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English: Gui (桂) refers to a plant known as the “cassia” and zi (子) refers to “seeds”. The Traditional Chinese character Lan (蘭) is the “orchid” and the character sun (孫) here means “grandson”. These are all homophonic puns in the Mandarin Chinese language.

The word for cassia (gui 桂) shares the same pronunciation as “honorable” (gui 贵). And, “seeds” (zi 子) can also mean “sons” (zi 子).

Therefore, “cassia seeds” sounds the same as “honorable sons”. The cassia also symbolizes success in the imperial examination system.
Date The Manchu Qing Dynasty period (1644-1911).
Source “The Oriental Collection” (dongfang shoucang 东方收藏).
Author Unknown authorship during the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

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Gui (桂) refers to a plant known as the “cassia” and zi (子) refers to “seeds”. Lan (蘭) is the “orchid” and sun (孫) means “grandson”. These are all homophonic puns in the Mandarin Chinese language.

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