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{{personal arms}} | {{personal arms}}'''ALEXANDER KEVIN YEN''''''Registration no.: 023/2021''' | ||
Country of origin: China (PRC)<br> | |||
Place of origin: Hong Kong<br> | |||
Granted: No<br> | |||
Granted/officially recorded by: - | |||
Country of origin : China (PRC)<br> | |||
Place of origin : Hong Kong<br> | |||
Granted : No<br> | |||
Granted/officially recorded by : - | |||
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====Other language blazon==== | ====Other language blazon==== | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms allude to important junctures in the armiger's life and capture some of the guiding lights by which they live. The three crowns in chief and the wreath of lilies are allusions to the educational institutions with which the armiger is connected. The fox is an allusion to Archilocus, being the creature that knows 'many little things'; this, combined with the embattlement of the chief, and the motto 'Contra Mundum', represent the armiger's beliefs in respect of a life well-led: to aspire to generalism, and to stand ready to defend the right against all comers. The water alludes to the armiger's immigrant past, and the pelican vulning herself the posture of self-sacrifice which the armiger believes ought ever to be kept in view, being called 'to serve and to lead'. | The arms allude to important junctures in the armiger's life and capture some of the guiding lights by which they live. The three crowns in chief and the wreath of lilies are allusions to the educational institutions with which the armiger is connected. The fox is an allusion to Archilocus, being the creature that knows 'many little things'; this, combined with the embattlement of the chief, and the motto 'Contra Mundum', represent the armiger's beliefs in respect of a life well-led: to aspire to generalism, and to stand ready to defend the right against all comers. The water alludes to the armiger's immigrant past, and the pelican vulning herself the posture of self-sacrifice which the armiger believes ought ever to be kept in view, being called 'to serve and to lead'. | ||
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Heraldry of the World Personal arms |
'ALEXANDER KEVIN YEN'Registration no.: 023/2021
Country of origin: China (PRC)
Place of origin: Hong Kong
Granted: No
Granted/officially recorded by: -
Official English blazon
Shield: Or, a fox courant Gules, in base two bars wavy Azure, on a chief embattled Azure, three crowns Or.
Crest: A demi-pelican vulning herself Proper issuant from a circlet of lilies Argent seeded Or and leaved Vert.
Mantling: Azure doubled Or.
Motto: "Contra Mundum".
Other language blazon
Origin/meaning
The arms allude to important junctures in the armiger's life and capture some of the guiding lights by which they live. The three crowns in chief and the wreath of lilies are allusions to the educational institutions with which the armiger is connected. The fox is an allusion to Archilocus, being the creature that knows 'many little things'; this, combined with the embattlement of the chief, and the motto 'Contra Mundum', represent the armiger's beliefs in respect of a life well-led: to aspire to generalism, and to stand ready to defend the right against all comers. The water alludes to the armiger's immigrant past, and the pelican vulning herself the posture of self-sacrifice which the armiger believes ought ever to be kept in view, being called 'to serve and to lead'.
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