Edict from the Minh Mạng (明命) era of the Nguyễn dynasty

This edict bestows three beautifying characters to the title of a deity.

Hán transcript

𠡠峭峨顕德豊功肇謀佐𨐓䧺才偉績剛□威勇篤弼普化宏休翊運護國濟民明義布德陳威聰明正直才兼德備耀靈純格齊聖廣渊明允篤實寬信敏德顕慶孚佑溫厚才畧錫嘏延澤孚休莊肅熈穆顕功大王，乃聖乃神，最靈最粹，崧嶺初鍾，灝氣儼然騎鶴之踪，崇祠稔賁，英殾耸若乘驂之望，相佑實弘靈德，褒崇載賁舊章。為皇家肇造洪圖，禮有登秩，應加封羙字三字，可加封峭峨顕德豊功肇謀佐𨐓䧺才偉績剛□威勇篤弼普化宏休翊運護國濟民明義布德陳威聰明正直才兼德備耀灵純格齊聖廣渊明允篤實寬信敏德顕慶孚佑溫厚才畧錫嘏延澤孚休荘肅熈穆顕功体元含章揚烈大王，故𠡠。明命二年十二月五重冬

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Title:
Edict from the Minh Mạng (明命) era of the Nguyễn dynasty
Authors:
Minh Mệnh, King of Vietnam, 1791-1840
Document type:
Edict
Dynasty:
Nguyễn — Minh Mạng
Date:
1821
Date (Vietnamese calendar):
2-12
Languages:
Vietnamese, Script Han (Traditional variant)
Subjects:
Vietnam--History--Nguyẽ̂n dynasty, 1802-1945; Nguyễn Dynasty (Vietnam)
Place of Publication:
Vietnam
Physical Description:
The edict is on yellow paper and features a dragon and phoenix in silver ink and a cloud in dark ink; it does not have an imperial seal.
Container:
Box 01
Identifier:
pstsc_10178_4dd8ff913f4f34c8c5efdf7672419832
Location:
Pennsylvania State University. Special Collections Library
Access Condition:
No Copyright – United States
Description:
This edict bestows three beautifying characters to the title of a deity.
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.