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5th day of the 11th month in the 20th year (7th
10th day of the 5th month in the 20th year December 1755) 11th day in the 8th month of the 21st year
(5th September 1756)
(19th June 1755)
二十年十一月初五（1755年12月7日）
二十年五月十日（1755年6月19日） 二十一年八月十一日（1756年9月5日）
An album with a portrait of the Emperor and
An album with a portrait of the Emperor imperial calligraphy, together with the trays are 32 ‘Han’ jade seals are presented. Five zitan
trays in the same style as the former set of
and imperial calligraphy by His Majesty, completed. 40 seals are commissioned: four trays for the
and five wooden trays are commissioned seals, eight seals each, and one tray for the
to complement a group of 40 seals: four 為四十方玉圖章配製的聖容御筆冊與木屜 album.
trays for the seals, ten seals each, and one 完成配置。 7th-15th day of the first month of the 22nd year
tray for the album. 上呈漢玉圖章三十二方，「傳旨照先做 (24th February to 4th Mach 1757)
過盛四十方圖章匣樣，配紫檀木盛裝，
為四十方玉圖章特製聖容御筆冊頁， 1st day of the 7th month in the 20th year (8th
圖章分裝成四屜，每屜裝十方、冊頁 August 1755) 分四屜，每屜擺圖章八方，上安一屜， 二十二年正月初七至上元節之間（1757年2月
24日至3月4日）
裝一屜，共配五屜。 配册頁一册。」
二十年七月初一日（1755年8月8日） According to Yuzhi shi er ji [imperial poems, vol. 2],
the Emperor composes and inscribes the poem On
The portrait of the Qianlong Emperor is
completed. Han dynasty jade seals in the present album.
高宗御製〈詠漢玉章〉，御筆書寫冊內，收入
郎世寧完成聖容。 《御製詩二集》。
27th day in the 12th month (15th February 1757)
二十一年十二月二十七日（1757年2月15日）
12th day of the 6th month in the 20th year (20th July
1755) The chest of 32 ‘Han’ jade seals is completed and
placed at Yangxindian (Hall of Mental Cultivation)
二十年六月十二日（1755年7月20日） to be presented to His Majesty.
Giuseppe Castiglione (Lang Shining) receives an order 漢玉圖章三十二方配匣完成，放置在養心殿
to paint a portrait of the Emperor for an album mounted 呈進。
in the push-awning style.
郎世寧奉旨為觀文推蓬冊畫御容。

Qianlong period 乾隆 20th Year 二十年 21st Year 二十一年 22nd Year 二十二年

fig. 1. A related entry in the Qing court archives documenting the production of a fig. 2. A related entry in the Qing court archives documenting
chest of drawers and a dedicated album with a portrait of the Emperor and imperial the production of an imperial painting by Lang Shining for an
calligraphy for a set of 40 seals, dated to the 20th year of the Qianlong period (1755) album mounted in the push-awning style, dated to the 20th year
of the Qianlong period (1755) fig. 3. A related entry in the Qing court archives documenting the fig. 4. Qing Gaozong yuzhi shiwen quanji [Anthology of imperial
圖一 乾隆二十年（1755年）《清宮內務府造辦處活計檔》中配合四十方圖章而製聖 production of a chest of drawers and a dedicated album for a set of 32 ‘Han’ Qianlong poems and text], Yuzhi shi er ji [Imperial poetry, vol. 2], juan
容御筆冊頁及木匣記錄 圖二 乾隆二十年（1755年）《清宮內務府造辦處活計檔》中郎 seals, following the same style employed for the set of 40 seals, dated to 66, p. 11
世寧為推蓬冊畫聖容的記錄
the 21st year of the Qianlong period (1756-57)
圖四 《清高宗御製詩文全集．御製詩二集》，卷66，頁11
圖三 乾隆二十一年（1756-57年）《清宮內務府造辦處活計檔》中配合三十
二方漢玉圖章、依照之前為四十方圖章所造的樣式，製作冊頁及木匣的記錄