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FROM A PRIVATE MASSACHUSETTS COLLECTION
AN IMPERIAL EDICT
Jiaqing Period (1796-1820)
Details
AN IMPERIAL EDICT
Jiaqing Period (1796-1820)
Handscroll, silk brocade
12 x 161 in. (30.5 x 409 cm.)
Dated fourteenth day, eighth month, twenty-second year of the Jiaqing reign (1817)
Jiaqing Period (1796-1820)
Handscroll, silk brocade
12 x 161 in. (30.5 x 409 cm.)
Dated fourteenth day, eighth month, twenty-second year of the Jiaqing reign (1817)
Further details
As a proclamation, this imperial edict first describes how the wise and benevolent emperors in the past ruled the state, as well as the governing philosophies of the current Emperor Jiaqing (r. 1796-1820). Then it states that since Ni Xiujiang has passed away, his hereditary title of nobility—Enqiwei—shall be inherited by Ni Jun, the great grandson of Ni Guozheng (the original recipient of the title). Ni Guozheng was the grandfather of the recently deceased Ni Xiujiang.
A native of Chengdu, Sichuan province, Ni Guozheng received his juren degree during the Kangxi reign (1661-1722). His biography can be found in the offcial History of the Qing Dynasty, in the section titled “Biographies of the Loyal Heroes.” It includes a brief account of how he received the title of nobility: In the sixth year of the Qianlong reign (1735-1796), Ni Guozhong was sent to quell a rebellion started by the Hmong people in Guangxi and was captured. Since he refused to surrender, he was brutally tortured to death. Emperor Qianlong declined his meals after he learned of Ni’s death and later awarded him the posthumous title of Enqiwei. This edict also recounts Ni Guozheng’s defiance against the Hmong rebels.
According to the owner, this edict was acquired at auction in New England in the 1990s.
A native of Chengdu, Sichuan province, Ni Guozheng received his juren degree during the Kangxi reign (1661-1722). His biography can be found in the offcial History of the Qing Dynasty, in the section titled “Biographies of the Loyal Heroes.” It includes a brief account of how he received the title of nobility: In the sixth year of the Qianlong reign (1735-1796), Ni Guozhong was sent to quell a rebellion started by the Hmong people in Guangxi and was captured. Since he refused to surrender, he was brutally tortured to death. Emperor Qianlong declined his meals after he learned of Ni’s death and later awarded him the posthumous title of Enqiwei. This edict also recounts Ni Guozheng’s defiance against the Hmong rebels.
According to the owner, this edict was acquired at auction in New England in the 1990s.