<p>臨兵闘者皆陣列前行</p>
<p>Each word carries profound meanings in Daoism an Buddhism, not really related to its regular usage.</p>
<p>It's attested as early as 東晉葛洪(283AD－343AD)《抱朴子》, which is a classic of Daoism.</p>
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<p>臨兵闘者，皆陣列前行。凡九字，常當密祝之，無所不辟。</p>
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<p>That is regularly saying the 9 words can expel any evil.</p>

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2023-02-11T10:31:06.100Z
I'm impressed, thank you for such detailed answer!
Boris the Spider
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2023-02-10T23:14:22.930Z
2023-02-10T23:14:22.930Z
lilysirius
<p>I've ordered this item on famous chinese marketplace and now wondering what it actually means :) seller describe these characters as a 'mantra'.
Google Translate and Papago extracted characters in some glibberish way, imho (pics attached) or it's kind of prank from a seller, ha!
Btw, on the other side of this pendant are Eight Trigrams around Yin Yang symbol.
Thanks!
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/qT8B9.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/qT8B9.png" alt="original" /></a>
[<img src="https://i.sstatic.net/R9jEQ.png" alt="kinda translated" /><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/R9jEQ.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">2</a></p>

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2023-02-10T23:06:13.803Z
it is not gibberish, but is seal script-- I personally am not super good at it and a computer will 100% fail
zagrycha
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2023-02-11T10:39:29.567Z
Didn't know about that, thank to you too!
Boris the Spider
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What's on this pendant?
# What's on this pendant?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-02-10)

I've ordered this item on famous chinese marketplace and now wondering what it actually means :) seller describe these characters as a 'mantra'.
Google Translate and Papago extracted characters in some glibberish way, imho (pics attached) or it's kind of prank from a seller, ha!
Btw, on the other side of this pendant are Eight Trigrams around Yin Yang symbol.
Thanks!
[![original](https://i.sstatic.net/qT8B9.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/qT8B9.png)
[![kinda translated](https://i.sstatic.net/R9jEQ.png)[2](https://i.sstatic.net/R9jEQ.png)

**Tags:** translation, meaning

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: it is not gibberish, but is seal script-- I personally am not super good at it and a computer will 100% fail  
> **username_0**: Didn't know about that, thank to you too!  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2023-02-10. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

臨兵闘者皆陣列前行

Each word carries profound meanings in Daoism an Buddhism, not really related to its regular usage.

It's attested as early as 東晉葛洪(283AD－343AD)《抱朴子》, which is a classic of Daoism.

> 臨兵闘者，皆陣列前行。凡九字，常當密祝之，無所不辟。

That is regularly saying the 9 words can expel any evil.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I'm impressed, thank you for such detailed answer!  

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