May the country be in peace and order forever
久安长治
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Pun Design: Quail + Long-tailed Pheasant
Punning Details:
The word ‘an 鹌’ in ‘an chun 鹌鹑’ for ‘quail’ makes a pun on ‘an 安’ for ‘peace’. The combination of the first and third words in ‘chang wei zhi 长尾雉’ for ‘long-tailed pheasant’ is ‘chang zhi’ and it puns on the phrase ‘chang zhi’ for ‘long-term good order (in a country)’. Thus, these natural motifs form a pun rebus to convey the intended auspicious message.
Some images will depict nine quails to make a pun on the number ‘nine (jiu 九)’ for ‘jiu 久’ meaning ‘for a long time’.
Also named as ‘Chang Zhi Jiu An 长治久安’.
画面要素: 鹌鹑 + 长尾雉
谐音详情: ‘鹌鹑’中‘鹌’与‘安’谐音; ‘长尾雉’中首尾二字与‘长治’谐音, 寓意祝长期国泰民安
Fig 1-2: tall porcelain vase, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) with Yongzheng mark, courtesy of Sir Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, A841
Fig 3-5: falangcai enamelled porcelain bowl, Yongzheng period (1723-35), Qing dynasty, courtesy of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
Fig 6-7: falangcai enamelled porcelain bowl, Yongzheng period (1723-35), Qing dynasty, courtesy of the National Palace Museum, Taipei