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Manuscript/Mixed Material Da Qing Shi zu zhang huang di sheng xun. Juan 4, 5, 6. 大清世祖章皇帝聖訓. / Qing Shi zu zheng huang di sheng xun

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Title

  • Da Qing Shi zu zhang huang di sheng xun. Juan 4, 5, 6.

Other Title

  • 大清世祖章皇帝聖訓.
  • Qing Shi zu zheng huang di sheng xun

Summary

  • After the ascendancy of Emperor Kangxi (reigned 1662-1722), senior officials were ordered to compile a work of selected injunctions by the previous emperor, Shunzhi (1638-61, reigned 1644-61). It was customary to compile selected public promulgations and important imperial edicts into sheng xun (imperial injunctions). The compilation of this handwritten work began in 1665 and was finished in the 26th year of the Kangxi reign (1687) by the imperial order of Kangxi. The original copy contained six juan, with the imperial injunctions divided into 32 headings in 113 entries. The topics covered included managing finances, assisting the populace, providing aid relief, sacrificial rites, worship of ancestors, rewarding loyalty and chastity, and so forth. Of the original six juan, this fragmented copy has only juan 4, 5, and 6, which include excerpts from sources already contained in collected statutes, called Hui dian. These are archival materials of encyclopedic nature, recording an emperor's edicts, decrees, and speeches; they thus have considerable historical value. The printed version of this work was published in 1739 under Emperor Qianlong (reigned 1735-96). There are differences between the handwritten and the printed versions. World Digital Library.
  • Manuscript compiled by the Kangxi Emperor and published in the Forbidden City in 1687; originally included six chapters, of which only three remain.

Names

  • Kangxi, Emperor of China, 1654-1722.
  • China. Nei fu.
  • Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress).

Created / Published

  • [China] : Nei fu, Qing Kangxi 26 nian, 1687.

Notes

  • -  In case.
  • -  Ms.
  • -  Also available in digital form.
  • -  九行十八字, Nine lines, with eighteen characters per line.
  • -  殘存三卷.
  • -  清康熙二十六年聖祖仁皇帝編。全書凡六卷，三十二門，百十三則，此僅存卷四至卷六。按是書至乾隆四年始刊行，持與刻本相校，間有三數字之異同，蓋又為付梓時所改正者。全書凡六卷，殘存三卷。清代刊印二次（乾隆、光緖）.

Medium

  • 3 v.

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2012402192

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Chicago citation style:

Kangxi, Emperor Of China, China. Nei Fu, and Chinese Rare Book Collection. Da Qing Shi zu zhang huang di sheng xun. Juan 4, 5, 6. [China: Nei fu, Qing Kangxi 26 nian, 1687] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012402192/.

APA citation style:

Kangxi, E. O. C., China. Nei Fu & Chinese Rare Book Collection. (1687) Da Qing Shi zu zhang huang di sheng xun. Juan 4, 5, 6. [China: Nei fu, Qing Kangxi 26 nian] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2012402192/.

MLA citation style:

Kangxi, Emperor Of China, China. Nei Fu, and Chinese Rare Book Collection. Da Qing Shi zu zhang huang di sheng xun. Juan 4, 5, 6. [China: Nei fu, Qing Kangxi 26 nian, 1687] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2012402192/>.