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The Centre Reporter
Centre Hall, Centre County, Pennsylvania
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A new emperor has ascended the throne of China, with conflicting reports of his age as three or five years old. His father is Prince Chun, and his own name has not yet been declared.
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A new emperor has ascended the
throne of China. Some accounts mention the age of this new emperor as
three years, and others as five years.
The explanation of this discrepancy is
easy; every Chinaman adds one year
to his real age, but the emperor is allowed to add two. The three years may
thus be the age counting from the birth,
and the five years the official imperial
age. The name of the present emperor's father is Prince Chun, but his own
name has not yet been declared, a new
one always being assumed on coming to
the throne.
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China
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new emperor's name not yet declared; assumes new name on ascension.
Event Details
A new emperor has ascended the throne of China. Accounts differ on his age: three years or five years. The discrepancy arises because every Chinaman adds one year to his real age, but the emperor adds two. Thus, three years is the birth age, five the official imperial age. His father's name is Prince Chun, but his own name has not been declared, as a new one is always assumed upon coming to the throne.