• Daicing Gurun-i G’aodzung Yongkiyangga Hūwangdi-i da hergin-i bithe (Annals of Emperor Qianlong, Gaozong, of the Great Qing Dynasty)
  
  

Contributor:

• Qianlong, Emperor of China, 1711-1799
• 乾隆, Emperor of China, 1711-1799

Publisher:

• [北京] : [内府], [清, between 1796 and 1820]
• [Beijing] : [内府], [Qing, between 1796 and 1820]

Edition:

• Xie ben, xian zhuang.
• 寫本, 綫裝.

Extent:

• 8 volumes ; 38 cm

Format:

• Manuscript
• Book

Description:

• In 2 cases.
• Library has: 第七 [函] 23-26[冊]; 第二[函]，3-6卷[冊].
• Formerly Garrett Deposit 1490 and Garrett Deposit 1491.
• Case 1, 32101113770497, Jai dobton (han 2nd): Ilaci debtelin (3rd vol), Duici 4th, Sunjaci 5th, Ningguci 6th. with tie. Bought Feb. 1906. "Other two still in Baltimore." -- Case 2, 32101 113770489 (deposit 1491, or 1491a), Nadaci Dobton (han 7th): Orin ningguci debtelin (26th vol), Orin Ilaci 23rd, Orin Sunjaci 25th, Orin Duici 24th.
• 明黃色函套外有龍圖案包布.

Binding note:

• One case with yellow silk tie.
• Yellow silk.

Subject:

• China—History—Qianlong, 1736-1795—Sources
• Qianlong Emperor of China 1711-1799
• Manuscripts, Manchu
• Shi bu—Bian nian lei—Duan dai
• 史部—編年類—斷代.

Edm rights:

• Copyright Not Evaluated

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/99126142869806421

Curator's notes:

• Manchu
  Beijing, 19th century?, paper

  When the Manchus established the Qing dynasty in 1644, they took over the elaborate Chinese court documentary structure. Some of this was written in Manchu, to keep information secret from the Chinese. This handwritten manuscript, recording some months of Qianlong’s reign (1735–1796) as the basis for a future history, has “imperial yellow” covers with purple clasps, and has come to Princeton with its original wrappers. Manchu reads from left to right, different from Chinese, and consequently is bound at the left side.

  Gift of Robert Garrett, Class of 1897, 1942
  Garrett Chinese Manuscripts, No. 5

  For further reading

  Söderblom Saarela, Mårten. “A Guangxu renaissance? Manchu language studies in the Late Qing and their Republican afterlife.” In Time and language: new sinology and Chinese history, edited by Ori Sela, Zvi Ben-Dor Benite and Joshua A. Fogel, 180-203. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2023.

Exhibit category:

• The East Asian tradition
• The spread of the East Asian book