Nine Tripod Cauldrons
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title:
Nine Tripod Cauldrons
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The Nine Tripod Cauldrons were, a collection of ding in ancient China that were viewed as symbols of the authority given to the ruler by the Mandate of Heaven. According to the legend, they were cast by Yu the Great of the Xia dynasty. At the time of the Shang dynasty during the 2nd millennium BCE, the tripod cauldrons came to symbolize the power and authority of the ruling dynasty with strict regulations imposed as to their use. Members of the scholarly gentry class were permitted to use one or
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Symbols of authority in imperial China
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Tripod_Cauldrons
date created:
2010-02-07T22:39:04Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T16:45:46Z
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