Like 318, I can make out something that says '37' (3 characters) but my Chinese reading ability is limited to modern Traditional Chinese as used in Hong Kong and Taiwan. I do have some colleagues who teach Chinese history and had formal training so I could see if they could read it.
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Michael
Nos morituri te salutant - Supposed saying of the gladiators to the emperor ('We, who are about to die, salute you.')
'We are the lantern bearers, my friend; for us to keep something burning, to carry what light we can forward into the darkness and the wind' - From Rosemary Sutcliff's The Lantern Bearers
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