ps: It was an autumn during the Warring States Period, and the Marquis of Sui in the Western Zhou Dynasty (the feudal marquis in the area of present-day Hubei) routinely went out to patrol the fiefdom. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info all the way to the mountains and waters, this day to the place of slag, Sui Hou suddenly found that there was a giant snake on the hillside, was stopped and slashed. The serpent was dying from its injuries, but its two bright eyes were still bright. Seeing that the snake was huge and extraordinary, and full of spirituality, the Marquis of Sui was moved by compassion and immediately ordered his followers to apply medicine to treat its wounds. After a while, the giant snake regained its strength, and it shook its huge and flexible body, and circled around the carriage of the Marquis of Sui three times, swimming straight towards the vast mountains and forests.

One, the pearl of the Marquis of Sui

It was an autumn during the Warring States period, and the Marquis of Sui (a feudal marquis in present-day Hubei) of the Western Zhou Dynasty routinely went out to patrol the fiefdom. Traveling all the way to the mountains and rivers, this day to the place of slag, Sui Hou suddenly found a giant snake on the hillside, and was stopped and slashed. The serpent was dying from its injuries, but its two bright eyes were still bright. Seeing that the snake was huge and extraordinary, and full of spirituality, the Marquis of Sui was moved by compassion and immediately ordered his followers to apply medicine to treat its wounds. After a while, the giant snake regained its strength, and it shook its huge and flexible body, and circled around the carriage of the Marquis of Sui three times, swimming straight towards the vast mountains and forests.

A few months passed, and the Marquis of Sui returned from a patrol, and met a yellow-haired boy on the road. He stopped the carriage of the Marquis of Sui, took out a huge and shining pearl from his bag, and wanted to present it to the Marquis of Sui. Sui Hou inquired about the reason, but the young child refused to say. The Marquis of Sui thought that it was unacceptable, and insisted on refusing to accept this generous gift.

The following fall. The Marquis of Sui once again toured to the boundary of the slag water, and rested at a mountain post station at noon. In his sleep, a yellow-haired boy faintly walked. Kneeling in front of him, he said that he was the incarnation of the giant snake that was rescued last year, and came to offer pearls in order to thank the Marquis of Sui for saving his life. Sui Hou woke up suddenly, and sure enough, he found that there was an extra pearl at the head of the bed, this huge pearl seemed to have just come out of the water, and it looked particularly white and round. Dazzling, up close like a crystal candle. Looking at it from afar, it is like the bright moon on the sea, and you can see that it is a jewel at a glance. Sui Hou sighed: A snake still knows how to repay kindness, but some people benefit but don't understand the truth of repayment. It is said that when the news of the Marquis of Sui getting the jewel came out, it immediately aroused the salivation of the princes of various countries. After an unknown battle, Sui Zhu soon fell into the hands of King Wu of Chu. Later, the state of Qin destroyed the state of Chu, and Sui Zhu was again taken possession by Qin Shi Huang and regarded as a national treasure of the state of Qin. After the fall of Qin, the world was in turmoil, and Sui Zhu did not know what to do. The sun rises and the moon sets, and the great river goes east. The once glorious pearl of the Marquis of Sui has been lost in the billowing smoke and dust of history and cannot be recovered. There is only this beautiful legend full of humanistic care. It still faintly flashes in the vast river of history, bringing warmth and warning to future generations.

Second, and the family

It was first seen in books such as "Han Feizi" and "New Preface", and was said to be found in Jingshan by Bian He, a jade expert. At first, it was unknown, and then it was made into a vessel by the common sense of King Wen, named He's Bi, and became a treasure of the world. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was exiled several times. Finally, it returned to Qin and was made of jade seals by Qin Shi Huang. After the destruction of Qin. This jade seal belongs to Han Liu Bang. After entering the Tang Dynasty, I don't know what to do, and the so-called heirloom jade seal of later generations is said to be the transformation of Qin Shi Huang and the bib.

The earliest records of He's Bi can be found in books such as "Han Feizi" and "New Preface", and the plots are roughly the same. It is said that in the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a jade expert named Bian He in the Chu State, and he got a piece of jade in Jingshan. Bian He took the jade to see King Chu Li, and King Li ordered the jade worker to check it, and the jade worker said that it was just a stone. King Li was furious and cut off Bian He's left foot for the crime of bullying the king. King Li died, King Wu ascended the throne, Bian He took Liyu to see King Wu again, King Wu ordered Yugong to check, Yugong still said that it was just a stone, and Bian He lost his right foot because of this. King Wu died, King Wen ascended the throne, Bian He held Puyu and cried bitterly for three days and three nights under Chu Mountain, and continued to cry blood after crying dry tears. When King Wen learned of this, he sent someone to ask why, and Bian He said: I am not crying that my feet have been cut off, but that Baoyu has been treated as a stone, and the loyal people have been treated as bullies, and they will be punished and humiliated without guilt. So, King Wen ordered someone to cut open this piece of jade, and saw that it was really a rare jade, and named it He's Bi.

After the Heshi Bi came out, it became the national treasure of the Chu State and never took people lightly. Afterward. The state of Chu proposed to Zhao Hui, and He's bi arrived in the state of Zhao. In 283 B.C., Qin heard that Zhao had a Heshi Bi, and proposed to exchange 15 cities, because Zhao was weak and Qin was strong, Zhao did not dare to slacken, but reluctantly, so he sent Lin Xiangru, who was wise and resourceful, to make Qin. Lin Xiangru knew that there was fraud in it, and secretly sent He's Bi back to Zhao. This incident is recorded in detail in Sima Qian's "Historical Records".

But later, He's Bi was still owned by the Qin State, and there is no record of when and how it was owned by the Qin State. In the tenth year of the reign of King Qin (237 B.C.), Li Si mentioned in the "Book of Exhortations to the Guest": "The jade of Kunshan sent by His Majesty today has the treasure of easy-going and harmony. "The treasure of easy-going and harmony" refers to the two famous treasures of the time, "the pearl of Suihou" and "the bi of the Heshi". It is very likely that Zhao State was afraid of the strength of Qin State as a last resort, and gave Heshi Bi to Qin State.

Legend has it that in 219 B.C., when Qin Shi Huang was touring south to Dongting Lake, the wind and waves rose suddenly, and the boat he was riding was about to be sunk. The first emperor threw the jade seal of the country in the lake, worshiped the gods and towns, and crossed the lake safely. Eight years later, when he traveled to Huayin Pingshu Road, someone stood in the middle of the road with a jade seal and said to the first emperor's attendants: "Please return this seal to Zulong (Qin Shi Huang's name)." "I can't see anything. The jade seal of the country was restored to Qin.

At the end of the Qin war, Liu Bang led his troops into Xianyang first. The gentleman of the fallen country of Qin dedicated the "Seal of the Son of Heaven" to Liu Bang. Liu Bangjian ascended the throne and wore this jade seal, known as the "Han Seal". Since then, the jade seal has been treasured in Changle Palace and has become a symbol of imperial power. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang usurped power, Emperor Liu Ying was only two years old, and the jade seal was controlled by the Empress Dowager Xiaoyuan. Wang Mang ordered Wang Shun, Marquis of Anyang, to force the Queen Mother to hand over the jade seal, but the Queen Mother angrily reprimanded. When the queen mother threw the jade seal to the ground in anger, the jade seal was thrown off a corner, and then made up for it with gold, leaving a flaw from then on.

After Wang Mang's defeat, the jade seal changed hands several times, and finally fell into the hands of Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, and passed on to the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the ten permanent servants were in turmoil, and the young emperor fled in a hurry, and it was too late to take the jade seal, and after returning to the palace, he found that the jade seal was missing. "The princes of the Eighteenth Road begged Dong Zhuo", Sun Jian's subordinates salvaged the body of a palace maid in the well of Zhen Palace in the south of Luoyang City, and found the "jade seal of the country" from the bag under her neck, Sun Jian regarded it as an auspicious omen, so he dreamed of being the emperor. Unexpectedly, someone in Sun Jian's army informed Yuan Shao of this matter, and when Yuan Shao heard about it, he immediately detained Sun Jian's wife and forced Sun Jian to hand over the jade seal. Later, the Yuan Shao brothers were defeated and died, and the "jade seal of the country" returned to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. Then pass on Wei and Jin. During the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms, it was once in the strong countries, and was later inherited by the Southern Dynasties. After the death of the Sui Dynasty, the imperial seal was brought to the Turks by Empress Xiao of the Sui Dynasty until the imperial seal was returned to the Tang Dynasty in the fourth year of Zhenguan of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty (630 AD). In the fifth generation, the world was in turmoil, and the imperial seal that circulated did not know what to do.

When Guo Wei, Taizu of the Later Zhou Dynasty, he could not pass on the national seal, and he had no choice but to engrave the seal of the "Emperor's Divine Treasure" and other seals, which were passed on to the Northern Song Dynasty. Song Taizu's "Chenqiao Mutiny" was received by the Zen Hou Zhou, and only won the two treasure seals of the Hou Zhou, and did not receive the national seal. Because the feudal rulers of the past dynasties vigorously proclaimed that obtaining the national seal was "the return of the mandate of heaven" and "auspicious omen", therefore, in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, there were "national seals" constantly appeared. It's hard to tell the truth from the fake. (To be continued)