Imperial Edict issued in 1893 by Empress Dowager Cixi to Sheng Xuanhuai bestowing him ownership of Diaoyu Islands for him to gather medicinal herbs from, as a reward for his tribute of effective herbal medicine collected from this Island.

Sheng Xuanhuai (1844-1916), late Qing statesman, entrepreneur and charitarian.

Diaoyu Islands, China