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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4532301, member: 19463"]My addition here is from the Xuan De emperor. This was a period of relative peace by the standards of the day and a high point of art and culture. The highlight of the reign in a tabloid sense might be when the emperor gave up forgiving the acts of a rebellious uncle and had him executed by fire torture. Again by the standards of the day, this was not excessive. It rather reminds me of how the Roman emperor Constantine I gave Licinius several chances before executing him as a slow learner. </p><p><br /></p><p>I became interested in this period because of my wife's bell collection. She has three bells in various sizes and qualities each copying an original about which I have failed completely to find anything. Her bells are not as old as Ming dynasty although the best one (for which I can't find the photo right now) is older but not that old. The bells are inscribed at the top, "Made in the time of Xuan De Ming". I see this as parallel to the US Liberty Bell of which there is one original and a million copies made as recently as today. It bothers me that I can find no reference to a bell that these copy. The Xuan De emperor also issued coins but immediately preceded a long hiatus in official coinage for reasons I fail to understand. Hartill mentions several mints but gives no clue on varieties and lumps all coins under one number. I have no idea which I have or where to find out details. Any ideas will be appreciated.</p><p>Emperor Xuan Zong - Xuan De tong bao H20.123 1426-35AD</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1122490[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4532301, member: 19463"]My addition here is from the Xuan De emperor. This was a period of relative peace by the standards of the day and a high point of art and culture. The highlight of the reign in a tabloid sense might be when the emperor gave up forgiving the acts of a rebellious uncle and had him executed by fire torture. Again by the standards of the day, this was not excessive. It rather reminds me of how the Roman emperor Constantine I gave Licinius several chances before executing him as a slow learner. I became interested in this period because of my wife's bell collection. She has three bells in various sizes and qualities each copying an original about which I have failed completely to find anything. Her bells are not as old as Ming dynasty although the best one (for which I can't find the photo right now) is older but not that old. The bells are inscribed at the top, "Made in the time of Xuan De Ming". I see this as parallel to the US Liberty Bell of which there is one original and a million copies made as recently as today. It bothers me that I can find no reference to a bell that these copy. The Xuan De emperor also issued coins but immediately preceded a long hiatus in official coinage for reasons I fail to understand. Hartill mentions several mints but gives no clue on varieties and lumps all coins under one number. I have no idea which I have or where to find out details. Any ideas will be appreciated. Emperor Xuan Zong - Xuan De tong bao H20.123 1426-35AD [ATTACH=full]1122490[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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