The history of the seal

1, seal: began in the qin dynasty, is the emperor's special seal, called jade seal, state seal, state seal, is a symbol of imperial power "renewed new understanding" cloud: "seal, yellow umbrella world, cover the emperor". "Seal" is the earliest name of the seal. Before the Qin, regardless of the official, private seal are called "seal", after the unification of the Qin six countries, the texture of a series of systems, the Han dynasty basically inherited the Qin system, the system has been slightly relaxed.

2, seal: refers to the end of the warring states to the beginning of the western han popular seals, the use of text called qin seal script. The influence of the seal on the art of seal carving is huge, the most representative of the white seal, which is full of white seal, such as "East County Shoucheng" "skillful work of Sima", strong and simple, the strokes of the natural interest of the heavens, the tightness of the airtight, resulting in a strong effect of the verse.

3, Bao: "Tang Book - the service records", Wu Zetian feel "seal" and "death" homophonic, in the first year of Yanzai renamed "Bao". Later, Emperor Tang Zhongzong took the throne, and followed the old system of "seal" "treasure" and use.

4, chapter: Han Wei general seal generally known as "chapter", the general out of the army in a hurry, the seal of the United States in the Qi, the sharpness of the Han general seal. This is a temporary appointment in the march in a hurry, carved in a hurry, known as the "rush on the chapter", unique style, the later generations of seal carving art has a great impact on the development of the seal.

5, mark: "mark" generally have two names Tang and Song official seal and "seal" at the same time there is "mark" "Zhu Ji ". "Right Ceremony Ningzhou stayed after Zhu Ji" Song official seal "Jianyan Cebu State House Zhu Ji" "teach reading Zhongjie twenty-three command third Zhu Ji" and so on can show that the history exists. Seal from ancient times to the present is the representative of the integrity of it with the wheel of history continues to evolve, the formation of the present complete system, but also in the Chinese tradition of more than five thousand years left a colorful.