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From:1925 April 29, Lu Xun, Jottings under the Lamplight《燈下漫筆》, translation based on Theodore Huters’s version
Yǒu yīshí, jiùshì Mínguó èr sān nián shíhòu, Běijīng de jǐge guójiāyínxíng de chāopiào, xìnyòng rì jiàn qí hǎo le, zhēn suǒwèi zhēngzhēngrìshàng. Tīngshuō lián yīxiàng zhímí yú xiànyín de xiāngxiàrén, yě zhīdào zhè jì biàndāng, yòu kěkào, hěn lèyì shōushòu, xíngshǐ le.
There was a time in 1913 or 1914 when the credit-worthiness of the banknotes of a number of national banks in Beijing was growing day by day; it can truly be said to have been soaring by the day. I’ve heard that even country folk who had always been obsessed with silver realized that banknotes were not only convenient but reliable and were thus quite happy to accept them and keep them in circulation.