Among all the historical cultural relics in China, if any cultural relic has the highest value among all cultural relics, then the Jade Seal of the State is definitely the most qualified one.

According to historical records, it is said that the national jade seal was formed in the Qin Dynasty. It is said that after Qin Shihuang unified the world, he asked Prime Minister Li Si to carve a seal with the words "Ordered by heaven, he will live long and prosperous" as a symbol of the Qin Dynasty.

A token of imperial power.

Regarding the materials used to make the jade seal passed down to the country, there are two opinions in the history books.

The most common theory is that during the Warring States Period, Bian He, a native of Chu, discovered a piece of jade near Jingshan Mountain in Hubei Province. However, because the appearance of this piece of jade was really unremarkable, when Bian He took the piece of jade to offer it,

When it was given to the king of Chu, two generations of Chu kings mistakenly thought that Bian He was deceiving him, and cut off the kneecaps of Bian He's legs. It was not until the third generation of Chu kings that they really had a keen eye for jade and discovered this jade.

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It is precisely because of this history that this jade was later called the 'He's Jade'.

Later, in order to marry the princess of Zhao, the State of Chu gave the piece of He's Bi to Zhao as a betrothal gift. After the Qin Dynasty unified the world, the piece of He's Bi naturally fell into the hands of Qin.

Here. Therefore, after Qin Shihuang came to carve the jade seal passed down to the country, Li Si used the He clan jade to make the jade seal passed down.

However, there is another theory that the jade Li Si used at that time was not the He's Bi, but a Lantian jade produced in Lantian, which has nothing to do with the He's Bi. Which of these two theories is it?

Yes, there has been no conclusion in the historical circles. However, there is no dispute that the Jade Seal of the State was formed during the reign of Qin Shihuang.

It is precisely because of this special historical background that the Jade Seal of the Kingdom has had unimaginable political significance from the day it was formed. Because Qin Shihuang was the first emperor, and this Jade Seal of the Kingdom was engraved on the order of Qin Shihuang himself

, symbolizing the supreme power of Qin Shihuang.

Therefore, in the history of the following thousands of years, this jade seal has almost represented the supreme imperial power. Legally speaking, whoever owns this jade seal can legally become the emperor. Because this jade seal

The national jade seal itself represents the destination of destiny.

Of course, if you really want to conquer the world, you still have to look at the strength of your subordinates. But no matter what, an item can be used as evidence of the legitimacy of the throne. The value of this item is naturally beyond imagination, even exceeding a thousand dollars.

Thousands of troops.

But at the same time, it was precisely because of this special meaning that this jade seal had an extremely rough experience in the following thousands of years of history.

After the death of Qin Shihuang, this imperial seal naturally passed to the hands of Hu Hai, the second emperor of Qin. However, the Qin Dynasty fell within a few years. During the peasant uprising at the end of Qin Dynasty, as the leader of the peasant army,

Liu Bang invaded Xianyang first and accepted Qin Prince Ying's surrender. After Ziying surrendered, this imperial seal naturally fell into Liu Bang's hands.

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, this jade seal passed down to the country did not actually have such great influence. So later at the Hongmen Banquet, Xiang Yu didn't pay much attention to this jade seal, so Liu Bang took it completely for himself.

After that, Liu Bang established Hanzhong, and then took advantage of Xiang Yu's eastern expedition to Qi, secretly attacked Chencang, and launched a surprise attack on Guanzhong, which kicked off the Chu-Han War. After several years of war, Liu Bang finally succeeded in killing Xiang Yu and established the Han Dynasty.

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After Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty, in order to prove the legitimacy of his throne, he naturally promoted the importance of this jade seal.

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At this time, everyone began to gradually form a concept: whoever owns the imperial seal is destined to be the emperor, and whoever owns it should be the emperor.

After that, throughout the Western Han Dynasty, the Imperial Seal was in the hands of the Western Han emperors and passed down from generation to generation. Until the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the powerful minister Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty and established himself, and planned to ask the then Queen Mother, Wang Mang's aunt Wang Zhengjun, for this Imperial Seal.

This was used to prove the legitimacy of his throne. However, during this period, Wang Zhengjun refused to hand it over, and even threw the jade seal to the ground, intending to break it.

During this collision, a corner of the originally square Jade Seal was knocked off. Later, after Wang Mang got the Jade Seal, he used gold to fill in the missing corners. This is also a 'gold inlay'.

The origin of the word jade.

After the Imperial Seal fell into the hands of Wang Mang, only more than ten years later, Wang Mang was overthrown and finally hacked to death. During the melee, the commander of the imperial army under Wang Mang grabbed the Imperial Seal and then used it as a

The bargaining chip was dedicated to the leader of the rebel army at the time, Gengshi Emperor Liu Xuan, in exchange for benefits. Since then, the Imperial Seal fell into the hands of Liu Xuan.

However, not long after this, Liu Xuan was killed by his generals, and the generals instead supported Liu Penzi as emperor. Next, Liu Xiu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, defeated Liu Penzi and finally unified the world. So, according to legend,

The national jade seal also fell into Liu Xiu's hands.

After the Imperial Seal came into the hands of Liu Xiu, the political meaning it represented was further strengthened. After all, in the past ten years or so, several owners who had owned it had died violently, and only Liu Xiu finally got it.

, and unified the world. Coupled with the prevalence of metaphysics in the Eastern Han Dynasty, everyone further strengthened their understanding and firmly believed that this national jade seal had special power. Only those who are truly favored by God can truly possess it.

Next, the jade seal passed down to the Emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty was passed down from generation to generation. Until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, after the death of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, high-ranking relatives and eunuchs of the Eastern Han Dynasty killed each other, which eventually set the entire Luoyang Palace on fire. In the panic, someone took the jade seal with him.

After leaving the palace, it was unfortunately lost.

This was also the first time in history that this imperial seal disappeared. However, this disappearance did not last long. Because not long after, a general named Sun Jian led his troops to invade Luoyang. Later, Sun Jian

In a dry well, a dead palace maid was found, and on the body of the palace maid, this imperial seal was found.

Later generations basically had no doubts about the Chuanguo Jade Seal discovered by Sun Jian, and everyone basically believed that it was authentic. On the one hand, Sun Jian had never seen the Chuanguo Jade Seal before, and it was impossible to have the ability to imitate it. Later, he also saw Chuanguo Jade Seal.

The person who bought the jade seal has confirmed the authenticity of this jade seal. On the other hand, the place where the jade seal was found is indeed consistent with many previous things, and there is really nothing to doubt.

However, after Sun Jian obtained this jade seal, he did not immediately announce it to the outside world, but hid it. Next, Sun Jian unfortunately died in the battle when he conquered Liu Biao in Jingzhou. His descendant Sun Ce relied on this jade seal passed down from the country.

Sun Jian's old boss Yuan Shu obtained more than a thousand remaining soldiers in exchange. With this army, Sun Ce laid the foundation of the Wu Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms period. And this imperial seal fell into the hands of Yuan Shu.

Of course, there is also a theory that after Sun Jian picked up this jade seal, the news was leaked directly. After that, Yuan Shu, as his superior, directly sent people to ask for it, and finally took it from Sun Jian. Regardless of these two

Which statement is correct? In short, Yuxi later

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It did fall into Yuan Shu's hands.

After Yuan Shu got this jade seal, he was ecstatic. The Yuan family was a high-level noble in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Yuan Shu was very powerful at this time. Therefore, Yuan Shu believed that God sent the jade seal to him, and wanted to make him the emperor.

. So after that, Yuan Shu directly proclaimed himself emperor. But the good times did not last long. After Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, he quickly aroused the anger of the heroes and became the target of public criticism. In the end, Yuan Shu was defeated and died in depression. After Yuan Shu's death, this national jade seal

It was also taken away by Yuan Shu's subordinates and presented to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty who was the orthodox emperor at that time.

When Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty got this jade seal, he was already in Xuchang, and Cao Cao was "taking the emperor hostage to order the princes". Therefore, this jade seal was equivalent to falling into the hands of Cao Cao in disguise. Later, Cao Pi

After usurping the Han Dynasty, the jade seal officially fell into the hands of the Cao family. After the jade seal was passed down to the Cao family for several generations, the Cao family was replaced by the Sima family. In this way, the jade seal fell into the hands of the Sima family again.

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After the Sima family established the Jin Dynasty, they only succeeded two emperors, and the Eight Kings Rebellion broke out. After that, the northern nomads took advantage of the situation and went south to establish political powers one after another. In order to show their uniqueness, these ethnic minority regimes passed down the national jade seal one after another.

With great efforts, each political power soon produced its own jade seals passed down to the country. During this period, there were as many as five or six jade seals recorded in history.

After more than 400 years of disputes between the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the world was finally unified by Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian. He collected four national jade seals from the destroyed countries. Experts in the court confirmed that these jade seals had historical significance, so Yang Jian ordered the recognition

The four jade seals passed down to the country are all authentic.

The Tang Dynasty basically succeeded the Sui Dynasty, so these four imperial seals were passed to the Tang Dynasty intact. However, by the time of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, each regime started to perform one after another. The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty

After being killed by Zhu Wen, the Chuanguo Jade Seal also returned to Zhu Wen, but various forces also took advantage of the situation to create their own Chuanguo Jade Seal. During this period, the Chuanguo Jade Seal became even more prevalent, with more than a dozen recorded in history.

Later, the Song Dynasty unified the world and took all the existing jade seals handed down to the palace for preservation. During the Jingkang Disgrace, some of them were taken away by the Jin Dynasty. Finally, the Yuan Dynasty unified the world, and these more than ten jade seals were all returned to the Yuan Dynasty.

In the 31st year of the Yuan Dynasty, Prime Minister Boyan ordered people to polish all the seals collected by various countries in the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, and distributed them to princes and ministers to engrave private seals. Later historians believed that the jade seals of the country might be among them and suffered accidents.

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Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty had a very upright country, so he was not interested in things that could increase legitimacy. Many people who pretended to offer treasures were executed by Zhu Yuanzhang, so the legend of the imperial seal passed down in the early Ming Dynasty disappeared a lot.

In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Jiajing came to power. Because this Taoist emperor was not a direct descendant, some people began to fiddle with the issue of jade seals passed down to the country. During this period, a total of two jade seals were discovered, but both were identified as fakes by experts from the DPRK and China.

During the reign of the Qing Dynasty, some people said that Huang Taiji obtained the imperial seal outside the Great Wall. Among the 39 jade seals in the Jiaotai Hall of the Forbidden City, one of the 39 jade seals did indeed have the words "Ordered by Heaven, Live Long and Prosperous" engraved on it. However, Emperor Qianlong was not authenticating it.

At that time, I thought that this was very different from what was recorded in the history books, and that it must have been imitated later, so I left it alone.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, when Puyi was expelled from the palace, even this piece of engraved jade seal was unknown. Feng Yuxiang searched for it many times but could not find it. Later, some people said that Chiang Kai-shek hid it and put it away again in Taiwan.

In the museum, Taiwan's museums have always denied this statement, and so far all news about the imperial seal has been discontinued.

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