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What is the seal for? Tell me more.
A seal, also known as a seal, is a stationery printed on a document to indicate identity or signature. Generally, seals are dyed with pigments before printing. Those that are not stained with pigment and will appear concave and convex after being printed on a flat surface are called steel seals, and some are wax prints printed on wax or wax or envelopes. Made of metal, wood, stone, jade, etc.

Sealed source:

1, "Historical Records of Xiaowu": "The official name covers five words."

2, "The Biography of Gongsun Shu in the Later Han Dynasty": "Engrave the seal of Mu Zhi in the world and prepare officials."

3. Chapter 15 of Biography of Heroes of Children:' He is ashamed to learn painting games, check stocks and even carve seals.' ?

4. Lu Xun's Letter to the King: "Because the book needs to be registered, the recipient must use the seal."

Extended data

Seal type:

1, ancient seal of the Warring States Period

Ancient seal is the general name of pre-Qin seal. Most of the earliest seals we can see now are ancient seals in the Warring States period. The strokes of seals are as thin as hair, and they are all cast. The ancient seal script in white language is made by adding more side bars or vertical grids in the middle, and the characters are cast and chiseled. In addition to the names of Sima and Situ, the official seal has various irregular shapes, and the content is also engraved with auspicious words and vivid objects.

2. Qin seal

Qin Zhuan refers to the popular seal from the end of the Warring States Period to the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, and the characters used are called. Look at its calligraphy style and Qin and Han dynasties, Qin stone carvings and other characters are very similar, are more popular and easy to understand than the ancient prose of the Warring States period. Qin seals are mostly carved in white with a square surface. The official seal used by junior officials is about half the size of the general square official seal, rectangular and square, which is called "semi-pass seal".

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