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16th February 2020, 10:38 PM
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So the second picture down with the black lacquer and the two characters says "Da Qing", (i.e. "The Great Qing"). The two characters in the picture above that should give the emperor's name. Could it be Tongzhi? The inlay work has me stumped.
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17th February 2020, 12:20 AM
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17th February 2020, 05:05 AM
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I am impressed.
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17th February 2020, 12:56 PM
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Decrypted the first character, that's what I got 邠州 Binzhou (the name of the county located in the western part of Shaanxi Province, in 1913 renamed Binxian County 邠 县)
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17th February 2020, 05:17 PM
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Impressed even more.
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17th February 2020, 06:03 PM
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Such exercises are better prevention of dementia than solving crosswords
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17th February 2020, 06:52 PM
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Because I do not know Chinese, I am forced to limit my defences to NYT mini crosswords:-(((
Dementia looms.... |
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22nd February 2020, 11:07 PM
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大清道光卜 "Da Qing Dao Guang bu" - "The Great Qing Dynasty Emperor Tao Guang granted [this sword]" ("Dao Guang" reign period 1821-1850). |
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23rd February 2020, 11:31 AM
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我不懂中文
(Wǒ bù dǒng zhōngwén) Nice to have someone here who can. |
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23rd February 2020, 11:37 AM
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谢谢! xièxie! Thank you!
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23rd February 2020, 07:07 PM
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Thank you all so much! A dated Chinese saber from a specific region is wonderful to find. I have been looking at it for years, and finally got around to posting it.
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24th February 2020, 07:47 AM
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The work is not finished
It remains to decipher the two characters from the square stamp.Perhaps this will be curious. While translating, I learned that in 1795 Binzhou County received a special management status from the Emperor. He reported directly to the governor of Shaanxi Province, bypassing the entire complex provincial hierarchy of government. It seems that this district was important, because this rule was valid until 1913. |
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24th February 2020, 01:12 PM
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How about a picture of the entire sword?
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