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The court secretary’s two hands close around the seal matrix grip, and the matrix base touches the vermilion patch on the imperial edict. The second clerk’s two hands press the imperial edict’s outer corners against the memorial bundle and tabletop. The imperial edict rests across the memorial bundle; the memorial bundle rests flat on the hardwood table. All four table legs and both clerks’ shoes meet the brick floor. Each clerk is about 1.7 m tall, the table is 0.75 m high, the edict is 45 cm wide, and the seal matrix is 9 cm square. It is 1905: Late-Qing officials’ dark silk long gowns, black round caps, cloth trousers, and black cloth shoes.; Yellow silk, handmade cream paper, red cord, bronze, cinnabar paste, dark elm, painted timber, and grey brick.; Hand-carved seal matrix and manual palace dispatch procedure.", "style_description": {"aesthetics": "sober administrative finality. 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