Edict from the Cảnh Hưng (景興) era of the Lê dynasty

This edict bestows three beautifying characters to the name of a deity; it was issued on the 26th day of the 7th month of the 44th year of the reign of Lê Hiển Tông (黎顯宗).

Hán transcript

𠡠烈祖靈應□護彰武昭信□仁顕忠明肅㳟惠文敏荘懿䧺剛簡亮保定孚佑綏福弘休廣化光泰靖通元迪孚慶剛直助福翊善靖□佐治宣捷揚武佑民翊運匡國賛治協謀佐𨐓威勇英毅果□弼康弘恩濟勝安民達度䧺材顕績奮威廣量容物安民英敏特達弘公著德強毅聰察正直中和靈顕忠懿宏休溥澤盛德至仁勇國公宏度大王，光岳降神，海山孕秀，尊德樂道保民多物阜人康，錫嘏垂休護國等天長地乆，諒顕應既彰於膠水，信褒封宜冠於南山。為嗣王進封王位，臨居正府，禮有登秩，應加封羙字叄字，可加封烈祖靈應□護彰武昭信□仁顕忠明肅㳟惠文敏荘懿䧺剛簡亮保定孚佑綏福弘休廣化光泰靖通元迪孚慶剛直助福翊善靖□佐治宣捷揚武佑民翊運匡國賛治協謀佐𨐓威勇英毅果□弼康弘恩濟衆助勝安民達度䧺材顕績奮威廣量容物安民英敏特達弘公著德強毅聰察正直中和靈顕忠懿宏休溥澤盛德至仁扶祚衍福綏祿勇國公宏度大王，故𠡠。景興四十四年七月二十六日 Seal：敕命之寶

Note (verso): The address膠水縣樂道社 appears twice. The two seals bear identical inscriptions:一路福星 Additional characters appear after the second seal 一路福星. They appear to read已 □ .

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Title:
Edict from the Cảnh Hưng (景興) era of the Lê dynasty
Authors:
Lê Hiển Tông
Document type:
Edict
Dynasty:
Lê — Cảnh Hưng
Date:
1783
Date (Vietnamese calendar):
44-7-26
Languages:
Vietnamese, Script Han (Traditional variant)
Subjects:
Vietnam--History--Later Lê dynasty, 1428-1787; Later Lê dynasty (Vietnam)
Place of Publication:
Vietnam
Physical Description:
The edict is on yellow paper and features a dragon and cloud in silver ink. It includes the the red imperial seal, Sắc mệnh chi bảo (敕命之寶).
Container:
Box 01
Identifier:
pstsc_10178_3aa5f6af9449273e0d0195fc75c79b8e
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 26th day of the 7th month of the 44th year of the reign of Lê Hiển Tông (黎顯宗).
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.