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Chang ? Ya? and  Manchurian  script 

雅 Ya = Refined or excellent 

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at bottom character = Yong =everlasting  

The Yongle Emperor (Traditional Chinese: 

永樂; 

Simplified Chinese: 永乐; pinyin: Yǒnglè; Wade-Giles: Yung-lo; IPA: [jʊ̀ŋlɤ̂]) (2 May 1360 – 12 August 1424), born Zhu Di (Chu Ti), was the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty of China from 1402 to 1424. His Chinese era name Yongle means "Perpetual Happiness".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yongle_Emperor 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Manchurian  script 

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The Daoguang Emperor (Chinese: 

道光

帝, pinyin: Dàoguāngdì, Wade-Giles: Tao-kuang; Manchu: ᡩᠣᡵᠣ ᡝᠯᡩᡝᠩᡤᡝ, Doro Eldengge Hūwangdi; 16 September 1782 – 25

http://en.wikipedia.org/

wiki/Daoguang_Emperor

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寕 Ning = peace 

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The vertical characters read

仁  Ren = benevolence 

義 YI; 

These are key concepts in Confucian thought:  Ren Yi =righteousness

The horizontal: Zhi (Je)  Knowledge

 Li= ritual etiquette  

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子

pronounced Zi can mean character as in Chinese character or a child!

山 Shan  = mountain

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The Guangxu Emperor

光 緒

 (14 August 1871 – 14 November 1908), born Zaitian of the Manchu Aisin Gioro clan, was the eleventh emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and the ninth Qing emperor to rule over China. His reign lasted from 1875 to 1908, but in practice he ruled, under Empress Dowager Cixi's influence, only from 1889 to 1898. He initiated the Hundred Days' Reform, but was abruptly stopped when Cixi launched a coup in 1898, after which he was put under house arrest until his death. His regnal name means "glorious succession".
http://en.wikipedia.org/

wiki/Guangxu_Emperor 

 

http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/

items/1346116/coin-cash-emperor-kuang

-hsu-qing-dynasty-china-circa-1890

Cash, Issued by Emperor: Khuang-hsu, Hupeh Province, China, 1875-1908

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Manchurian  script

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Puyi  

宣 統

(7 February 1906 – 17 October 1967), of the Manchu Aisin Gioro clan, was the last Emperor of China,

When he ruled as Emperor of the Qing Dynasty from 1908 to 1912 and during his brief restoration in 1917, Puyi's era name was Xuantong, so he was known as the Xuantong Emperor (simplified Chinese: 宣统皇帝; traditional Chinese: 宣統皇帝; pinyin: Xuāntǒng Huángdì) during those two periods of time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puyi 

http://www.britishmuseum.org/
research/collection_online/
collection_object_details/
collection_image_
gallery.aspx?assetId=
300385&objectId=3002830&partId=1

• Production date: 1909-1911
• Production place: Beijing