Taboo: Use negative engraving for male seals, and choose positive engraving for female seals. For those who know their fate, horoscopes, or those with strong fortunes, use yang to engrave, and those with weak fortunes to use yin, which will cause yin and yang imbalance.
Personal seals need to pay attention to:
(1) Personal seal rules
Surname (Zhuwen-Yangwen), first name (Baiwen-Yinwen) ), name (Zhuwen-Yangwen) distinguishes Yin and Yang. The ancient seal was sealed with purple clay, and the rest were folded and sealed with wax. They were printed on the wax with a white seal. The protruding text on the seal said "Yang". Later generations made the seal in color. When printed, the text is white and says "Yin".
(2) Miscellaneous words are not allowed
In ancient times, seals were used to show trust, and the name seal should be used as the correct one. Under the name, only the word " seal " and " seal letter" can be added , "Seal", "Zhiyin", "Private Seal" and other words, "Shi" and Xianza characters cannot be used, and using them is inconsistent with the ancient style and disrespectful
(3) Seal text It is necessary to use seal script
There are six types of seal script: imitating the shape of an object is called pictogram, such as the sun and the moon; if the shape is not pictorial, it refers to the thing, up and down; Knowing the meaning means trust and meaning; if the meaning cannot be exhausted, it will harmonize with various sounds, such as rivers and rivers; if the sounds cannot be exhausted, then the focus will be transferred to Yan due to the shape, Kao, Lao is also the same; because of the sound and meaning, it will be borrowed in disguise, Ling, Chang will be the same also. The six meanings of the book are like this, all things in the world are prepared)
(4) Place the seal in a clean and auspicious location with sufficient yang energy, and do not put it together with dirty things
The seal It is an important proof to win people’s trust. There are two types of seals: those used by calligraphers and painters themselves and those used by collectors. The calligraphers and painters themselves stamped their seals on their works, which gradually became popular as famous names were widely used. After the calligrapher and painter completes the work, in addition to his signature, he also adds a seal to prove that it is his own work.
Extended information:
Rules of seals
1. When inscribing and sealing calligraphy and paintings, the seal should not be larger than the characters. It is natural to put a big seal on a large area and a small seal on a small area.
2. The Chinese painting should be stamped directly under the inscription, straight down to the bottom corner, and no corner stamps can be stamped. For example, if you sign on the upper right corner, you can stamp the "Xian" seal on the lower left corner; if you sign on the upper left corner, you can stamp the "Xiang seal" on the lower right corner. If the seal of the above paragraph is close to the lower corner, the idle seal does not need to be stamped.
3. When signing the traditional Chinese painting banner, there should be no free stamps on the left and right corners. If you sign on the upper right corner, you can stamp it with a square seal on the lower left corner; if you sign it on the upper left corner, you can stamp it with a square seal on the lower right corner. If there is no need to stamp the seal here, but to stamp it reluctantly, it will be self-defeating.
4. Rectangular, round, or oval seals cannot be placed in the lower corner of the square seal.
5. The square seal cannot be placed on the blank space at the top of the calligraphy and painting, which will overwhelm the guest.
6. When signing a traditional Chinese painting in a straight frame, the characters at the end of each line should not be neatly aligned with the length of the characters at the end of other lines. The same goes for seals.
7. Two seals, one square and one round, cannot match. Same-shaped prints can be matched.