Email this article The Imperial Patent of the Kangxi Period in the Collection of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Authors: Pang T.A.1
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- Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: Vol 4, No 1 (2018)
- Pages: 88-95
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://ogarev-online.ru/2410-0145/article/view/35150
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/wmo35150
- ID: 35150
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The article presents publication of the earliest imperial patent kept in the Manchu collection of the IOM, RAS. The patent is dated by the 55th year of Kangxi (1716) and was conferred to the member of the imperial family. That fact explains unusual decoration of the scroll - a hand painted frame with dargons. The patent was given to Urcen, a son of the Manchu dignitary Sunu, devoted associate of the emperor Kangxi. Sunu was known as one of the highest Manchu officials who adopted Christianity, and his sons were also baptized. The patent conferred Urcen a title “general of the third grade, who protects the state” and the text was written in Manchu and Chinese.
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Tatiana A. Pang
Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences
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Email: ptatiana@inbox.ru
SPIN-code: 2391-5233
Russian Federation
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