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1755 The frst catalogue raisonné of Qianlong’s bronze collection, Xiqing 1868 Wu Dacheng passes the
gujian, is published. The present Zuo Bao Yi Gui is included in vol. 14 of imperial examination and is
Xiqing gujian. selected as a Bachelor at the
Imperial Hanlin Academy.
乾隆青銅收藏的第一部圖錄《西清古鑑》刊印，其中包括本件作寶彝簋。
吳大澂中同治七年戊辰科進士，
朝考入選，欽點翰林院庶吉士。
1736 Emperor Qianlong
accedes to the throne.
乾隆皇帝登基。
1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s–70s 1780s 1790s–1850s 1860s 1870s

1745 The frst catalogue raisonné of Qianlong’s 1776-1793 Three supplements to the Xiqing gujian
calligraphy and painting collection, Shiqu baoji are completed.
chubian, is completed.
《西清古鑑》的續集《寧壽鑑古》、《西清續鑑甲編》
乾隆書畫收藏的第一部目錄《石渠寳笈初編》成書。 、《西清續鑑乙編》陸續成書，合稱「乾隆四鑑」。