拍品的状况可能存在极大差异，而由于其性质使然，拍品难以处于完美无瑕的状态。拍品均以拍卖时的状况出售。

We have sought to record changes in the condition of this piece acquired after its initial manufacture.
- The front section has been remounted and is missing the front scroll end.
- There are various tears, frays, and creases all consistent with age.
- There are stains throughout and foxing to the paper sections as visible in the images.
- The central section of the edict has lost its edging.
- There are losses to the backing paper.
- There is fading to the exterior brocade.
- The end section has been remounted, and there is a half inscription in ink and half of a seal mark.
- There are no scroll ends.