123:"My sacred and indulgent father had, in the year that he began to rule alone, silently settled that the divine utensil (the throne) should devolve on my contemptible person. I, knowing the feebleness of my virtue, at first felt much afraid I should not be competent to the office; but on reflecting that the sages, my ancestors, have left to posterity their plans; that his late majesty has laid the duty on me -— and heaven's throne should not be long vacant -— I have done violence to my feelings, and forced myself to intermit awhile my heartfelt grief, that I may with reverence obey the unalterable decree and on the 27th of the 8th moon (October 3rd), I purpose devoutly to announce the event to heaven, to earth, to my ancestors, and to the gods of the land and of the grain, and shall then sit down on the imperial throne."
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304:). From the belly of the big ships came small rowboats and men in lavish silk robes. And among the faces were some the king recognized. These men he knew. They were his own ambassadors whom he had dispatched months ago on a tribute-bearing mission. Now emissaries of the Dragon Throne were returning them home, and they brought wondrous things to trade. But had so many men and so many ships come in peace or had they come to make the citizens of Malindi subjects of the
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In 1921, "... the movement for the restoration of the Throne will eventually have the hearty approval of the vast majority of the people. They will welcome it, not only because the Dragon Throne has been for ages an essential part of the
Confucian system, inseparable from the ideas of an agricultural
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There was the throne itself, a great three-leaved affair. Over the ample seat in the centre, with a high reredos, two great wings spread off from the central division. All was white marble and jade, liberally sculptured according to the canons of
Chinese art. Along the top lay and leered dragons,
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each one "swinging the scaly horror of his folded tail" toward the central seat, his head projecting outward in the air. Below the throne were the three steps, on the broad second one of which the suppliant performed the nine prostrations or knocks of the head.
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In
Imperial China, the seat of power was called the Dragon's Seat or the Dragon Throne. The process of accession, the ceremonies of enthronement and the act being seated on the Dragon's Throne were roughly interchangeable.
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The dragon was the symbol on the imperial flag and other imperial objects, including the throne or imperial utensil. The dragon was said to have the power to become visible or invisible—in short, the dragon was a
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in the "divinity business" of the
Chinese emperors. The dragon was the crest on royal monuments. The dragon was displayed on the Emperor's robes. The Grand Chair of State was called the "Dragon Throne."
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For a short time in 1917, to whatever extent the
Chinese emperor was held to be as symbol of the state and its people, the Dragon Throne would have been construed as a symbol of a
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race born and bred on patriarchal Theism, but also because of the callous corruption and disorder with which the present administration has been identified all over the country.
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imperial power, the throne of the
Emperor was known as the Dragon Throne. The term can refer to very specific seating, as in the special seating in various structures in the
274:'s first acts upon ascending the Dragon Throne was to set up a network to spy on his subordinates and to register the entire population of China for the first time."
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was among those who did actually stand with cameras and notebooks before the Dragon Throne on a sunny
September day in 1900; and he described what he saw:
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above the throne read "Zheng Da Guang Ming", which can be "translated in various ways" including "Fair-dealing and
Upright" or "Just and Honorable".
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referring to a part with the name of the whole, such as "Dragon Throne" for the mystic process of transferring
Imperial authority, e.g.,
259:, which is related to metonymy and metaphor in suggesting a play on words by identifying a closely related conceptualization, e.g.,
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Through the Stereoscope: A Journey Through the Dragon Empire at the Time of the Boxer Uprising.
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China Through the Stereoscope: A Journey Through the Dragon Empire at the Time of the Boxer Uprising,
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in 221 BC; and the chronology of the emperors continued in unbroken succession until the fall of the
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in 1900, they were the first men from the West to appear in the presence of the Dragon Throne since
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The preceptor's assistant, or, Miscellaneous questions in general history, literature, and science,
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concept which represented the monarch and the legal authority for the existence of the government.
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referring to the specific with the general, such as "Dragon Throne" for the long reign of the
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a visitor had to pass through before reaching the emperor was intended to inspire awe.
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When China Ruled the Seas: The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-1433.
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When European and American military forces pushed their way into the
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In the Mikado's Service: A Story of Two Battle Summers in China.
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In the Mikado's Service: A Story of Two Battle Summers in China,
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635:Asiatic journal and monthly miscellany, Volume 13
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927:China's Story in Myth, Legend, Art and Annals.
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101:, "the Dragon Throne" can also refer to the
911:The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany.
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296:In 1418, "he fleet moored just outside
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252:or as "actions of the Dragon Throne."
171:Andreas Everardus van Braam Houckgeest
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23:The Dragon Throne of the
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475:List of Chinese monarchs
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270:In 1368, "ne of the
724:"A Chineze Puzzle."
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131:Chinese characters
49:simplified Chinese
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