Edict from the Chiêu Thống (昭統) era of the Lê dynasty

This edict bestows three beautifying characters to the name of a deity; it was issued on the 22nd day of the 3rd month of the 1st year of the reign of Lê Mẫn Đế (黎愍帝).

Hán transcript

𠡠顕宮[紅娘浄]行芳蓉端荘淳羙[謹節行和]□ □保護安民管察[明聰]登光敬懿仁慈[節行靈感]敷威[宣烈]貴妃第一公主，□承□□□□□□運玄□□捍患禦灾磐□□□□□□□□□協□□□□□□頓息□□□□□□□□神功盍□□□之盛典。為黙相皇[家]窮圖復正，禮當登秩，應加封羙字三字，可[加封]顕宮紅娘浄行芳蓉端荘淳羙謹節行和□□保護安民管察明聰登光敬懿仁慈節行靈感敷威宣烈柔和溫厚□□貴妃第一公主，故[𠡠]。昭統元年三月二十二日 Seal：敕命之寶

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Title:
Edict from the Chiêu Thống (昭統) era of the Lê dynasty
Authors:
Lê, Chiêu Thống, King of Vietnam, 1766-1793
Document type:
Edict
Dynasty:
Lê — Chiêu Thống
Date:
1787
Date (Vietnamese calendar):
1-3-22
Languages:
Vietnamese, Script Han (Traditional variant)
Subjects:
Vietnam--History--Later Lê dynasty, 1428-1787; Later Lê dynasty (Vietnam)
Place of Publication:
Vietnam
Physical Description:
This edict is printed on red paper and features a dragon and a cloud in dark ink. It includes the the red imperial seal, Sắc mệnh chi bảo (敕命之寶).
Container:
Box 01
Identifier:
pstsc_10178_16ac53717a04416591a1bd87afffde34
Location:
Pennsylvania State University. Special Collections Library
Access Condition:
No Copyright – United States
Description:
This edict bestows three beautifying characters to the name of a deity; it was issued on the 22nd day of the 3rd month of the 1st year of the reign of Lê Mẫn Đế (黎愍帝).
Date notes:
The non-Gregorian dates on these materials refer to the manner in which days were counted from the beginning of the emperor’s rule. For example, an item from CE 1638 also bears the date 4-5-25, which means the document was written on the 25th day of the 5th month of the 4th year of Lê Thần Tông, the emperor who ruled during the Dương Hòa era.
Note:

The physical collection is comprised of 32 edicts and documents. This digital collection consists of dealer images of the front of each scroll. For further questions regarding the physical collection, please contact the Eberly Family Special Collections Library at spcollections@psu.edu.

The original document is held by the Eberly Family Special Collections Library at Penn State University Libraries. Images are provided from Penn State's digital repository.