
1873
1933
1885
1945
1837
1897
1849
1909

本表据 Ward Smith 与 Brian Matravers 合著的《中国纸币》编制。书法由 Marian C. Smith 书写。

民国纪年

1926年发行的近代纸币,标示为民国十五年(1912+15-1=1926)。

这里计算看似存在一年的差异,同样是因为计算经过的年数时,将第一年也包含在内。

民国纪年对照表
民国年原文公元民国年原文公元民国年原文公元民国年原文公元
1一191211一十192221一十二193231一十三1942
2二191312二十192322二十二193332二十三1943
3三191413三十192423三十二193433三十三1944
4四191514四十192524四十二193534四十三1945
5五191615五十192625五十二193635五十三1946
6六191716六十192726六十二193736六十三1947
7七191817七十192827七十二193837七十三1948
8八191918八十192928八十二193938八十三1949
9九192019九十193029九十二194039九十三1950
10十192120十二193130十三194140十四1951

注:中国的日期通常从右向左读;但中华人民共和国自1953年起发行的现代纸币,其公元日期则从左向右读。