Great Han Empire

Chapter 411 Seal Festival System of the Han Dynasty
Seal Festival System in the Han Dynasty
Before the Han Dynasty, Xi was the collective name for seals!Since Qin Shihuang, Dingxi has been the emperor's special name. "Han inherits the Qin system", so only the seals of the emperor, empress, and prince can be called seals in the Han Dynasty!

The most important seal in the Han Dynasty is Chuan Guoxi, which is a symbol of imperial power!The text of Chuan Guoxi: one is "according to the order of heaven, the emperor's life will be prosperous", and the other is "accepting the order of heaven, and receiving it from heaven".

There are 6 types of imperial seals with practical value: 1. The emperor's seal, used to give princes and kings letters 2. The emperor's letter seal, used to send troops 3. The emperor's travel seal, used to seal orders 4. The emperor's letter seal is used to deal with heaven, earth, ghosts and gods. 5. The emperor's line seal is used to recruit ministers.The emperor's seal. The emperor's seal is worn by the emperor himself, and the rest are kept by the talisman platform!
The festival has the nature of the emperor's order and is kept by the Fujietai. It is generally used for the emperor to send envoys!
The talisman is the emperor's keepsake, and there are two kinds of copper talisman and bamboo talisman. The copper talisman is used for sending troops, and the bamboo talisman is used for conscripting!
The Emperor System of the Han Dynasty

Like Qin, in order to ensure the sanctity of the emperor's status, the emperor's clothing, food, and daily life have custom titles: "I call myself Zhen, my ministers call me Your Majesty, my words are called Zhizhao, historians' records are called Shang, and all things called chariots, horses, clothes, and equipment are called Cheng." Yu, where it is called the line, where it is entered is called the imperial court, its orders are called the policy book, the second is the book, the third is the imperial edict, and the fourth is the commandment book!

The basic principle of the establishment of a prince in the Han Dynasty was "to establish a son for the elder and not for the virtuous, and for the son to be noble and not for the elder".
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