General History of Humanities Where did the imperial seal passed down by Qin Shihuang end up?

What is the "Jade Seal of the State"? The Jade Seal of the State is the huge seal that can prove the identity and authority of the emperor.

In current film and television works, we can see that when the county magistrate ascends to the court, a huge official seal is placed next to the desk. This official seal was given by the emperor to prove his official status and power. The jade seal is the emperor's "official seal" and is the largest official seal in the world. In a sense, other official seals are derived from the jade seal.

So what does this "Jade Seal of the Nation" look like? Where did it come from and where is it now?

The jade seal in history is the seal passed down from emperor to emperor after the Qin Dynasty. Qin Shihuang, the first emperor in Chinese history, ordered an emperor's jade seal to be engraved after unifying China, which he called the "Emperor's Seal". According to historical records, this seal is carved from white jade from Lantian, Shaanxi Province. It is four inches in diameter and has a tiger button or a dragon, fish and phoenix bird button. The front of the jade seal is engraved with the eight words "Ordered by Heaven, and you will live forever" written by Prime Minister Li Si in large seal script, as a token of "imperial power, divine authority, orthodoxy and legality". From then on, emperors of all dynasties regarded the imperial seal as an important symbol of power and a symbol of unification of the world. The imperial seal has not only become the target of careerists and separatist kings, but it is also the treasure of the harem of the central dynasty and the most important weapon of the country. Those who obtain the jade seal interpret the jade seal as a sign that they are "mandated by heaven"; and once they lose the jade seal, it is regarded as a sign that the dynasty has "exhausted its strength". If any emperor ascends the throne without holding the imperial seal in his hand, he will be ridiculed as a "white emperor." It means that you, the emperor, appointed yourself, and there is no way to prove it. The edicts they sent out without jade seals were naturally less convincing.

It is said that the jade seal of the country was made of the famous "He's Bi". This "He's Jade" is a rare and peerless jade in ancient and modern times. The legend of the national jade seal begins with this piece of He's jade.

It is said that Bian He, a native of the Chu state in the Spring and Autumn Period, found a piece of jade in the mountains. He thought it was a rare treasure and presented it to King Li of Chu. King Li of Chu could not judge, so he asked a jade worker to identify it. It just so happens that this gem is of the type that is hidden and hidden. The jade craftsmen of Chu State could not see its treasure, so they said it was just an ordinary stone. This will cause great harm to Bian He. Bian He's left foot was chopped off for the crime of deceiving the emperor, and he was disabled for life. Later, King Wu of Chu came to the throne, and Bian He once again presented the jade. King Wu of Chu and the jade workers once again wronged Bian He. Bian He was once again convicted of deceiving the emperor, and even his right foot was cut off. After King Wen of Chu came to the throne, the old Bian He held this jade and cried loudly at the foot of Jingshan Mountain. King Wen of Chu was very surprised when he found out and sent someone to ask. Bian He said: "I am not lamenting my fate, but I am sad that the jade in my hand is regarded as an ordinary stone by the world. One day someone will prove that I did not lie." King Chu Wen ordered people to cut Bian He's stone open. Open it, inspect it carefully, and indeed you will find a rare jade. Hence the name "He's Bi".

The strange thing is that after the birth of Heshi Bi, legends surrounding it happened one after another. During the reign of King Wei of Chu, Zhaoyang destroyed the Yue Kingdom, made great contributions to the Chu Kingdom, and was rewarded with He's Bi. He's Bi entered the "circulation channel". Later Zhaoyang traveled to Chishan. There is a deep pool at the foot of Chishan Mountain. Zhaoyang was a person who liked to show off very much. He entertained guests in a high-rise building by the pool and took out He's Bi for everyone to appreciate. According to the recollections of those present, a big fish suddenly jumped out of the pool at that time, which was as big as one foot. This big fish also brought out a group of various small fish. Everyone thought it was very strange and ran to the water to see the fish. After everyone returned to the room full of praise, they found that He Shibi was missing! Zhaoyang's shock and frustration can be imagined. He suspected that Zhang Yi, his disciple, had stolen it, and tortured poor Zhang Yi, desperately trying to find out the whereabouts of the treasure. But Zhang Yi didn't steal He's Bi. No matter how hard he beats it, he can't get out the jade! As a result, Zhang Yi was tortured to the point of dying, and after recuperating, he turned his back on Chu and entered Wei. Finally, he entered Qin to help the Qin people with their plans and specifically opposed the Chu people. He's Bi was not recovered, but the Chu State had a deadly enemy.

He Shibi was actually stolen by others. Zhaoyang had great influence in the Chu State. After it was stolen, he offered a reward of a thousand gold to track down the whereabouts of He's Bi. The wind was so tight that the thieves could not "get rid" of He's Bi for a long time. Later, during the period of King Zhao Huiwen, He's Bi suddenly appeared in Handan, the capital of Zhao State. The chamberlain Miao Xian bought this treasure for only five hundred gold and liked it very much. After King Zhao Huiwen found out, he repeatedly hinted that Miao Xian would give the jade to him.

Miao Xian just couldn't bear it. King Zhao was anxious and simply sent troops to Miao Xian's house to snatch He's Bi. This matter made a big fuss, and King Qin Zhaoxiang in the west knew about it. King Qin wrote a letter to King Zhao, saying that he was willing to exchange fifteen cities for He's Bi. At that time, Qin was strong and Zhao was weak. King Zhao Huiwen was holding Baoyu in his arms and was overwhelmed with anxiety. The servant Lin Xiangru asked for help in danger, which led to a story of "returning the perfect jade to Zhao". He's Bi was kept in the Zhao court for a long time. In 228 BC, Qin defeated Zhao, and He's Bi fell into the hands of the Qin people.

The inherent twists and turns of the He's Bi seem to foreshadow the ill-fated fate of the jade seals made from it. Qin Shihuang used it to make the supreme jade seal. He originally hoped that this symbol of imperial power could be passed down to the descendants of the surname Ying from generation to generation and protect the country forever. Unexpectedly, wishes are always beautiful, but reality is always cruel. The Qin Dynasty quickly perished, and the jade seal created by He Shibi also began its journey of wandering around, and eventually disappeared into obscurity, becoming a major historical mystery.

There is another legend here. It is said that in 219 BC, when Qin Shihuang was patrolling south to Dongting Lake, the wind and waves on the lake suddenly rose, and Qin Shihuang's royal boat was about to be overturned by the wind and waves. In desperation, Qin Shihuang threw the imperial seal into the lake. Strangely, Dongting Lake suddenly became calm, and Qin Shihuang and his party were able to cross the lake safely. Eight years later, when Qin Shihuang went to inspect Huayin Pingshu Road, someone stood in the road holding a jade seal and said to Qin Shihuang: "Return the jade seal to Zulong (referring to Qin Shihuang)." After saying that, the man disappeared. The jade seal passed down from the country re-entered the hands of Qin. This story was very helpful in shaping the glorious and great image of Qin Shihuang, so it was widely publicized by the Qin Dynasty. I believe this is a completely official political lie.

What can be confirmed by history is that in October 206 BC, Liu Bang led the peasant uprising army to attack Xianyang Bashang. Prince Qin Ying surrendered and dedicated the imperial seal to Liu Bang. Liu Bang carefully cared for the jade seal, and after the establishment of the Western Han Dynasty, he used it as the ancestral jade seal of the new dynasty. Liu Bang also hoped that the jade seal could be passed down from generation to generation in the Liu family, calling it the "Han Chuan National Seal" or "Han Chuan National Treasure". The jade seal passed down from the country is kept in Changle Palace. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang usurped power. He wanted to change his dynasty and ascend the throne, so he needed a jade seal to prove his legitimacy. At that time, Yuxi was in charge of his aunt, the Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun of Xiaoyuan of Han Dynasty. Wang Zhengjun has deeper feelings for the Liu family than for the Wang family, but he will not hand over the jade seal. Finally, Wang Mang ordered his younger brother Wang Shun, the Marquis of Anyang, to force the old queen mother to hand over the jade seal. Wang Shun said harshly, saying that he had to hand over the jade seal if he didn't want to. Wang Zhengjun had a good impression of Wang Mang and others earlier, but now he felt that he had been deceived by his hypocritical nephew, so he threw the jade seal to the ground while crying. Wang Shun hurriedly picked up the jade seal, but unfortunately a corner of the jade seal was dropped and it was incomplete. Later, although Wang Mang and others used gold to fill up the missing corners, the jade seal still left flaws.

When Wang Mang’s new regime collapsed, the imperial seal was found on Wang Mang’s body. The rebels grabbed the imperial seal and presented it to Liu Xuan, the Gengshi Emperor supported by the Green Forest Rebel Army. Liu Xuan was later defeated by the Red Eyebrow Army, and the imperial seal once became the jade seal of Liu Penzi, the young emperor supported by the Red Eyebrow Army. Liu Penzi also failed later and surrendered to Liu Xiu who established the Eastern Han Dynasty. The jade seal of the Chuan Dynasty became the jade seal of the Han Dynasty again. Starting from Liu Xiu, it has been circulated in the hands of the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The Eastern Han Dynasty court in Luoyang carefully preserved the imperial seals for fear of making any mistakes. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos. When He Jin, Yuan Shao and others armed themselves to kill the ten regular servants, the eunuchs took the young emperor of Han and fled in a hurry, without having time to take away the jade seal. After the bloody suppression was settled, the palace checked the treasures and found that the jade seal was missing! More than ten years later, eighteen princes attacked Dong Zhuo, and Luoyang once again suffered a bloody disaster. Dong Zhuo was defeated and fled westward, setting fire to the Luoyang palace. Sun Jian's troops, who were the first to break into Luoyang, salvaged the body of a palace maid from the Zhen Palace Well in the south of Luoyang City while putting out the fire. Under the palace maid's neck hangs the jade seal passed down from the country. Sun Jian regarded it as an auspicious sign and wanted to keep the jade seal for himself. Unexpectedly, someone in Sun Jian's army informed the alliance leader Yuan Shao about this. Yuan Shao also wanted this imperial seal, so he staged many dramas. Some people say that Yuan Shao immediately deducted the "standard portrait" of Han Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu. Did the imperial seal ever stay in his hand? Sun Jian's wife forced Sun Jian to hand over the jade seal; The Romance of the Three Kingdoms said that Sun Jian returned to Changsha with the jade seal, and was intercepted and killed by Liu Biao who was with Yuan Shao on the way. Later, the jade seal fell into the hands of Yuan Shu. In any case, both Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were defeated by Cao Cao under the banner of the Han Dynasty, and the Imperial Seal returned to the hands of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.

In 220 AD, Cao Pi forced Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to give him the Zen throne and established Cao Wei.

The jade seal passed down to the country naturally became the symbol of imperial power of Cao Wei. Cao Pi added insult to injury and sent someone to carve the official character "The Great Wei received the Han Dynasty Seal" on the shoulder of the imperial seal passed down by the Han Dynasty. The Three Kingdoms were unified in the Western Jin Dynasty, and the jade seal returned to the Jin Dynasty. At the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, northern China fell into the so-called "Five Husties" era, with frequent dynasty changes and unrest. Chuan Guo Yuxi began the most violent displacement.

In the fifth year of Yongjia reign of Emperor Huai of Jin Dynasty (AD 311), the jade seal was captured by Liu Cong of the Xiongnu tribe and former Zhao Dynasty who destroyed the Western Jin Dynasty. In the fourth year of Xianhe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 329), Later Zhao Shile destroyed the former Zhao and seized the jade seal. He also added the words "Destiny Shi" on the right side, which means that he is destined to be emperor. Later Zhao general Ran Min killed Shi Jian and established himself, established Ran Wei, and then owned the jade seal. In troubled times, all careerists need to put money on their faces, hoping to prove the legitimacy of their power while belittling and attacking their opponents. Hearing that Ran Wei owned the jade seal, the Xianbei tribe in the north became mentally unbalanced. 81 In 352 AD, Murong Jun of the Xianbei tribe went south to attack Wei in order to obtain the imperial seal. In March, Ran Min was defeated and captured, and in May he was killed. Yecheng, the capital of Ran Wei, was besieged by the Northern Xianbei Army. Ran Wei General Jiang Gan and others assisted Prince Ran Zhi to close the city and refuse to defend. At that time, there was a famine in Yecheng, and the people were eating each other. In the Later Zhao Dynasty, all the palace maids were eaten by hungry people. In order to solve the dilemma, Jiang Gan could only ask for surrender from the Xianbei people on the one hand, and on the other hand, he sent people to ask Xie Shang of the Eastern Jin Dynasty for help. Jiang Gan's wishful thinking was to attract both the Xianbei army and the Eastern Jin army, so that they could fight against each other. Xie Shang and others are not fools either. Xie Shang sent Dai Shi to occupy Fangtou before the war. The Eastern Jin Dynasty had no ambition to restore its homeland in the north. Instead, it paid more attention to the jade seal handed down by Ran Wei. For the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which regarded itself as orthodox in the world, the imperial seal was an important tool to prove its legitimacy. After Dai Shi received Jiang Gan's message for help, he sent an envoy to Yecheng to bargain, saying that the Eastern Jin Dynasty could send troops to assist, but it must use the imperial seal as a token. Jiang Gan was hesitant and unwilling to exchange the imperial seal for reinforcements. Seeing that Jiang Gan was still hesitating, Dai Shi personally led more than a hundred elite soldiers into Yecheng to help defend it a few days later. He further deceived Jiang Gan and said, "The emperor heard that the jade seal has been in my hands. Only then did he believe that Jiang Gan you are sincere." If you ask for help, send troops and supplies to rescue him." Jiang Gan believed Dai Shi's words and handed the jade seal to him. As soon as Dai Shi got the jade seal, he secretly ordered He Rong to deliver the imperial seal to Fangtou, and then sent his general Hu Bin to escort the jade seal with 300 fine cavalry overnight to Jiankang, the capital of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, to present it to Emperor Mu of Jin Dynasty. The imperial seal once again became the symbol of the Jin Dynasty's command over the world. Two months later, Yecheng was captured by the Xianbei people. Ran Wei fell, but the Xianbei people did not achieve their goal of obtaining the imperial seal and becoming a legitimate emperor. Their frustration and disappointment can be imagined. Murong Jun simply lied about getting the jade seal and ascended the throne as emperor. As if to prove that the jade seal was in their hands, the Xianbei people also vowed to change it to "Yuan Xi".

At this stage, there are many people who are kings and hegemons, but there is only one Yuxi. How to solve this problem? So many powerful men and women carved jade seals privately. For example, after the imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty fled south, it carved a jade seal; in addition, there were also jade seals carved by Murong Yong of the Western Yan Dynasty, Yao Qin's jade seals, etc. Their "creativity" of privately making jade seals was welcomed and imitated by many rebellious officials, traitors and powerful men in later generations.

It is said that the jade seal stayed in Jiankang and was passed down from generation to generation in the Eastern Jin, Southern Song, Southern Qi and Southern Liang Dynasties. When he arrived in Nanliang, Hou Jing's Rebellion broke out in Jiankang. Hou Jing rebelled against Liang in Shouyang, and finally captured the capital and obtained the jade seal. Hou Jing was quickly killed and the rebellion was put down. However, Zhao Sixian, the minister appointed by Hou Jing and the governor of Pingyuan, took advantage of the chaos and fled to Guangling with the jade seal, but was snatched away by a man named Guo Yuanjian. Guo dedicated the jade seal to Xingtai Xinshu of the Northern Qi Dynasty, who then presented the Xinshu to the Northern Qi court. It is said that the jade seal of the country was owned by the Gao family who ruled the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. Later, Nanchen replaced Nanliang, but there was no national jade seal. What should I do? Easy to handle, carve a jade seal yourself. As a result, more and more jade seals were engraved, and each separatist regime claimed that the jade seal was in its own hands and that it was the true emperor. In the first month of AD 577, the sixth year of Jiande, Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty Yu Wenyong destroyed the Northern Qi Dynasty. The imperial seal passed down into the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Four years later, his relative Yang Jian deposed Emperor Jing of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and established the Sui Dynasty. The Chuan Guo Jade Seal became a national treasure of the Sui Dynasty. The Sui Dynasty renamed the Chuan Guo Jade Seal "the Mandated Seal", the so-called Sui Mandate of Heaven. In 589 AD, the Chen Dynasty fell and the Sui Dynasty unified the country. All the privately carved imperial seals were confiscated by the Sui Dynasty.

Here, there is another legend with different content.

It is said that after Hou Jing's death, Yuxi was thrown into the well of Qixia Temple in the chaos. Later, the monks in the temple took out the jade seal and kept it, and presented it to Emperor Chen Wu after the Chen Dynasty was established. However, this legend lacks basis and is most likely a story fabricated by the Chen Dynasty to prove its legitimacy.

The Sui and Tang Dynasties were the heyday of the development of traditional Chinese society. The imperial seal was firmly in the hands of the royal family and was named a national treasure. There were no legends. After Zhu Wen usurped the throne at the end of the Tang Dynasty, history entered the turbulent Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Yuxi once again encountered troubled times and bad luck one after another. The Later Liang Dynasty established by Zhu Wen was replaced by the Later Tang Dynasty within a few years. On January 11, 937 AD, Shi Jingtang, the governor of Hedong Festival in the Later Tang Dynasty, led the Khitan army to attack Luoyang. Li Congke, the late emperor of the later Tang Dynasty, climbed to the Xuanwu Tower and burned himself while holding the imperial seal in his arms. Yu Xi’s whereabouts are unknown since then.

When Guo Wei, Taizu of the Later Zhou Dynasty, ascended the throne, he searched everywhere for the jade seal passed down to him but could not find it, so he carved two seals including "Emperor's Divine Treasure" as a form of comfort. These two seals were symbols of imperial power until the Northern Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty never gave up hope of rediscovering the imperial seal. In the third year of Shaosheng reign of Emperor Zhezong of Song Dynasty (AD 1096), there was a man named Duan Yi in Xianyang. He claimed that when he was repairing his house, he dug out from the ground the jade seal that was "green as blue, warm and lustrous" and had "five buttons on the back". The imperial court attached great importance to it. Thirteen officials including Hanlin scholar Cai Jing carefully verified it and determined that it was a "genuine imperial seal made by the Qin Dynasty." "History of the Song Dynasty" specifically records: At the end of Shao Sheng's reign, the imperial court obtained a jade seal, and the officials and scholars discussed it, saying that everyone was different. Li Gonglin said: "The seal of Qin is made of blue field jade. The color of the jade is now pure green, with dragons, earthworms, birds and fish as the text, and it is written as the "talisman of the emperor's orders". The jade is very hard and cannot be cured except by Kunwu knife and toad fat. Absolutely, there is no doubt about what Qin Li Si did." This is the reason for the discussion. In March of the first year of Yuanfu, Cai Jing, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, and thirteen members of the advisory council wrote: According to the jade seal presented, it is as green as blue, warm and lustrous, and the text reads: "After being ordered by heaven, you will live a long and prosperous life." There are five plates of chi buttons on its back, and there are small holes between the buttons for threading. We also found the head of a jade chi, which is as white as paste and warm. There are five chi buttons on its back, and there are also groups of small orifices between the buttons. Its face has no writing, and it is the same size as the seal. Seal script work was not done in modern times. I have examined the official history of the past dynasties and found out that the seal that says "Emperor 83 has a long life" is the seal of the Jin Dynasty; the seal that says "mandated by heaven" is the seal of the Later Wei Dynasty; the seal that says "the virtuous are prosperous" is the seal of the Tang Dynasty; "Wei De Yunchang" is also known as Shi Jinxi; then "longevity and longevity" can be seen from Qin Xi. Now I got the seal from Xianyang. The jade is the color of Lantian, and the seal script is the same as Li Si's small seal script. Decorated with dragons, phoenixes, birds and fish, this is the method of using insect traces of birds. It is incomparable to ancient books handed down today, and is not known to have been written after the Han Dynasty.

The whole thing was very grand and sensational. Unfortunately, several records in Song history are questionable. Although the history of the Song Dynasty listed the inscriptions on the "Jade Seal" one by one, it did not mention the inscriptions such as "The Great Wei received the Seal of the Han Dynasty" and "The Destiny Stone Family". However, the verification methods of Li Gonglin, Cai Jing and others are more conjecture than serious verification. Later generations are more willing to take this "rediscovered" jade seal as a taken-for-granted jade seal, and believe that it is a trick played by Cai Jing and others to deceive the emperor. In fact, there was a lot of news about the discovery of imperial seals in the Song Dynasty, but they were all hearsay and speculation. Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty was a foolish emperor who loved elegant seal carving. He once carved the emperor's seals from all directions. Some people say that this is Song Huizong superfluous and deceiving himself and others; more people think that this is Song Huizong carving more jade seals when there is no real jade seal to pass down the country, diluting the status of the real jade seal to pass down the country.

During the reign of Emperor Chengzong of the Yuan Dynasty, another farce of "discovery of the jade seal" occurred in the world. In 1293 AD, Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, died of illness, and his will was for the emperor's grandson Tie Mu'er to return to the court and ascend the throne. At that time, Temu'er, as the emperor's grandson, guarded Xanadu with Prime Minister Boyan. On the way back to Dadu, the right prime minister Zhang Jiusi presented a "Jade Seal passed down from generation to generation", saying that it was the national seal passed down from Qin Dynasty. It was obtained by Mu Huali, the general of Yuan Dynasty, during the troubled times at the junction of Song and Yuan Dynasties. Now Muhuali's descendants have sold out due to family decline. Tie Mu'er solemnly accepted the jade seal and ascended the throne. But this jade seal has not been seen by anyone else, and it has not undergone any research, so its credibility can be imagined.

In the Ming Dynasty, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang also had the idea of ????a jade seal. He sent Xu Da deep into Mobei to pursue and attack the remaining forces of the Yuan Dynasty who had fled to Mongolia. One of his main purposes was to find the imperial seal, but in the end he returned without success. During the reign of Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty, someone else presented the "Jade Seal of the State". However, Ming Xiaozong definitely declared that the "jade seal" he saw was a fake and did not adopt it.

When the dynasty changed in the late Ming Dynasty, Dorgon led the Eight Banners troops to conquer the Chahar tribe of Mongolia. It is said that he accidentally obtained the imperial seal from the Queen Mother Sutai, the widow of Lindan Khan of the Chahar tribe. Dorgon returned to his army in triumph and handed the jade seal to Huang Taiji. In the second year after receiving the jade seal, Huang Taiji changed the country's name from Jin to Qing and established the Qing Dynasty. Of course, the appearance of this jade seal was more motivated by political needs. Emperor Qianlong was fond of research. After careful research on the jade seal presented by his minister Gao Bin, he determined it to be a fake. He said: "I say that this good person imitated and stored it in a separate palace, just as he played with the old utensils." Qianlong treated the fake as a handicraft and stored it in the palace as a plaything.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were rumors of "discovery of imperial seals" from time to time. But the jade seals that were taken out were all fake. During this period, people's attitude towards the imperial seal changed greatly, and they no longer valued it as much as the previous dynasties. According to "History of Ming Dynasty." Yufuzhi. According to the "Emperor's Treasure Seal", Fu Han, the Minister of Rites, talked about the various so-called "jade seals passed down from the country" sent from the local area and commented: "Since the first emperor of Qin Dynasty, Lantian jade was used as a seal, and it was passed down and used after the Han Dynasty. It was a clever fight to get it, which is called If you get this, you have already received the order, but you don't know how to use it as a seal. Therefore, if you don't get it, you will fake it to deceive others. If you get it, you will be happy and show it to the world. "He thinks it is right." It is people's overemphasis on the imperial seal that has led to the prevalence of counterfeiting. The "Guochao Chuanbaoji" compiled by Emperor Qianlong also said: "What is not recorded in the Huidian is a seal of "Ordered by Heaven, and longevity and longevity". I don't know when it was attached to the palace and placed in the middle. According to it Although the poem is similar to the ancient Qin seal, the seal writing is clumsy and vulgar, and it is not the old Ming Dynasty of Li Si Chongniao. When it comes to treasures, it is nothing but the Qin seal. If it is the real Qin seal, it is not valuable! The jade seal obtained by Jun Baoyinghe, a member of the Jin Dynasty, is lovely in ancient times, and it is very consistent with Cai Zhongping's version in "Zhuogeng Lu". I think this kind of person imitated it and stored it in a separate hall, just as he played with the old utensils. The ancients discussed the burning of Qin's seal in detail. Even if it still exists, how can it be stored together with the treasures passed down from this dynasty? The authenticity is also very clear.

In November 1924, when Feng Yuxiang and others expelled the last emperor Puyi from the Forbidden City, police chief Zhang Bi, Lu Zhonglin and others searched for the gold-encrusted jade seal in the palace, but they did not find it. At this point, people believe that the real jade seal passed down to the country has been slowly lost in the sand of history.

Considering that the jade seal passed down from the country is made of He's jade with a unique material, it should be passed down for thousands of years and will not be damaged. Maybe it is quietly buried in some unknown place, waiting for someone to investigate and discover it.