Ch'ing Shêng-tsu, Emperor of China.
Reigned 1662-1722.


The Jade Book of the Emperor K'ang-hsi. In Chinese and Manchu. Beijing, 1661. This series of ten jade tablets records in Chinese and Manchu the presentation of the temple name of Shih-tsu and the imperial title Chang huang-ti to the emperor K'ang-hsi. Incised with blue and gold script, the plates are strung together with two cords. They are wrapped in a gold embroidered textile and housed in a wooden casket. The expensive, weighty, and permanent materials of this book and its container signal the importance of the Confucian text, a mixture of filial devotion, philosophy, and Theology.

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