The Archive · 1893

IMPERIAL DECREE

The duties of a Chamberlain of the ards are at present very onerous, The Panther's-tail Lance," therefore, which Shih Tu has been exempted from carrying command should devolve upon Tsai Duke of sch, instead.

(¥.B.—The "Panther's-tail Lance" referred to above is part of the paraphernalia ofa Chamberlain of the Imperial Guards who happens at the time to command the Imperial Escort detailed for duty during the hours when His Majesty is not in the Imperial Harem, and the Shih Tu who has been exempted from carrying this kind of lance or spear refers to the Prince of Li.—

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