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Chinese man discovers family dining table is ancestor’s Qing dynasty academic record

A man in China discovered that his family's old dining table was actually an academic record from the Qing dynasty. The table, repurposed from an honor board, bears carvings that identify it as a recognition of his ancestor Xu Yunli's success in the imperial examinations. This discovery was made by Xu, a villager in Anhui province, who shared the story online after researching the visible characters on the furniture. AI

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Chinese man discovers family dining table is ancestor’s Qing dynasty academic record

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Zoey Zhang ·

    Chinese man discovers family dining table is ancestor’s Qing dynasty academic record

    A man in eastern China was stunned to discover that his family’s battered dining table was in fact a Qing dynasty (1644–1912) honour board commemorating an ancestor’s success in the imperial examinations. Xu, a villager in Anhui province, shared the unusual story in an online vid…