How to read dates in Chinese award documents

咸豐 = Xianfeng (1851–1861)

同治 = Tongzhi (1862–1875)

光緒 = Guangxu (1875–1908)

宣統 = Xuantong (1909–1912)

民國 = Mínguó/Republic/ abbreviation of 中華民國 = Republic of China (1912 - )

Hieroglyphs for year, month and day.

年 - year

月 - month

日 - day

Numerals

1 一

2 二

3 三

4 四

5 五

6 六

7 七

8 八

9 九

10 十

11 十一

12 十二

13 十三

14 十四

15 十五

16 十六

17 十七

18 十八

19 十九

20 二十 / 廿

21 二十一

22 二十二

23 二十三

24 二十四

25 二十五

26 二十六

27 二十七

28 二十八

29 二十九

30 三十 / 卅

31 三十一

et cetera.

 

Year/Chinese Year

同治

1862 Tongzhi 1
1863 Tongzhi 2
1864 Tongzhi 3
1865 Tongzhi 4
1866 Tongzhi 5
1867 Tongzhi 6
1868 Tongzhi 7
1869 Tongzhi 8
1870 Tongzhi 9
1871 Tongzhi 10
1872 Tongzhi 11
1873 Tongzhi 12
1874 Tongzhi 13

光緒

1875 Tongzhi 14/Guangxu 1
1876 Guangxu 2
1877 Guangxu 3
1878 Guangxu 4
1879 Guangxu 5
1880 Guangxu 6
1881 Guangxu 7
1882 Guangxu 8
1883 Guangxu 9
1884 Guangxu 10
1885 Guangxu 11
1886 Guangxu 12
1887 Guangxu 13
1888 Guangxu 14
1889 Guangxu 15
1890 Guangxu 16
1891 Guangxu 17
1892 Guangxu 18
1893 Guangxu 19
1894 Guangxu 20
1895 Guangxu 21
1896 Guangxu 22
1897 Guangxu 23
1898 Guangxu 24
1899 Guangxu 25
1900 Guangxu 26
1901 Guangxu 27
1902 Guangxu 28
1903 Guangxu 29
1904 Guangxu 30
1905 Guangxu 31
1906 Guangxu 32
1907 Guangxu 33

宣統

1908 Guangxu 34/Xuantong 1
1909 Xuantong 2
1910 Xuantong 3
1911 Xuantong 4

民國

1912 Republic 1
1913 Republic 2
1914 Republic 3
1915 Republic 4
1916 Republic 5
1917 Republic 6
1918 Republic 7
1919 Republic 8
1920 Republic 9
1921 Republic 10
1922 Republic 11
1923 Republic 12
1924 Republic 13
1925 Republic 14
1926 Republic 15
1927 Republic 16
1928 Republic 17
1929 Republic 18
1930 Republic 19
1931 Republic 20
1932 Republic 21
1933 Republic 22
1934 Republic 23
1935 Republic 24
1936 Republic 25
1937 Republic 26
1938 Republic 27
1939 Republic 28
1940 Republic 29
1941 Republic 30
1942 Republic 31
1943 Republic 32
1944 Republic 33
1945 Republic 34
1946 Republic 35
1947 Republic 36
1948 Republic 37
1949 Republic 38
1950 Republic 39
1951 Republic 40
1952 Republic 41
1953 Republic 42
1954 Republic 43
1955 Republic 44
1956 Republic 45
1957 Republic 46
1958 Republic 47
1959 Republic 48
1960 Republic 49
1961 Republic 50
1962 Republic 51
1963 Republic 52
1964 Republic 53
1965 Republic 54
1966 Republic 55
1967 Republic 56
1968 Republic 57
1969 Republic 58
1970 Republic 59
1971 Republic 60
1972 Republic 61
1973 Republic 62
1974 Republic 63
1975 Republic 64
1976 Republic 65
1977 Republic 66
1978 Republic 67
1979 Republic 68
1980 Republic 69
1981 Republic 70
1982 Republic 71
1983 Republic 72
1984 Republic 73
1985 Republic 74
1986 Republic 75
1987 Republic 76
1988 Republic 77
1989 Republic 78
1990 Republic 79

 

Sexagenary cycle years correspondence table.