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景泰

Mandarin · pinyin Jǐng tài

see 景泰縣 Jǐng tài Xiàn
Jingtai Emperor, reign name of seventh Ming Emperor Zhu Qiyu 朱祁鈺 Zhū Qí yù (1428–1457), reigned 1449–1457, temple name 代宗 Dài zōng

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景: jǐng · scenery, view; conditions
泰: tài · great, exalted, superior; big; hexagram ䷊

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3–4 · Jing3 tai4

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(～帝) the Jingtai Emperor (the seventh emperor of the Ming dynasty)
(historical) the Jingtai era (a Chinese era name; the era of that emperor's reign, from 1450 to 1457)
(～縣) Jingtai (a county of Baiyin, Gansu, China)

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