Editing Liubo (section)

===Mirrors===
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[[File:British Museum Han TLV Mirror.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Han dynasty bronze mirror with TLV pattern]]
The pattern found on the surface of Liubo boards is also found on the most common type of Han dynasty bronze mirror, known from their distinctive markings as [[TLV mirrors]]. There is some debate over whether the Liubo pattern on these mirrors was simply decorative, or whether it had a ritual significance, or whether perhaps the mirrors doubled as portable Liubo game boards. Zhou Zheng has pointed out that one TLV mirror dating to the reign of [[Wang Mang]] (9–23) has an inscription that includes the words "Carved with a Liubo board pattern to dispel misfortune" (刻具博局去[祛]不羊[祥]), which suggests that the main purpose of the Liubo pattern on mirrors was ritual, and that the pattern had a special significance beyond game-playing.<ref>{{cite journal | author=周铮 (Zhou Zheng) | script-title=zh:"规矩镜"应改称"博局镜" |trans-title="Geometric mirrors" should be called "Liubo pattern mirrors" | journal=考古 (Archeology) | volume=1987 | issue=12 | pages=1116–1118 | language=zh}}</ref>