{"id":826,"date":"2022-12-10T15:29:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T14:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/?p=826"},"modified":"2022-12-10T15:29:44","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T14:29:44","slug":"china-books-christmas-calendar-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/?p=826","title":{"rendered":"China books Christmas calendar (10)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_1813-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_1813-720x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_1813-720x1024.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_1813-211x300.jpeg 211w, https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_1813-768x1093.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_1813-1079x1536.jpeg 1079w, https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_1813-1439x2048.jpeg 1439w, https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_1813-scaled.jpeg 1799w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>10 December is Nobel Day with gala and festivities, many celebrities and royals gathering in Stockholm. Here in this calendar we celebrate as well, but in a different manner. Prince Roland Bonaparte (1858\u20131924) was descended from Lucien Bonaparte, younger brother of Napoleon I. Roland Bonaparte had wide scientific interests, and was for a time president of both <a href=\"https:\/\/socgeo.com\">Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de G\u00e9ographie<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/saf-astronomie.fr\">Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 astronomique de France<\/a>. Bonaparte travelled extensively and there are landmarks in his name in both Norway and Antarctica. But did he go to China? Not as far as I know. This book is a collection of Chinese inscriptions from the Mongol Yuan dynasty \u5143\u671d from archives, museums and collections in France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_1814-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"828\" src=\"https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_1814-718x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_1814-718x1024.jpeg 718w, https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_1814-210x300.jpeg 210w, https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_1814-768x1096.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_1814-1076x1536.jpeg 1076w, https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_1814-1435x2048.jpeg 1435w, https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_1814-scaled.jpeg 1794w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_1815-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"829\" src=\"https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_1815-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_1815-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_1815-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_1815-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_1815-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_1815-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Each copy of the book is numbered, ours no. 176, possibly 200 copies were made. It has been digitised and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/ldpd_10826870_000\">can be seen via this link<\/a>. In the book, or collection of plates, rather, there is also <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/\u02bcPhags-pa_script\">\u02bcPhags-pa<\/a> and old Uyghur script. Perhaps the most fascinating documents shown in the book are held at Biblioth\u00e8que nationale de France and Archives Nationales in Paris. These are the letter from Arghun (1258\u20131291), Mongol ruler of the Ilkhanate, sent in 1289, and the letter from Arghun&#8217;s son \u00d6ljait\u00fc (1280-1316) sent 1305. \u00d6ljait\u00fc followed his father as ruler of the Ilkhanate. Both letters were sent to French king Philippe IV (Philippe le Bel, 1268-1314), and were part of the efforts of creating a Franco-Mongolian alliance against the Islamic caliphates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_1817-1-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_1817-1-1024x628.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_1817-1-1024x628.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_1817-1-300x184.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_1817-1-768x471.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_1817-1-1536x942.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_1817-1-2048x1256.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The two letters from Arghun (top) and \u00d6ljait\u00fc as seen in Bonaparte&#8217;s book.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately the Internet can show us these remarkable letters in their full glory, and you may even read the full texts in English translation. For Arghun&#8217;s letter follow <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franco-Mongol_alliance#\/media\/File:ArghunLetterToPhilippeLeBelExtract1289.jpg\">this link<\/a> and for \u00d6ljait\u00fc&#8217;s letter <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/\u00d6ljait\u00fc#\/media\/File:OljeituToPhilippeLeBel1305.jpg\">use this link<\/a>. Note the official stamps on the letters which are from the Chengzong Emperor of Yuan \u5143\u6210\u5b97 (Tem\u00fcr, 1265\u20131307), in Beijing (or Khanbalik as it was named the time). At its height the Ilkhanate covered what is now eastern Turkey, Iran, parts of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan and Iraq, but they still wanted to have the nominal connection and support of the Great Khan in far-off Khanbalik.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 December is Nobel Day with gala and festivities, many celebrities and royals gathering in Stockholm. Here in this calendar we celebrate as well, but in a different manner. Prince Roland Bonaparte (1858\u20131924) was descended from Lucien Bonaparte, younger brother of Napoleon I. Roland Bonaparte had wide scientific interests, and was for a time president &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/?p=826\" class=\"more-link\">Forts\u00e4tt l\u00e4sa<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201dChina books Christmas calendar (10)\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bocker"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2crM2-dk","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":832,"href":"https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826\/revisions\/832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boke.fallmankonsult.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}