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The medallions of the dignitaries and mandarins at the court of Annam
Amis du Vieux Hué, Bulletin • 13 • Published In 1926 • Pages: 233-254
By: Sogny, L., Messner, Charles A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article discusses the history and significance of mandarinal and other medallions at the court of Annam. Sogny feels that this is one Annamese institution that is not of Chinese origin and he cites Chinese texts to show that only the insignia and not the present medallions existed in ancient China. He includes descriptions of these medallions with dates of their creation or regulation as found in court decrees and other literature. A list of the mandarinal grades and other functionaries who have the right to wear medallions has been reproduced in Chinese characters and QUOC NGU.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Status, role, and prestige
- Classes
- Executive household
- Advisers to the chief executive
- Administrative agencies
- Military organization
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Vietnamese
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Government Official
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Roseanne Mandler ; 1952: John Beierle ; 2006
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- No date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1830-1926
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- central (TRUNG BO) Vietnam
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] L. Sogny
- Translation of: [Les plaquettes des dignitares et des mandarins à la cour d'Annam]
- Translated from the French for Human Relations Area Files by C. A. Messner.
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Vietnamese