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May the country enjoy peace and good order permanently
长治久安
Pun Design: Long-tailed Pheasant + Quail
Punning Details:
The combination of the first and third words in ‘chang wei zhi 长尾雉’ for ‘long-tailed pheasant’ is ‘chang zhi’ and it puns on the phrase ‘chang zhi 长治’ for ‘long-term good order (in a country)’. The word ‘an 鹌’ in ‘an chun 鹌鹑’ for ‘quail’ makes a pun on ‘an 安’ for ‘peace’. Some images would even depict nine quails to make a pun on the number ‘nine (jiu 九)’ for ‘jiu 久’ meaning ‘for a long time’. Thus, these natural motifs form a pun rebus to convey the intended auspicious message to wish for a country to be in good order and a peaceful status for a long time.
Also named as ‘Jiu An Chang Zhi 久安长治’
画面要素: 长尾雉 + 鹌鹑
谐音详情: ‘长尾雉’中首尾二字与‘长治’谐音; ‘鹌鹑’中‘鹌’与‘安’谐音。以画面祝国家得以长期治理,民生平安。
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Fig 1-2: famille rose porcelain jar, Qianlong period (1736-95), Qing dynasty, courtesy of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
Fig 3-4: Golden Pheasants in Spring 锦春图, ink and colour on silk, Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766), c. 1750, courtesy of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
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