What you are talking about is that the "Jade Seal of Chuan Guo" was indeed made by Heshi Bi.
The Chuanguo Seal is also called Chuanguo Jade Seal or Chuanguo Bao. It was a jade seal passed down by emperors after the Qin Dynasty. It was made by Qin Shihuang. It is four inches in diameter and has five dragons on it. The front is engraved with the seal script written by Li Si "By order of the Emperor." Heaven, both longevity and prosperity." It is said that the national seal has been appearing and disappearing throughout Chinese history for more than 1,500 years. After the Qin Dynasty, emperors of all dynasties fought to get the seal as a symbol. It is indeed a treasure passed down by the world and an important weapon of the country.
When talking about the national seal, Heshi Bi must be mentioned.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, Bian He, a native of Chu, found a jade in the mountains and presented it to King Li. The king sent a jade worker to identify it and said it was a stone. Bian and his left foot were cut off for the crime of deceiving the king. After King Wu came to the throne, Bian He offered jade again, but still had his right foot amputated for the crime of deceiving the king. In 690 BC, when King Wen came to the throne, Bian He held jade in his arms and cried at the foot of Jingshan Mountain. King Wen sent someone to ask him, and he said: "I am not grieving for my husband's jade, so I named it a stone, and a chaste man called it a lie." King Wen sent someone to cut open the jade, and the result was a jade, so it was called He's Bi.
At the time of King Wei of Chu, Prime Minister Zhaoyang was successful in destroying Yue. King Wei rewarded him with the Heshi Bi. Soon, Zhaoyang was having a banquet with guests admiring the wall by the water abyss. At that time, someone noticed that there was a big fish in the abyss. Everyone left the room and went to the abyss. After returning to the banquet, they found that the Heshi Bi was missing. They suspected that it had been stolen by Zhang Yi, a disciple of the family. Zhang Yi was arrested and interrogated. To no avail. Zhang Yi was so angry that he left Chu and entered Wei and then Qin. For ten years, Qin Huiwen became the prime minister of Qin. He persuaded other countries to obey Qin and sent envoys to Chu to disintegrate the Qi-Chu alliance. Later, Chu was defeated and Qin took the land between Chu and Han.
During the Warring States Period, King Zhao Huiwen obtained the Chuhe clan jade from the eunuch Yingxian. King Qin Zhao learned that "he left a suicide note to King Zhao, willing to offer fifteen cities to Yibi." At that time, Qin was strong and Zhao Ruo was , King Huiwen was afraid that he would not be able to get the city if he gave it to the wall, so Lin Xiangru volunteered to go with the wall. When he arrived at the Qin State, after he presented the wall, he saw that the King of Qin had no intention of repaying the city, so the court fought hard to retrieve the original wall and send it back to the State of Zhao.
In 228 BC, King Qin Yingzheng defeated Zhao and obtained the Heshi Bi.
Ying Zheng unified the world and was called the First Emperor. The seal script of Ming Li Si read "If you are ordered by heaven, you will live forever". Sun Shou, a jade worker in Xianyang, polished He's jade flat and carved it into a seal, which was the national seal. In 219 BC, when the First Emperor passed the mouth of Dongting Lake, a sudden storm arose and the dragon boat was about to capsize. The emperor threw his seal into the lake and prayed to God to calm the waves. It is said that the imperial seal disappeared for the first time. In the autumn of the thirty-sixth year, an envoy from Guandong passed through Pingshu Road in Huayin at night, and someone presented this national seal.
In October 206 BC, Liu Bang led his army into Xianyang and reached Ba Shang. Prince Qin surrendered to Zhidao as an infant and presented the seal of the First Emperor. After the death of Qin, Liu Bang became the emperor. Because the emperor obeyed his seal, it was passed down from generation to generation. It was called "Han Chuan National Seal" and was recorded as "Han Chuan National Treasure".
In 8 AD at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang, a relative of the family, usurped power. At that time, his son Liu Ying was still young, so the seal was hidden in the residence of Wang Mang's aunt, the Queen Mother Xiaoyuan, in Changle Palace. Wang Mang sent his younger brother Shun to ask for it, but the Queen Mother cursed: "I am already dead, my brother, now my family will be destroyed!" Helplessly, she threw the seal to the ground, breaking a corner. Wang Mang ordered the craftsmen to replace it with gold.
In October 23 AD, Wang Mang was defeated and killed. The official, the captain of the school, had to pass on the national seal and rushed to Wan to present it to Liu Xuan, Emperor Gengshi of the Han Dynasty.
In 25 AD, the Red Eyebrow Army killed Liu Xuan and established Liu Penzi. Later, Liu Penzi defeated Yiyang and handed over the imperial seal to Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, eunuchs had exclusive power. In August 189 AD, the first year of the reign of Emperor Guangxi, Yuan Shao entered the palace to kill the eunuchs. Duan Gui took the emperor out of the North Palace to take refuge, and the jade seal disappeared.
Dong Zhuo rebelled during the reign of Emperor Xian. In AD 191, the second year of Chuping, Sun Jian, the governor of Changsha, led his army to invade Luoyang. The soldiers saw a well in the palace with colorful clouds in the morning, so they sent people into the well to pass on the national seal. Sun Jian secretly hid the seal with his wife Wu. Later Yuan Shu arrested Sun Jian's wife and seized the seal. After Yuan Shu's death, Jingzhou governor Xu Xu brought the seal to Xuchang. At that time, Cao Cao brought the Han emperor to Xuchang. At this point, the imperial seal returned to the Han Dynasty.
In 220 AD, on the winter tenth day of the first year of Emperor Xiankang's reign, Cao Pi usurped power and forced Emperor Xian to abdicate, and the Han Dynasty fell. Cao Pi ordered someone to carve eight official characters on the shoulder of the Chuanguo Seal: "The Great Wei received the Han Chuanguo Seal".
In 265 AD, Sima Yan also usurped power, proclaimed himself Emperor Wu of Jin, and handed down the imperial seal to Jin.
In 311 AD, former Zhao Liu Cong captured Sima Chi, Emperor Huai of Jin, and returned his seal to former Zhao.
In 329 AD, Later Zhao Shile destroyed the former Zhao, obtained the seal, and added "Destiny Shishi" on the right side.
In 350 AD, Ran Min killed Emperor Shi Jian of the Later Zhao Dynasty, obtained the national seal, and established the Ran Wei regime; soon after, Murong Jun of the former Yan Dynasty destroyed Ran Wei, claimed that he had obtained the national seal, and changed the Yuan Dynasty to "Yuan Dynasty". "Seal". In fact, when Ran Wei begged the Eastern Jin army for rescue, it was said that the imperial seal was in the hands of Ran Min's general Jiang Gan and was deceived by Xie Shang, the general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty's expedition to the west. Three hundred elite cavalry were sent to the capital Jiankang overnight as a tribute. Emperor Mu of the Jin Dynasty passed down the imperial seal to the Sima family of the Jin Dynasty.
In 420 AD, Liu Yu deposed Emperor Gong of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and established himself as emperor. The country was named Song, and the history was called Liu Song. In the Southern Dynasties, the imperial seal passed through the Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen.
In 581 AD, Yang Jian established the Sui Dynasty. In 589 AD, the Chen Dynasty fell, the Sui Dynasty unified China, and the national seal was transferred to the Sui Palace.
In March 618 AD, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty was killed in Jiangdu by Yu Wenhuaji. Empress Xiao and her posthumous son Zhengdao fled into the Mobei Turks carrying the national seal and were named King of the Sui Dynasty. In May, Emperor Gong Yang You abdicated to the throne, Li Yuan proclaimed himself Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty, changed the country's name to Tang, and the Sui Dynasty fell.
In the early Tang Dynasty, Taizong Li Shimin did not pass down the imperial seal, so he carved the imperial seal of receiving orders, which said: "The emperor and the sky are destined, the virtuous will prosper", as well as jade seals such as "sacred treasures" and "ordered treasures" from all directions to comfort themselves. .
In 630 AD, the fourth year of Zhenguan, Li Jing led his army to attack the Turks; in March, he captured Jieli Khan, and the Eastern Turks were destroyed. In the same year, Empress Xiao and Yang Zhengdao returned to the Central Plains and passed the imperial seal to Li Tang.
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the world was in chaos. In 907 AD, Zhu Quanzhong deposed Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty Li Zhu, seized the imperial seal, and built the Later Liang Dynasty.
In 923 AD, Li Cunxu destroyed the Later Liang Dynasty and established the Later Tang Dynasty. The imperial seal also came to the Later Tang Dynasty.
In 936 AD, Shi Jingtang, the governor of the Hedong Festival in the Later Tang Dynasty, led the Khitan army to attack Luoyang. The last emperor, Li Congkehuai, set the imperial seal on the Xuanwu Tower and burned himself on it. The imperial seal disappeared.
In 951 AD, when Guo Wei built the Later Zhou Dynasty, he searched everywhere for the national seal but could not find it. However, during the Guangshun period, he carved two seals: "The Emperor's Mandated Treasure" and "The Emperor's Sacred Treasure". Later, Zhao Kuangyin received it. Zen, passed on these two treasures, changed the dynasty to the Song Dynasty, and made "the treasure of the Song Dynasty". When Taizong arrived, he made another "treasure of inheriting the destiny of heaven". Zhenzong ascended the throne and became the emperor's destiny treasure. The article said, "The emperor respects the treasure of destiny."
In the third year of Emperor Zhezong's reign, Duan Yi, a citizen of Xianyang County, got an ancient jade seal, "green as blue, warm and lustrous, with a glass button on the back." He said that he built a house in Liuyin Village, Henan Township. It was found after digging in the ground. In the fifth year of Shaosheng's reign, thirteen scholar-officials of the current dynasty conducted extensive research based on the relics of the previous dynasty and finally confirmed it to be the national seal made by the First Emperor. Zhezong was overjoyed and named it "the treasure given by heaven to pass on the country" and changed it to Yuan Yuanfu.
During the reign of Emperor Huizong, a large jade from Khotan was made into a treasure of entrustment. The text says: "It covers the heaven and the earth, praises the gods, preserves the peace, and lives a long life without borders." .
In 1126 AD, after the Jingkang Rebellion, the two emperors of Huiqin were plundered, and the imperial seal was also plundered by the Jin Kingdom and disappeared.
In 1294 AD, Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, passed away. The imperial seal passed down to Dadu suddenly appeared in the market. Boyan ordered someone to buy it and the seal was transferred to the Yuan Dynasty. Boyan once polished the seals collected from various places in the Yuan Empire and distributed them to princes and ministers to engrave personal seals.
In 1368 AD, Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor in Jiankang and established the Ming Dynasty. The Yuan court fled to the Mongolian grasslands.
At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty sent Xu Da to Mobei to pursue the fleeing Mongolian court in the hope of obtaining the Chuanguo Seal. This is the last record of the Chuanguo Seal in history. In the end, he failed empty-handed. return.
At this point, the Chuangguo Seal, which has gone through ups and downs for more than 1,500 years, has been lost in the long history.
Another: It is passed down that the imperial seal reads, "After being ordered by Heaven, I will live forever and prosper." The "Han Shu" text says "Haotian ordered Emperor Shouchang". The two are different, generally referring to the first statement.
Another: At that time, some people suspected that Zhang Dun and Cai Jing had forged the imperial seal obtained by Emperor Zhezong of the Northern Song Dynasty.
False seals also appeared from time to time during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty once received the so-called imperial seal, which Emperor Xiaozong thought was fake at the time. In the early Qing Dynasty, there were thirty-nine imperial seals of various colors hidden in the palace, one of which was considered to be the imperial seal made by Qin. In 1746 AD, It was approved by Emperor Qianlong and confirmed to be a fake. In November 1924, when the last emperor Boyi was expelled from the palace, Zhang Bi, Lu Zhonglin and others were still pursuing the jade seal passed down to the country.
The "History of Liao" is recorded as "The Wei Dynasty received the national treasure passed down by the Han Dynasty". I thought it should be "the Wei Dynasty received the national seal passed down by the Han Dynasty". During the Tang Dynasty, Wu Zetian changed the "seal" to "treasure", which should be the change in that era. of.
The "History of the Song Dynasty" records: "Bao. Made in the Qin Dynasty, the emperor had six seals, and there were also national seals passed down, which were used in the past dynasties. In the Tang Dynasty, it was changed to a treasure, and its system had eight. In the Five Dynasties, there were chaos and separation, and many of them were lost. "Also: "Wei Benji" recorded that two jade seals were obtained from a destroyed clay statue. The text said: "If you are ordered by heaven, you will live forever." At this moment, it says "Wei received the national seal of the Han Dynasty" beside it.