TWO IMPERIAL EDICTS QIANLONG PERIOD, DATED TO 1771 AND 1777 RESPECTIVELY, AND OF THE PERIOD The first edict is the Chinese text opening with a vertical, four-character title, Fengtian chiming, ‘By the Admonishment of Heaven’. This is flanked by a pair of dragons, ending with the date ‘36th year of Qianlong’, corresponding to 1771, and stamped with a seal impression within a square. The other edict is the Chinese text opens with Fengtian zhaoming, ‘By the Command of Heaven’, and ends with the date ‘42nd year of Qianlong’, corresponding to 1777. 100 in. (254 cm.) long and 109 in. (277 cm.) long