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Order of Brilliant Jade

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Order of Brilliant Jade
Order of the Brilliant Jade cordon, badge, star, medal and lapel pin
TypeSingle-grade Grand Cordon
Awarded forThe President of the Republic of China and foreign heads of states
DescriptionThe medal has a star-patterned face of inlaid jade bordered with gold and pearls. The center is the "white sun in a blue sky," the national emblem of the ROC, symbolizing a tribute to the head of state internally and the strengthening of friendly ties with other countries externally.
Country Republic of China (Taiwan)
Presented by

President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
EligibilityCivilian
StatusActive
Established22 December 1933
First awardedLin Sen
Total24
Ribbon bar of the Order
Precedence
Next (higher)none
Next (lower)Order of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen
Order of Brilliant Jade
Traditional Chinese采玉大勳章
Simplified Chinese采玉大勋章

The Order of Brilliant Jade is a civilian order of the Republic of China that can be worn only by the head of a nation. According to regulations, the order can only be presented by the president of the country or an emissary expressly dispatched to friendly nations for the conferment. The order was instituted on 22 December 1933.[1] It has a star-patterned face of inlaid jade bordered with gold and pearls. In the centre there is white sun surrounded by blue sky, the national emblem.[2] Previously, the Order of the Brilliant Jade was divided into two, namely Grand Order of Brilliant Jade (current) and Order of Brilliant Jade with nine ranks.

Controversy and suggestions to rename[edit]

The Chinese official name of the order 采玉大勳章 (cǎi yù dà xūnzhāng) was claimed to be named after President Chiang Kai-shek's mother, Wang Caiyu (Wáng Cǎiyù) by Democratic Progressive Party members of Legislative Yuan, and there are suggestions from the pan-green coalition to rename the order to suit Taiwanese locality as "Order of Taiwan", but this was not passed at the Legislative Yuan in April 2007, facing opposition from the Kuomintang.[3]

In April 2022, the Transitional Justice Commission reported to the Legislative Yuan that there is no documentary evidence proving the Order of Brilliant Jade related to Chiang Kai-shek's mother, Wang Caiyu.[4]

Recipients[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Decorations of Taiwan
  2. ^ "Civilian orders". Presidency Website. Archived from the original on 15 April 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  3. ^ "勳章以蔣介石母親命名 立委提案修法遭國民黨團阻擋 - 政治 - 自由時報電子報". news.ltn.com.tw (in Chinese). 22 September 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  4. ^ 洪哲政,促轉會5月底結束任務 籲三軍儀隊移出蔣銅像大廳 Archived 2022-06-05 at the Wayback Machine,聯合報,2022年4月25日
  5. ^ Granted permission by the Führer and Reichs Chancellor Adolf Hitler to accept and wear on 21 October 1936.
  6. ^ "King Faisal meets President Chiang". Taiwan Today. 1 June 1971. Retrieved 7 November 2020.