calibre2001 Posted January 31, 2017 at 09:38 AM Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 at 09:38 AM Not sure if I'm reading the date in this picture correctly. The words in the picture are: 咸豐鼎元辛亥葭月 通家第林用(昌鳥)謹撰 咸豐- This indicates the time period of the reign of Emperor XianFeng of Qing dynasty (1850-1862) 鼎元- No idea what indicates ( a rank of some sort?) 辛亥- This corresponds to 1851 in the Gregorian calendar 葭月- The 11th month of the year (lunar calendar) I guess its around December 1851 - January 1852. Anyone knows what 鼎元 indicates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stapler Posted January 31, 2017 at 09:46 AM Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 at 09:46 AM According to a quick Google search its a term to describe someone who came in the top 3 of the imperial exam. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calibre2001 Posted January 31, 2017 at 09:48 AM Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 at 09:48 AM Ok but what is its relevance to the date? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stapler Posted January 31, 2017 at 09:51 AM Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 at 09:51 AM The date of the imperial exam? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
陳德聰 Posted January 31, 2017 at 03:47 PM Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 at 03:47 PM 5 hours ago, calibre2001 said: Ok but what is its relevance to the date? Literally none? The time period is named after a person, and the person got a badass score on the exam. Also see 咸豐狀元 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollys Posted February 1, 2017 at 10:31 AM Report Share Posted February 1, 2017 at 10:31 AM Perhaps you're asking the wrong question... The exam rank may not be relevant to the date, but the date is relevant to the exam rank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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