File talk:Arms of the Qing Dynasty.svg

Validity?

I doubt that this design is the official coat of arms of the Qing court.

First, coat of arms is a western notion, Qing court was unlikely to have one, except in its later years (later 19th century)

Second, its design does not conform to Chinese traditions in at least two ways. A) the shield shape is not common in China - Chinese shield are in different shapes. B) the dragon has 4-fingered claws, which is for kings only, the emperor should use dragons with 5-fingered claws.

Baojie (talk) 23:57, 12 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I made this image when requested by a another user, the source shows the original file the image is based on. Additional evidence can be found in this image File:Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary b15 462-3.jpg. Sodacan (talk) 11:15, 4 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]