The Heirloom Seal of the Realm（Chinese: 传国玺), is a afflict allowance carved out of the He Shi Bi, a historically acclaimed area of jade.
 
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Creation
In 221 BC, the Seal was created if Qin Shihuang destroyed the actual Warring States and affiliated China beneath the Qin Dynasty. The He Shi Bi was a acclaimed area of afflict rock which ahead belonged to the Zhao state.
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| The Jade Royal Seal of Empress of the Western Han Dynasty(206BC-AD204) |
Passing into the easily of the new Emperor of China, he ordered it fabricated into his Imperial seal. The words “受命于天，既寿永昌” (roughly translated as "The Mandate is accustomed from Heaven, May He accept Longevity and Prosperity") were accounting by Prime Minister Li Si, and carved assimilate the allowance by Sun Shou.
Propagation
At the afterlife of the additional Emperor of Qin, his almsman Zi Yin proffered the allowance to the new emperor of the Han Dynasty, area afterwards it was accepted as the "Han Heirloom Seal of the Realm". At the end of the Western Han Dynasty in 9 AD, Wang Mang, the new ruler, affected the Han empress dowager to duke over the Seal. The empress dowager, in anger, threw the Seal on the ground, chipping one corner. Later Wang Mang ordered the bend to be adequate with gold.
