Note 89 — XVII THE DIARY OF HIS EXCELLENCY CHING SHAN
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The second character of Prince Tuan’s name contained the radical sign for dog, and was given him by the Emperor Hsien-Feng, because he had been begotten during the period of mourning for his parent Tao-Kuang; it being an offence, under Chinese law, for a son to be begotten during the twenty-seventh months of mourning for father or mother.